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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. In Act 1, Scene 5, what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?
(a) Help the new king.
(b) Hire an exorcist.
(c) Get revenge.
(d) Have a priest pray for its soul.

2. As Hamlet and the others wait to see the ghost in Act 1, Scene 4, what do they hear in the distance?
(a) A cock crowing.
(b) Trumpets being blown and ordinance being fired.
(c) Drunken singing.
(d) Men shouting and women screaming.

3. In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Marcellus bring Horatio to talk to Francisco and Bernardo?
(a) To cover for them while they take a break.
(b) To tell them the latest gossip about Hamlet.
(c) To confirm what they have seen.
(d) To show him his father's ghost.

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) On a ship.
(b) On the platform.
(c) In the throne room.
(d) In Hamlet's bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Elsinore in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. When the audience first sees Claudius, he gives a speech about the current situation in Denmark and then speaks to Hamlet about his behavior. What does Claudius say to Hamlet at this early point in the play?

3. What does Horatio say the ghost might do to Hamlet?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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