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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) Gertrude's nephews.
(b) The ambassadors to Norway.
(c) Servants of the court.
(d) Hamlet's old friends.

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

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) Claudius enters the room.
(b) Getrude kills herself.
(c) The ghost appears.
(d) Ophelia enters the room.

4. Who is Gertrude truly loyal to?
(a) No one.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Herself.

5. Polonius asks Claudius to arrange for Hamlet to go somewhere after the play's performance. Where is Hamlet supposed to go?
(a) To see Ophelia.
(b) To see Claudius.
(c) To see his mother.
(d) To see a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Ophelia say about the look on Hamlet's face?

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, where is Laertes going?

3. In Act 1, Scene 5, what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?

4. When he is asked where his first victim's body is, what does Hamlet do?

5. Polonius gives Reynaldo very specific instructions about how to find the information he wants. What are those instructions?

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