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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Hamlet follows the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends decide to do?
(a) Leave Hamlet alone with the ghost.
(b) Tell the King about Hamlet's strange behavior.
(c) Get Hamlet to see a doctor.
(d) Follow Hamlet and the ghost.

2. After the play is performed, what does Polonius ask Hamlet to do?
(a) Go see Claudius.
(b) Go see the Queen.
(c) Ask the players to leave Elsinore.
(d) Go see Ophelia.

3. When the play shows a king being poisoned, how does the current king, Claudius, react?
(a) He is angry and asks Hamlet if he is making an accusation.
(b) He is upset and leaves before the play ends.
(c) He is bored and does not seem to care.
(d) He is uneasy and makes a joke about it.

4. After listening to Ophelia's description of Hamlet, Polonius believes he has found the explanation for Hamlet's behavior. What does he decide to do next?
(a) Tell the queen.
(b) Talk to Hamlet himself.
(c) Get Hamlet to see a doctor.
(d) Tell the king.

5. During "The Mousetrap," Gertrude says, "The lady protests too much, methinks." What is she talking about?
(a) The Player Queen swearing her loyalty to her second husband.
(b) Gertrude is speaking about her own claims of love for Claudius.
(c) Ophelia swearing her loyalty to Hamlet.
(d) The Player Queen swearing her loyalty to her first husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real reason for the last king's death?

2. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

3. What does Polonius tell Laertes about borrowing money?

4. The ghost appears to Horatio and his companions in Act 1, Scene 1, but something seems to scare it into disappearing. What causes it to disappear?

5. In Act 3, Scene 1, what does Hamlet tell Ophelia about his feelings for her?

(see the answer key)

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