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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Polonius tell Laertes about borrowing money?
(a) Borrowing money is all right, but do not lend money.
(b) Borrowing and lending money is a good thing to do.
(c) Do not borrow or lend money.
(d) Do not borrow money, but lend money if you can.

2. At the end of Act 1, Scene 1, what does Horatio say he intends to do?
(a) Talk to the king.
(b) Tell Prince Hamlet about the ghost.
(c) Talk to a priest.
(d) Watch for the ghost on the next night.

3. What shocking news does the ghost deliver to Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Laertes killed Hamlet's father.
(b) Claudius killed Hamlet's father.
(c) Hamlet's mother killed Hamlet's father.
(d) Ophelia killed Hamlet's father.

4. Who is Claudius?
(a) Hamlet's uncle and the new king.
(b) The Prince of Norway.
(c) Hamlet's father.
(d) Hamlet's brother.

5. What is the real reason for the last king's death?
(a) Poison poured in his ear.
(b) A knife in the back.
(c) Poison poured down his throat.
(d) A heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 5, what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?

2. After Laertes has left in Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius talks to Ophelia about her romance. What does Polonius tell her?

3. In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Marcellus bring Horatio to talk to Francisco and Bernardo?

4. Who does the ghost in Act 1, Scene 1 look like?

5. As they wait for the ghost, Hamlet describes the King's nightly tradition. What does Hamlet think about this tradition?

(see the answer key)

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