This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do characters use language in Hamlet? A) As a means of personal enlightenment. B) As a means of courtship. C) As a manipulative political tool. D) As a way to express their desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a manipulative political tool. 2. Hamlet's best bud A) Haratio. B) Francisco. C) Bernardo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haratio. 3. Hamlet followed the ghost because A) It waved for him to come. B) It called him. C) Horatio told him to follow it. D) It grabbed his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It waved for him to come. 4. What are two characteristics of a tragic hero? A) Strength and power. B) Honor and respect. C) Cold and lit. D) Heroic and flawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heroic and flawed. 5. After Hamlet and Laertes fight in Ophelia's grave. The queen makes an excuse for Hamlet's behavior. What is it? A) He loved Ophelia. B) He was a prisoner of pirates. C) He has jet leg. D) He is not himself (insane). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is not himself (insane). 6. Who killed Hamlet's father? A) Fortinbras. B) Claudius. C) Polonius. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 7. Why is Gertrude given the flower rue in Hamlet? A) Ophelia thought they were pretty. B) The color of the blooms is Gertrude's favorite color. C) Rue represents bitterness, sorrow, and repentance. D) It reminded Ophelia of her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rue represents bitterness, sorrow, and repentance. 8. Laertes demands to know A) One more reason for Ophelia's madness. B) Why Hamlet has returned from Denmark. C) How Horatio got Hamlet's letter. D) How Polonius died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How Polonius died. 9. What time period is Hamlet set in? A) Anglo Saxon. B) Renaissance. C) Late Middle Ages. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late Middle Ages. 10. Who is the protagonist of our drama and Prince of Denmark? A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 11. In Act IV, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent to find ..... A) A ship to sail to England. B) Polonius' body. C) Laertes to avenge Polonius' death. D) A doctor for Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius' body. 12. ..... drinks the poisoned wine that ..... prepared to give Hamlet. A) Laertes Claudius. B) Gertrude Claudius. C) Gertrude Laertes. D) Claudius Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude Claudius. 13. The officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of Elsinore and who summon Horatio to witness it. A) Rozencratz and Guildenstern. B) Voltimand and Cornelius. C) Marcellus and Barnardo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marcellus and Barnardo. 14. ..... drinks the poison. A) Laertes. B) The king. C) Hamlet. D) The queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The queen. 15. What does Claudius do that makes Hamlet hesitate in killing him, at first? A) Apologizes for the murder. B) Prays for forgiveness. C) Treats Hamlet with great respect. D) Mourns at the grave site. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prays for forgiveness. 16. "To be or not to be, that is the question ..... " could literally be translated into what? A) To live or not to live, that is what I must decide. B) What is the meaning of life?. C) To kill Claudius or not, that is the problem. D) What is real and what is not?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To live or not to live, that is what I must decide. 17. Soccer player that tried out for the play? A) Stanley. B) Emma. C) Josh. D) Lulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Josh. 18. When Ophelia loses her mind, what does she hand out? A) Bones she pretends are flowers. B) Kisses. C) Her possessions. D) Samples at Wal-Mart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones she pretends are flowers. 19. What favor does Hamlet ask of Horatio? A) To watch Claudius during the funeral to see his reaction. B) To watch Claudius during the movie to see his reaction. C) To watch Claudius during the play to see his reaction. D) To watch Claudius during the dinner party to see his reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To watch Claudius during the play to see his reaction. 20. Why is it ironic that Polonius says that "brevity is the soul of wit" ? A) He's a liar. B) He rambles when he speaks. C) He seems to lack a soul. D) He isn't funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He rambles when he speaks. 21. What does Hamlet believe Claudius is doing that makes him hesitate in killing him? A) He apologizes. B) He seems to pray. C) He admits his guilt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He admits his guilt. 22. The poem that Ophelia sung about Saint Valentine's Day shows insight into? A) Father's love toward family. B) Her relationship with Hamlet. C) Her love for her family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her relationship with Hamlet. 23. After Hamlet has his proof that Claudius killed his father, why doesn't he kill him when he has the chance in the Chapel? A) Hamlet wants to kill Claudius while he is sinning. B) He still isn't completely sure. C) He doesn't have the courage. D) He thinks Claudius is sorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet wants to kill Claudius while he is sinning. 24. How does the play affect King Claudius? A) He plots to kill Hamlet. B) He drinks poison. C) He runs away. D) He kills the queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He runs away. 25. "It shall be so:Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go. "Who speaks this line? A) Prince Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) King Hamlet's ghost. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claudius. 26. The health of a state seems related to ..... A) The physical state of its leader. B) The moral state of its people. C) The physical state of its people. D) The moral state of its leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The moral state of its leader. 27. Act 3 Scene 3:Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he catches him unaware and praying? A) Hamlet wants to attack Claudius when he least expects it. B) Hamlet doesn't want to kill Claudius because he forgave him. C) He did kill him while he was praying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet wants to attack Claudius when he least expects it. 28. What is the MOST popular quote we know about from Hamlet? A) "To be or not to be that is the question". B) "Cruel to be kind in the right measure". C) "No scrubs". D) "Live with or wihout you". