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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 Ophelia tell Laertes about his advice on her love life?
(a) Your advice is very wise.
(b) You give bad advice.
(c) Make sure you follow your own advice.
(d) Stop telling me what to do.

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, what two events does Claudius describe?
(a) The war that killed the last king and the upcoming marriage of his nephew.
(b) His coronation and the war with Norway.
(c) His brother's wedding and the birth of his nephew.
(d) His brother's death and his own marriage to Gertrude.

3. How does Hamlet react when he sees the ghost for the first time?
(a) He is startled, but tries to talk to it.
(b) He is frightened and runs away.
(c) He is angry and tries to attack it.
(d) He is upset and starts to cry.

4. When the ghost first speaks to Hamlet, how does it describe its experience?
(a) It walks at night and is frozen in a block of ice during the day.
(b) It walks at night and is tortured by day.
(c) It is tortured and burned in a fire all the time.
(d) It walks all the time, hoping someone will set it free.

5. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?
(a) He wishes he did not have to do the things he expects to do.
(b) He wishes he was not born a prince.
(c) He cannot believe what the ghost has told him.
(d) He cannot believe he has seen a ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 3, before Laertes leaves Elsinore, Polonius gives him advice about clothes. What does Polonius say?

2. Who is Ophelia?

3. What is the Prince of Norway's name?

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

5. What does Polonius tell Laertes about borrowing money?

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