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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message is the Norwegian Captain supposed to deliver to Claudius in Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The armies of Norway will attack at dawn.
(b) The armies of Norway have defeated the Poles.
(c) The armies of Denmark must surrender their weapons.
(d) The armies of Norway want passage through Denmark.

2. Claudius asks Hamlet a second time about where they can find his victim. Hamlet responds, "In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other place yourself." What other place is Hamlet suggesting Claudius visit?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The chapel.
(c) Hell.
(d) Gertrude's bedroom.

3. Who are the Norwegian soldiers attacking?
(a) England.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Poland.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hamlet visits his mother in her room in Act 3, Scene 4, he speaks very harshly to his mother. What makes him stop?

2. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, what does Hamlet agree to do?

3. Some sailors arrive at Elsinore from a pirate ship in Act 4, Scene 6. Who do they deliver a letter to?

4. Claudius tells Laertes there are two reasons why he has not ordered Hamlet killed. What are those reasons?

5. What does Claudius say about Laertes and Ophelia's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Claudius reveal to the audience about his plans for Hamlet in England?

2. After Polonius's death, what does Gertrude tell Claudius about Hamlet?

3. Who is the first person in Elsinore to find out that Hamlet is on his way back to Denmark instead of going to England? How does that person find out?

4. How does Hamlet avoid going to England?

5. What plan do Laertes and Claudius come up with in Act 4, Scene 7 to kill Hamlet?

6. In the last scene of Act 3, Polonius is killed. At the end of the scene, what happens to his body?

7. Hamlet calls Rosencrantz and Guildenstern "a sponge." Why does he say that?

8. After Polonius's death, Ophelia comes to see Gertrude. What do we learn about Ophelia in that scene?

9. As Hamlet travels to the boat for England, what or who does Hamlet find on a plain in Denmark?

10. Whose burial does Hamlet witness in Act 5?

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