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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hamlet's mother's name?
(a) Fortinbras.
(b) Hecuba.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Gertrude.

2. What time of day is it in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) After midnight.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Almost midnight.

3. What message do the ambassadors bring Claudius back from Norway?
(a) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark.
(b) Fortinbras does not plan to attack any country at all.
(c) Fortinbras will attack Poland, not Denmark.
(d) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark and Poland.

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

5. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?
(a) Pouring rain.
(b) Hot.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Very cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the public explanation of the last king's death?

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

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

4. After hearing Ophelia's description of Hamlet, what reason does Polonius suggest for Hamlet's strange behavior?

5. At the beginning of Act 2, what does Polonius ask Reynaldo to find out?

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