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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. How does Horatio describe the ghost to Hamlet?
(a) More angry than sad.
(b) More sad than angry.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Exciting.

2. When Hamlet leaves his mother's room in Act 3, Scene 4, what does he take with him?
(a) A portrait of his mother.
(b) The dead body of Claudius.
(c) A portrait of his dead father.
(d) The dead body of Polonius.

3. When Hamlet and his mother finally talk in Gertrude's room, she says, "Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended." Hamlet responds, "Mother, you have my father much offended." Why is that dialogue important?
(a) Gertrude is using the dead king to force Hamlet to behave himself.
(b) Hamlet has decided to act crazy even with his mother.
(c) Getrude is talking about Claudius, but Hamlet is talking about the dead king.
(d) Gertrude is talking about the dead king, but Hamlet is talking about Claudius.

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, what two events does Claudius describe?
(a) His brother's death and his own marriage to Gertrude.
(b) The war that killed the last king and the upcoming marriage of his nephew.
(c) His brother's wedding and the birth of his nephew.
(d) His coronation and the war with Norway.

5. What does Polonius ask Reynaldo to give to his son?
(a) Money.
(b) Written notes.
(c) Money and written notes.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act 1, Scene 1, what does Horatio say he intends to do?

2. After welcoming them to Elsinore, what does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?

3. After the ghost disappears, what does Bernardo say about the ghost's behavior?

4. When Laertes returns after his father's death, what do the common people say about him?

5. When Polonius tries to speak with Hamlet, does Polonius really believe Hamlet is crazy?

(see the answer key)

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