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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 does Horatio say the ghost might do to Hamlet?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Curse him.
(c) Drive him crazy.
(d) Bless him.

2. What is Hamlet's mother's name?
(a) Fortinbras.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Hecuba.

3. What is the Prince of Norway's name?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Fortinbras.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Marcellus.

4. Before the play is performed, Hamlet has a long conversation with the First Player. What is he telling the Player?
(a) Hamlet is telling him about the king's death.
(b) Hamlet is coaching him on how to perform.
(c) Hamlet is complaining about how Ophelia is acting.
(d) Hamlet is asking him about the life of an actor.

5. As Hamlet and the others wait to see the ghost in Act 1, Scene 4, what do they hear in the distance?
(a) A cock crowing.
(b) Drunken singing.
(c) Men shouting and women screaming.
(d) Trumpets being blown and ordinance being fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Laertes has left in Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius talks to Ophelia about her romance. What does Polonius tell her?

2. Where is Elsinore in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. After watching Hamlet and Ophelia together in Act 3, Scene 1, what does Claudius decide to do with Hamlet?

5. Claudius finally gives Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sealed orders for how to handle Hamlet. What do those orders say?

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