Hamlet Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. In Scene 7, what does Claudius intend to do as a back up to the plot with Laertes?
2. Where was the setting?
3. "Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, and therefore I forbid my tears."
4. What are the names of the emissaries that Claudius sends to the King of Norway?
5. Hamlet is really .....
6. Claudius poisons .....
7. Hamlet's first long speech (lines 76-86) shows his
8. Which country will attack Denmark?
9. In Hamlet, why is Laertes given rosemary and pansies?
10. ..... means an artistic and poetic expression or style using figurative images and indirect ideas to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind.
11. Who enters the room as Hamlet is speaking to his mother?
12. An example of a dynamic character is:
13. What is Hamlet's plan at the end of Act II?
14. In Scene 2, Hamlet's aside "A little more than kin and less than kind" reveals his
15. When the play begins, the castle is celebrating .....
16. "Oh, my lord! My lord! I have been so affrighted!"
17. Who admits "My lord, we were sent for" ?
18. Who sees the ghost of King Hamlet first?
19. Hamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?
20. What would Hamlet have his mother do?
21. Where is Scene 1 taking place?
22. What is a recurring subject, theme, idea. Especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
23. What is Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship in the beginning of the paly?
24. O thou vile king, give me my father!
25. Why is Ophelia so upset in Scene 1?
26. In Scene 7, what news does Gertrude bring?
27. Who is the first character to see the ghost?
28. Which of the following is NOT something that Hamlet says in his final soliloquy?
29. King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals
30. Where was Dracula set?
31. What length of time elapses between the King's death and the Queen remarriage?
32. Why does the gravedigger believe England is a good place for Hamlet?
33. Who kills Hamlet?
34. What literary term best describes the quote, "Words, words, words!" ?
35. Where does Laertes attend college?
36. Why does Laertes burst into the King's court room in Scene 5?
37. We agreed to spy on Hamlet
38. What is the order of deaths in Act V?
39. What message does Act I convey about Claudius?
40. Where was Lucy found when found sleepwalking?
41. What does Hamlet accuse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of?
42. Why did King Claudius kill King Hamlet?
43. How many characters die during the course of the play?
44. Hamlet askes the actor to change the play. The new play will show .....
45. One woe doth tread upon another's heel, so fast they follow.-Your sister's drown'd, Laertes
46. Polonius sends Reynaldo on a very specific mission. What is he to do in Paris?
47. The village men were very ..... to hear that their boat sank in the storm.
48. Hamlet:The air bites shrewdly. The personification in the dialogue above most likely means?
49. Who serves as referee at the fencing match?
50. Hamlet is sent to England under what pretenses?
51. In the first scene, what drives the Ghost away?
52. How does the duel between Hamlet and Laertes end?
53. Do liars lie is an example of what?
54. Yorick's skull makes Hamlet think of:
55. Gertrude tells Claudius she thinks Hamlet's changed behaviour is because:
56. Hamlet was a prince in .....
57. Gertrude is .....
58. Who is Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mom, getting married to?
59. When the ghost of King Hamlet appears, what does he do?
60. How do the people of Denmark think King Hamlet died?