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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hamlet is delighted that the players, a group of traveling actors, are at Elsinore. He welcomes them and asks them for two favors. What are those two favors?
(a) To perform both "The Murder of Gonzago" and "Priam and Hecuba" for the court.
(b) To perform "The Murder of Gonzago" and to add in a speech with new lines.
(c) To perform "The Murder of Gonzago" and to let Hamlet play a role in it.
(d) Not to perform "The Murder of Gonzago" and to perform Hamlet's favorite play instead.

2. What is the Prince of Norway's name?
(a) Marcellus.
(b) Fortinbras.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Claudius.

3. When Hamlet visits his mother in her room in Act 3, Scene 4, he speaks very harshly to his mother. What makes him stop?
(a) Getrude kills herself.
(b) The ghost appears.
(c) Ophelia enters the room.
(d) Claudius enters the room.

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

5. After the murder, Claudius tells Hamlet to leave right away. Where should Hamlet go?
(a) To be locked in his room.
(b) Off to prison.
(c) Back to school.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in Act 2, Polonius believes he has found the cause of Hamlet's behavior. What is the first thing he does to test his theory?

2. How does Hamlet react when he sees the ghost for the first time?

3. Once Hamlet follows the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends decide to do?

4. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?

5. Who is Ophelia in love with?

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