This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was Hamlets title? A) Pope. B) Prince. C) Queen. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prince. 2. Hamlet visits Ophelia "with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head" to A) Declare his love for her. B) Tell her about the ghost of his father. C) Ask her how she feels about him. D) Convince her of his madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convince her of his madness. 3. Which character is NOT dead by the of Act 4? A) Ophelia. B) Horatio. C) King Hamlet. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio. 4. Who said "Brevity is the soul of wit" ? A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Polonius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 5. What is a reason Horatio is asked to witness the ghost? A) He is Hamlet's schoolmate. B) He is from Wittenburg. C) He is Hamlet's trusted friend. D) He has good hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is Hamlet's trusted friend. 6. What does the gravedigger think about many people? A) They are clever. B) They are rotten. C) They have feelings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are rotten. 7. Why does Claudius claim he has let Hamlet do as he pleases thus far? A) Because Gertrude dotes on her son, and Claudius loves Gertrude. B) Because Claudius respects Hamlet as the future king. C) Because Claudius loves Hamlet. D) Because Claudius is afraid of Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Gertrude dotes on her son, and Claudius loves Gertrude. 8. Who wants to go to Wittenberg University? A) Othello. B) Claudio. C) Laertes. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 9. At the end of Act 4, it is made known that someone has died. Who died? A) Claudius. B) Ophelia. C) Polonius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 10. Who says, " ..... to thine own self be true, " and who does he say it to? A) Polonius says it to Laertes. B) King Claudius says it to Hamlet. C) Polonius says it to Ophelia. D) The ghost says it to Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius says it to Laertes. 11. Poisoned the tip of my rapier in order to kill Hamlet A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Ophelia. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 12. With whom does Claudius plot to kill Hamlet? A) Laertes. B) Gertrude. C) Polonius. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 13. Prince of Norway A) Fortinbras. B) Rosencrantz. C) Hamlet. D) Voltemond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortinbras. 14. They ghost will only speak to A) Barnardo. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 15. Hamlet is prince of A) Denmark. B) Norway. C) Italy. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 16. What has Gertrude done to anger Prince Hamlet? A) Divorced his father. B) Killed old King Hamlet. C) Married his uncle, Claudius. D) Sent him back to school in Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Married his uncle, Claudius. 17. What does Hamlet say will show Horatio's true friendship to him? A) Drinking the poison to join Hamlet in death. B) Killing those courtiers who helped Cluadius carry out his plans. C) Becoming king of Denmark and ruling justly. D) Living so that he can bear witness to what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living so that he can bear witness to what happened. 18. King Claudius is happy to know that A) Ophelia returned Hamlet's gifts and letters. B) Laertes will go to France. C) Fortinbras will not attack Denmark. D) Polonius has a plan to discover the reason for Hamlet's foul mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fortinbras will not attack Denmark. 19. Claudius gets ..... and ..... to spy on Hamlet. A) Laertes and Ophelia. B) Horatio and Marcellus. C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Victor and the creature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 20. Claudius is motivated to kill King Hamlet and marry Gertrude by: A) His love for Gertrude. B) A quest for power. C) His hatred for King Hamlet. D) His desire to live in a castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A quest for power. 21. What does Hamlet contemplate while he holds the skull? A) The meaning of life. B) The inevitability of death. C) The beauty of nature. D) The consequences of his actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The inevitability of death. 22. The late King Hamlet and the present King Claudius were A) Father and son. B) Brothers. C) Cousins. D) Uncle and nephew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brothers. 23. While Hamlet lies dying, Horatio tries to A) Save Hamlet's life by removing the poison. B) Kill Claudius to avenge Hamlet's murder. C) Kill himself by drinking the poisoned wine. D) Flee so he isn't blamed for all the murders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kill himself by drinking the poisoned wine. 24. What did Ophelia give to Polonius? A) A love letter from Hamlet. B) A break-up letter from Hamlet. C) A necklace. D) A piece of Hamlet's hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A love letter from Hamlet. 25. At what time does the ghost arrive? A) At midnight. B) 10:00pm. C) In the sunset. D) At noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At midnight. 26. The Queen tells Laertes that Ophelia is dead. How did she die? A) She has drowned. B) She died of a broken heart. C) She has been poisoned. D) She has stabbed herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She has drowned. 27. Who didn't believe in the ghost at first? A) Horatio. B) Marcellus. C) Hamlet. D) Jocasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 28. How does King Claudius kill King Hamlet? A) Poison poured into his mouth while sleeping. B) Stabbed him. C) Hires a hit-man. D) Poison poured into his ear while sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison poured into his ear while sleeping. 29. Which of the following characters did not see the ghost? A) Marcellus. B) Hamlet. C) Gertrude. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gertrude. 30. Hamlet's girlfriend A) Jenine. B) Ophelia. C) Gertrude. D) Elsinore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 31. "If it assume my noble father's person, I'll speak to it though hell itself should gape and bid me hold my peace!" A) Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) Ghost. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 32. What is the subject of the "To be or not to be" soliloquy? A) Loyalty. B) Love. C) Death. D) Violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 33. What does the "To be or not to be" speech contemplate? A) Infidelity. B) Ghosts. C) Murder. D) Suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suicide. 