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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Laertes die?
(a) He drinks poisoned wine meant for Hamlet.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He is forced to drink poisoned wine and is stabbed with a poisoned sword.
(d) Hamlet kills him with a poisoned sword.

2. How does Hamlet manage to avoid his fate in England?
(a) He made friends with the English queen.
(b) He got onto another ship.
(c) He killed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
(d) He bribed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

3. Who does Hamlet kill in his mother's room?
(a) Fortinbras.
(b) Getrude.
(c) Polonius.
(d) Laertes.

4. What do the gravediggers say about Ophelia's burial?
(a) It is a shame that someone so young is dead.
(b) She should have been getting married, not buried.
(c) If she is a suicide, so she should not be buried in the churchyard.
(d) Her burial should get more ceremony and more attention than it is receiving.

5. When Claudius hears that Hamlet has killed someone, what does he say?
(a) Hamlet needs to be executed.
(b) Hamlet is a brave man.
(c) Hamlet needs to be sent to jail.
(d) Hamlet might have killed him.

6. What does Polonius tell Gertrude to do in Act 3, Scene 4 regarding Hamlet?
(a) Be kind to Hamlet and invite him to confide in her.
(b) Be stern with Hamlet about his behavior.
(c) Convince Hamlet to talk about Ophelia.
(d) Make sure Hamlet knows that Polonius is listening to their conversation.

7. Who is Gertrude truly loyal to?
(a) Herself.
(b) Claudius.
(c) No one.
(d) Hamlet.

8. After he leaves the ship, how will Hamlet make his way back to Elsinore?
(a) Claudius must pay a ransom.
(b) Hamlet must escape from the pirates.
(c) Ophelia must come get him.
(d) Horatio must come get him.

9. What happens to Horatio at the end of the play?
(a) He gets poisoned by accident.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He wants to kill himself, but Hamlet asks him to live.
(d) He wants to kill himself, but Fortinbras stops him.

10. 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.

11. What is Hamlet's response when Claudius demands to know where the body of Hamlet's murdered victim is?
(a) The worms are eating the victim for supper.
(b) The victim is eating supper in Hell.
(c) The victim is not really dead and is eating supper in the castle.
(d) The victim is eating supper in Heaven.

12. Hamlet's mother tries to leave the room during their conversation in Act 3, Scene 4, but Hamlet stops her and says she cannot leave until he does what?
(a) Forces her to face what she has done.
(b) Kills her.
(c) Tells her about the ghost.
(d) Kills Claudius.

13. After witnessing Hamlet kill someone, Gertrude hurries to find Claudius. Who is he talking to when she comes in?
(a) Laertes.
(b) The ambassadors to Norway.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
(d) Laertes and Ophelia.

14. Who is "poor Yorick"?
(a) The king's jester, now dead.
(b) The gravedigger who is old and tired.
(c) Hamlet's grandfather, now dead.
(d) Hamlet's servant, who is old and tired.

15. How does Gertrude die?
(a) Laertes kills her with a poisoned sword.
(b) Hamlet kills her with a poisoned sword.
(c) She drinks poisoned wine meant for Hamlet.
(d) She kills herself by drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the play, a messenger arrives from England with news. What is the news?

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

3. When Hamlet first sees Laertes in the graveyard scene, what does Hamlet say about him?

4. What does Ophelia she say about the herb rosemary?

5. After the murder, Claudius tells Hamlet to leave right away. Where should Hamlet go?

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