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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Polonius tell Laertes about borrowing money?
(a) Borrowing money is all right, but do not lend money.
(b) Do not borrow or lend money.
(c) Borrowing and lending money is a good thing to do.
(d) Do not borrow money, but lend money if you can.

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, before Laertes leaves Elsinore, Polonius gives him advice about clothes. What does Polonius say?
(a) Get costly, but not showy or ostentatious clothes.
(b) Buy the least expensive clothes you can find.
(c) Buy the fanciest clothes you can find.
(d) Nobody pays attention to what you wear.

3. In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Marcellus bring Horatio to talk to Francisco and Bernardo?
(a) To tell them the latest gossip about Hamlet.
(b) To cover for them while they take a break.
(c) To show him his father's ghost.
(d) To confirm what they have seen.

4. Where does Claudius want the body of Hamlet's first victim to be taken?
(a) To the doctor.
(b) To the police.
(c) To the chapel.
(d) To the graveyard.

5. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, what does Hamlet agree to do?
(a) Go see the king.
(b) Talk to Gertrude.
(c) Go to England.
(d) See a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claudius finds out Hamlet has killed someone, what is he most worried about?

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

3. As Claudius speaks about his guilt in Act 3, Scene 3, what does he say about repenting?

4. Once Hamlet follows the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends decide to do?

5. When Hamlet leaves his mother's room in Act 3, Scene 4, what does he take with him?

(see the answer key)

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