34. What do Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia? A) To marry Hamlet. B) To go to France. C) To break up with Hamlet. D) To go to college. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To break up with Hamlet. 35. ..... of the car sale reached Bobbi too late. A) Doubt. B) Appearance. C) Upset. D) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) News. 36. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, though the title character is seeking revenge, he is reluctant to kill Claudius while the king is ..... A) In bed. B) Praying. C) At dinner. D) Asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Praying. 37. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio's news? A) Hamlet decides to go to confession and communion. B) He decides to have the doctor examine his mother. C) Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio's news. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio's news. 38. Who poisoned the tip of his sword in order to kill Hamlet? A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Rosencrantz. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes. 39. What is NOT a theme in Hamlet? A) Life is happiness. B) Complexity of action. C) Mystery of death. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life is happiness. 40. What does Polonius demand of Ophelia? A) Continue seeing Prince Hamlet. B) Leave for France with Laertes. C) Stop seeing Prince Hamlet. D) Help him become king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop seeing Prince Hamlet. 41. What does Polonius say Hamlet is doing? A) Writing Ophelia love letters. B) Standing on the top of the castle ledge. C) Talking to himself. D) Getting angry with his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing Ophelia love letters. 42. In Scene 1, Marcellus's comment that "Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy" foreshadows the: A) Apparent madness of Hamlet. B) Arrival of Horatio. C) Appearance of the Ghost. D) Coronation of Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appearance of the Ghost. 43. A coloring book nightmare with deep blue, red, and greed colors on every post, mask, and beam. A) The Globe Theater. B) The coffee shop. C) The high school theater. D) The black box. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe Theater. 44. Finish this quote ..... "Frailty, thy name is ..... !" A) Mine. B) Hamlet. C) Woman. D) Thine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woman. 45. The ghost must hurry to tell its story to Hamlet before morning dawns, because A) Ghosts cannot appear in daylight. B) Something is rotten in Denmark. C) Hamlet must leave. D) Horatio and Bernardo will see the ghost if it stays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghosts cannot appear in daylight. 46. The Ghost's speech affects Hamlet's view of his mother because he learns that she was A forced to marry Claudius. A) Forced to marry Claudius. B) Unfaithful to his father. C) A participant in Claudius' plot. D) A loving a loyal wife to Hamlet's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A participant in Claudius' plot. 47. Polonius initially draws the conclusionthat Hamlet's "madness" is the result of what cause? A) His romantic and sexual obsession withOphelia. B) His knowledge of Claudius' guilt. C) His ingestion of drugs. D) Inheriting madness from Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His romantic and sexual obsession withOphelia. 48. Claudius kills ..... A) His brother. B) His cousin. C) His best friend. D) His brother in law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His brother. 49. Who did the King and Queen send to spy on Hamlet? A) Voltemand and Cornelius. B) Polonius and Laertes. C) Claudius and Gertrude. D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 50. According to Hamlet, what is one reason he doesn't commit suicide? A) What happens after death may be worse than life. B) He must be strong for Gertrude. C) Revenge must come before anything else. D) He must take over the throne of Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What happens after death may be worse than life. 51. What is the name of the play that Hamlet asks the actors to perform? A) The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. B) The Murther of Gonzago. C) The Courier's Tragedy. D) The Burgher King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Murther of Gonzago. 52. What is Hamlet's dying request of Horatio? A) He asks Horatio to live on and tell his story. B) He asks Horatio to take the throne. C) He asks Horatio to defeat Fortinbras. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asks Horatio to live on and tell his story. 53. A character speaking his/her thoughts aloud, when no other characters can hear, is called a: A) Soliloquy. B) Stanza. C) Speech. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 54. "Though this be madness, yet there is madness in 't." Who says this? A) Laertes. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polonius. 55. Finish the quote: " ..... his foul and most unnatural murder." A) Revenge. B) Justify. C) Cherish. D) Honor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revenge. 56. What is the true purpose of Hamlet's errand to England? A) Hamlet's secret marriage. B) Get a treaty. C) To kill Hamlet. D) Invade England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To kill Hamlet. 57. It is fitting that Fortinbras speak last in the play because A) He admires Hamlet more than anyone else in the play. B) Only he knew the true chain of events. C) He will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark. D) He has returned victorious from Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark. 58. What is a major question in the play? A) The relation between 'love and death'. B) The relation between 'appearance and reality'. C) The relation between 'good and evil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relation between 'appearance and reality'. 59. Why does Horatio not believe the guards about what they have seen? A) He knows that people can scare easily in the middle of the night. B) The guards are not educated or reliable sources of information. C) He doesn't believe in ghosts. D) He has not seen the ghost with his own eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has not seen the ghost with his own eyes. 60. What literary device is used in the Hamlet quote, "My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites." ? A) Metaphor. B) Anaphora. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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