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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 the Norwegian soldiers attacking?
(a) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) England.

2. 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 king.
(b) Get Hamlet to see a doctor.
(c) Talk to Hamlet himself.
(d) Tell the queen.

3. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?
(a) Help him break the news to his mother.
(b) Tell the world about the last king's death.
(c) Keep his secret.
(d) Help him avenge the murder.

4. When Laertes returns after his father's death, what do the common people say about him?
(a) They want to make him king.
(b) They want to kill him.
(c) They think he should lead the armies against Norway.
(d) They think he is to blame for the last king's death

5. What shocking news does the ghost deliver to Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Laertes killed Hamlet's father.
(b) Hamlet's mother killed Hamlet's father.
(c) Claudius killed Hamlet's father.
(d) Ophelia killed Hamlet's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hamlet tell his friends about his meeting with the ghost?

2. Where does Claudius want the body of Hamlet's first victim to be taken?

3. What does Hamlet learn about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's reasons for visiting Elsinore?

4. Before he returns to school, what does Laertes tell Ophelia about her boyfriend?

5. After watching the players give a speech about Hecuba and Priam, what does Hamlet say impresses him the most?

(see the answer key)

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