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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. In their first conversation together, what important information does Hamlet reveal to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) He feels like he really is going crazy.
(b) He tells them that he wants to marry Ophelia.
(c) He tells them about the ghost and his suspicions of Claudius.
(d) He is not crazy -- at least, not all the time.

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, before Laertes leaves Elsinore, Polonius gives him advice about clothes. What does Polonius say?
(a) Buy the least expensive clothes you can find.
(b) Nobody pays attention to what you wear.
(c) Get costly, but not showy or ostentatious clothes.
(d) Buy the fanciest clothes you can find.

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

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

5. Before he returns to school, what does Laertes tell Ophelia about her boyfriend?
(a) Hamlet just wants her to sleep with him.
(b) Polonius is an abusive boyfriend.
(c) Horatio just wants her to sleep with him.
(d) As a prince, Hamlet may not get to choose who he marries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hamlet's mother's name?

2. After welcoming them to Elsinore, what does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?

3. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?

4. When Polonius tries to speak with Hamlet, does Polonius really believe Hamlet is crazy?

5. Does Hamlet think the ghost can harm him?

(see the answer key)

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