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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. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?
(a) Pouring rain.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Hot.
(d) Very cold.

2. After Laertes has left in Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius talks to Ophelia about her romance. What does Polonius tell her?
(a) Ask him to marry you.
(b) Make sure he does not hurt you.
(c) Do not go to bed with him.
(d) Do not trust his promises of love.

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

4. Who is Horatio?
(a) Ophelia's brother.
(b) Hamlet's friend.
(c) The prince of Denmark.
(d) Hamlet's brother.

5. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do, after learning that Hamlet has committed murder?
(a) Find Hamlet so the guards can arrest him.
(b) Protect Getrude from Hamlet.
(c) Get the body from Hamlet.
(d) Protect Ophelia from Hamlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Act 2, what does Polonius ask Reynaldo to find out?

2. 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?

3. Claudius says his crime "hath the primal eldest curse upon't." What does he mean?

4. Before the play is performed, Hamlet has a long conversation with the First Player. What is he telling the Player?

5. What is Hamlet's response when Claudius demands to know where the body of Hamlet's murdered victim is?

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