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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. When he is asked where his first victim's body is, what does Hamlet do?
(a) He answers with a riddle.
(b) He threatens to kill more people.
(c) He refuses to speak.
(d) He laughs.

2. At the end of the play, who will rule Denmark?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Fortinbras.

3. When Laertes returns after his father's death, what do the common people say about him?
(a) They want to kill him.
(b) They think he should lead the armies against Norway.
(c) They want to make him king.
(d) They think he is to blame for the last king's death

4. Laertes comes up with another idea to make sure his duel with Hamlet will result in Hamlet's death. What is it?
(a) Damage Hamlet's armor so he is vulnerable.
(b) Poison the tip of the sword.
(c) Force Hamlet to drink poison before the fight.
(d) Fix Laertes's sword so it is sharp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claudius hears that Hamlet has killed someone, what does he say?

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

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

4. What are the Norwegian soldiers fighting over?

5. What additional method does Claudius suggest so that even if Hamlet wins the duel with Laertes, Hamlet will still die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hamlet finally confronts his mother in Act 3, Scene 4, speaking harshly to her as he tries to force her to realize her own complicity in the crime. What happens to change his tone?

2. 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?

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

4. Who is Yorick, and why does he come up in Act 5?

5. At the end of the play, we learn of the death of two minor characters. Who are they, and how do we learn of their death?

6. Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is responsible for Polonius's death. Claudius says that there are two reasons why he cannot have Hamlet publicly arrested and punished. What are those two reasons?

7. After Polonius's death, who is sent to find Hamlet?

8. In Act 4, Scene 5, Claudius is almost overthrown by a violent mob. Who does the mob want to be king in his place?

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

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

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