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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message is the Norwegian Captain supposed to deliver to Claudius in Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The armies of Norway will attack at dawn.
(b) The armies of Norway have defeated the Poles.
(c) The armies of Norway want passage through Denmark.
(d) The armies of Denmark must surrender their weapons.

2. What specific thing does Hamlet determine Claudius must do before Hamlet can murder him?
(a) Stand trial for his crime so he can face public justice.
(b) Apologize to Hamlet for killing his father.
(c) Commit a sin so Hamlet can send his soul to hell.
(d) Confess his crime so the world will know about his guilt.

3. Hamlet says of Claudius: "He took my father grossly, full of bread; With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May." What does Hamlet mean by that?
(a) Claudius killed Hamlet's father before Hamlet's father could repent his sins.
(b) Claudius killed Hamlet's father when he was sleeping after a heavy meal.
(c) Claudius killed Hamlet's father by poisoning him with a heavy meal.
(d) Claudius looks like Hamlet's father.

4. What other "crime" has been committed against the last king?
(a) Claudius seduced his wife.
(b) Laertes seduced his wife.
(c) Polonius stole from the state treasury.
(d) Claudius stole from the state treasury.

5. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?
(a) Pretend to be crazy.
(b) Kill somebody.
(c) Get married.
(d) Leave the country forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their first conversation, what does the ghost tell Hamlet about his mother?

2. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?

3. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?

4. Who does the ghost claim to be?

5. In Act 4, scene 4, while watching the troops and reflecting on his own behavior, what does Hamlet promise about his future actions?

(see the answer key)

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