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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Laertes has left in Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius talks to Ophelia about her romance. What does Polonius tell her?
(a) Ask him to marry you.
(b) Do not trust his promises of love.
(c) Make sure he does not hurt you.
(d) Do not go to bed with him.

2. What does Polonius say is the most important thing for Laertes to remember as he leaves Elsinore?
(a) Do not talk too much.
(b) Be true to yourself.
(c) Do not borrow money.
(d) Do well in school.

3. When Claudius reacts to the play, what does Hamlet say in response?
(a) "Get me a fellowship in a cry of players."
(b) "What, frighted with false fire!"
(c) "It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge. "
(d) "For if the king like not the comedy, Why then, belike, he likes it not, perdy. "

4. After talking to Hamlet in her room, what does Gertrude say about Hamlet?
(a) He is not crazy.
(b) He is determined to get revenge.
(c) He is mad with love for Ophelia.
(d) He is crazy.

5. Why does Hamlet talk to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about a recorder?
(a) Hamlet says they want to play him like a recorder and get information out of him.
(b) Hamlet wants them to make the musicians stop playing the recorder.
(c) Hamlet asks them to teach him how to play the recorder.
(d) Hamlet says he wants to learn to play the recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other "crime" has been committed against the last king?

2. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?

3. Ophelia comes to watch the play. Before the play begins, how does Hamlet act towards her?

4. Early in Act 2, Polonius believes he has found the cause of Hamlet's behavior. What is the first thing he does to test his theory?

5. What does Hamlet learn about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's reasons for visiting Elsinore?

(see the answer key)

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