View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell Claudius that Hamlet is excited about in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Fencing with Laertes.
(c) Seeing the players perform.
(d) Seeing Ophelia again.

2. After watching Hamlet and Ophelia together in Act 3, Scene 1, what does Claudius decide to do with Hamlet?
(a) Send him to England.
(b) Send him back to school.
(c) Send him to a hospital.
(d) Have a private talk with him.

3. In Act 2, Scene 2, what happens when Polonius first tries to speak to Hamlet?
(a) Hamlet ignores him.
(b) Hamlet does not seem to recognize him.
(c) Hamlet is glad to see him.
(d) Hamlet argues with him.

4. What is the real reason for the last king's death?
(a) Poison poured in his ear.
(b) Poison poured down his throat.
(c) A knife in the back.
(d) A heart attack.

5. After telling Ophelia to get to a nunnery, what does Hamlet say about marriage?
(a) Marriage is the best thing Ophelia can do with her life.
(b) Marriage is better for women than for men.
(c) We shall have no more marriage.
(d) Marriage is an old-fashioned institution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prince of Norway's name?

2. What country did the late King go to battle against?

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?

4. What specific thing does Hamlet determine Claudius must do before Hamlet can murder him?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 313 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample