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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Norwegian soldiers fighting over?
(a) A country.
(b) An insult.
(c) A little piece of worthless land.
(d) A king's assassination.

2. Claudius asks Hamlet a second time about where they can find his victim. Hamlet responds, "In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other place yourself." What other place is Hamlet suggesting Claudius visit?
(a) The chapel.
(b) Gertrude's bedroom.
(c) Hell.
(d) The graveyard.

3. What does Hamlet mean when he says "I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
(a) He will speak harshly and honestly to Ophelia, but will not hurt her.
(b) He will try to kill Gertrude.
(c) He will speak harshly and honestly to Gertrude, but will not hurt her.
(d) He will insult Ophelia when he sees her again.

4. When Laertes returns after his father's death, what does he want?
(a) To take over the throne of Denmark.
(b) To visit with his sister.
(c) Revenge on the people responsible for his father's death.
(d) To talk to Hamlet.

5. When Claudius hears that Hamlet has killed someone, what does he say?
(a) Hamlet might have killed him.
(b) Hamlet needs to be sent to jail.
(c) Hamlet is a brave man.
(d) Hamlet needs to be executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hamlet makes an ominous statement about married people: "those that are married already, all but one, shall live." What does that mean and who is he talking about?

2. How does Horatio describe the ghost to Hamlet?

3. Hamlet is delighted that the players, a group of traveling actors, are at Elsinore. He welcomes them and asks them for two favors. What are those two favors?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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