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "To be or not to be that is the question". 29. Ophelia's brother A) Voltemond. B) Laertes. C) Reynaldo. D) Cornelius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes. 30. Claudius's prayer in Act III reveals what about his character? A) That he is a callous, soulless individual. B) That he ranks among Shakespeare's greatest villains. C) That his conscience is weighing on him. D) That his hatred for Hamlet propels him to new heights of evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That his conscience is weighing on him. 31. Ophelia goes mad because ..... A) Her father has been killed. B) Laertes has left her. C) Her father has been killed and Hamlet says he doesn't love her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her father has been killed and Hamlet says he doesn't love her. 32. Whose funeral does Hamlet begin to watch without realizing who was being buried? A) King Hamlet. B) Osric. C) Polonius. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ophelia. 33. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew! A) Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 34. We added a type of comic relief to the play A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. B) Ophelia. C) Gravediggers. D) Caludius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravediggers. 35. Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? A) They want to tell Hamlet (King Hamlet's son). B) They want to tell the Queen. C) They want to tell the priests. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They want to tell Hamlet (King Hamlet's son). 36. Who said this: "Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love, /Make up my sum." A) Claudius. B) Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 37. Ophelia's madness is blamed on A) Hamlet's cruel words. B) Her father's sudden death. C) Hamlet's being sent away. D) The people of the King's court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her father's sudden death. 38. What type of English did Shakespeare develop? A) Slang. B) Old English. C) Modern English. D) Middle English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern English. 39. The theme of Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy is: A) Death. B) Anger. C) Life. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 40. Finish this writers intention:To highlight the impact of ..... A) Grief. B) Power. C) Betrayal. D) Jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grief. 41. How does Emma get to The Globe? A) She takes the train. B) She falls through the trap door. C) She falls in a mud puddle. D) She opens a closet door and walks in it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She falls through the trap door. 42. What is ironic about the death of Claudius? A) He died in the same way he plotted to kill Hamlet. B) He was not arrested. C) He prayed for forgiveness before he was killed. D) He died just before Hamlet died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He died in the same way he plotted to kill Hamlet. 43. In what condition is Ophelia when she comes before Gertrude and Claudius at the start of Act IV? A) Insane. B) Zombie-like. C) Heartbroken. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 44. How are women generally viewed in Hamlet? A) They are viewed as inspirational muses. B) They are viewed purely as sexual objects. C) They are viewed as heroines and nurturers. D) They are viewed as manipulative and untrustworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are viewed as manipulative and untrustworthy. 45. The last one to die in the castle is A) Laertes. B) King Claudius. C) Queen Gertrude. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 46. ..... Who says, "I am but mad north-north west." ? A) Ophelia. B) Hamlet. C) Marcellus. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 47. According to Claudius, why hasn't he restrained Hamlet up to this point? A) He is afraid of Hamlet. B) He doesn't want to hurt Gertrude. C) He loves Hamlet too much. D) He thought Hamlet was crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He loves Hamlet too much. 48. Who says "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff" ? A) Osric. B) Polonius. C) Reynaldo. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horatio. 49. Who said the following:Neither a borrower nor a lender be. A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Gertrude. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polonius. 50. Who killed Hamlet? A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Ophelia. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes. 51. The setting for Hamlet is in: A) Norway. B) Germany. C) Denmark. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark. 52. Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he is praying in the church? A) He doesn't believe in shedding blood in church. B) He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven. C) He's worried about his mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven. 53. When Claudius asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is his first answer? A) In Heaven. B) In a grave. C) At supper. D) In Hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At supper. 54. Hyperbole is a literary device that is characterized by ..... and is used extensively by Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet. A) Understatement. B) Exaggeration. C) Rhyming. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 55. Did Ophelia drown herself A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 56. Before dying, Hamlet asks Horatio to ..... A) Give him a royal funeral. B) Give him his sword. C) Tell everyone his story. D) Welcome Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell everyone his story. 57. Laertes is the brother of ..... A) Polonius. B) Ophelia. C) Gertrude. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 58. What reason does Polonius offer for Hamlet's madness? A) He is upset about the marriage of Claudius and Gertrude. B) He loves Ophelia. C) He is distraught over his father's death. D) He's a moody teenager. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves Ophelia. 59. What does the Ghost remind Hamlet to do? A) Leave his mother alone. B) Go to England. C) Take a bath. D) Get revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get revenge. 60. Forced to "unfold" herself when she rereads Hamlet. A) Wick. B) Emma. C) Gretchen. D) Lulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emma. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHamlet Quiz 1Hamlet Quiz 2Hamlet Quiz 3Hamlet Quiz 4Hamlet Quiz 5Hamlet Quiz 6Hamlet Quiz 7Hamlet Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books