This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Polonius send his servant, Reynaldo, to France? A) To spy on & spread rumors about his son, Laertes. B) To beg a favor from King Claudius. C) To find out what is wrong with Hamlet. D) To spy on Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To spy on & spread rumors about his son, Laertes. 2. Who comes in and claims the throne after all have died the Danish court have died? A) Osric. B) Horatio. C) William. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortinbras. 3. What did Marcellus, Bernardo, Francisco, and Horatio see outside the castle? A) A soldier. B) The ghost of Hamlet Sr. C) The ghost of Hamlet Jr. D) A statue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ghost of Hamlet Sr. 4. Hamlet questions Ophelia's honesty when he encounters her in Act 3, Scene 1 because A) She had lied to him before. B) He can no longer tell truth from lies. C) He is disillusioned with his mother. D) He knows her purpose in talking to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can no longer tell truth from lies. 5. Who says "the lady doth protest too much, methinks" ? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Ophelia. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 6. Who says "To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream" ? A) Hamlet. B) Laertes. C) Ophelia. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 7. Gertrude dies from: A) Old age. B) Drinking poison. C) Drowning. D) Suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking poison. 8. What kind of writing does Shakespeareuse to indicate Hamlet's "crazy" moments? A) Blank verse. B) Bob and wheel verse. C) Prose. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 9. By the end of Act II, Hamlet plans to: A) Use Horatio as bait to catch the King doing something illegal. B) Use the actors to set up the King. C) Kill Ophelia and Polonius. D) Speak to his mother about her embarrassing behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use the actors to set up the King. 10. What does young Fortinbras want to do? A) Conquer Denmark. B) Receive payment from Hamlet. C) Avenge his father's death by killing Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conquer Denmark. 11. What literary device is used in the Hamlet quote, "His beard was white as snow." ? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. What does everyone think killed old King Hamlet? A) Old Age. B) An assassin. C) A snake. D) A stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A snake. 13. What does Hamlet's first soliloquy reveal about him? A) That he is happy. B) That he loves his mother but dislikes his stepdad. C) That he feels unhappy with life and disgusted by his mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he feels unhappy with life and disgusted by his mother. 14. One of the main themes in the play, introduced in the first acts is that of: A) Conflict. B) Rot. C) Redemption. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rot. 15. Where does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet? A) Poland. B) Norway. C) Scotland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 16. Who says this: "A little more than kin, and less than kind." A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Gertrude. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 17. Synonym for worried, anxious, troubled, agitated, rattled, or nervous. A) News. B) Doubt. C) Upset. D) Uneasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uneasy. 18. What literary term best describes the quote, "Sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me." ? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Allegory. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. Why does Hamlet denounce the drunken celebrations of Gertrude and Claudius? A) He believes it makes Denmark look silly to other countries. B) He is upset that he was not invited. C) He is offended by their marriage. D) He is angry that the ghost has taken him away from the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He believes it makes Denmark look silly to other countries. 20. Who is killed in Act 3? A) Laertes. B) Rosencrantz. C) Polonius. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 21. What words best describe Hamlet's character throughout the play? A) Sensual, caring, effeminate. B) Brave, sociable, fun. C) Mysterious, thoughtful, morose. D) Easy-going, smooth, charismatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysterious, thoughtful, morose. 22. HAMLET And yet to me what is this quintessence of dust? -Here, Hamlet expresses that he thinks ..... A) Humans have no meaning and serve no point. B) Humans are dusty. C) Humans come from dust and return to dust. D) Humans have value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans have no meaning and serve no point. 23. Hamlet is an example of what type of hero? A) Tragic Hero. B) Anti-hero. C) Loner heroes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic Hero. 24. What command does Polonius give Ophelia at the end of Scene 3? A) She should get Hamlet to marry her. B) She should be careful to not be alone with Hamlet. C) She should have a "Define the Relationship" talk with Hamlet. D) She should totally stop hanging out with Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She should totally stop hanging out with Hamlet. 25. Who saves Hamlet's life? A) Polonius. B) Old Hamlet. C) Pirates. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pirates. 26. William Shakespeare died in this year ..... A) 1600. B) 1616. C) 1614. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1616. 27. Hamlet's father appears in the form of ..... A) A ghost. B) A dream. C) A bush on fire. D) A reflection in the mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ghost. 28. Seventy one year old drama director A) Lulu. B) Gretchen. C) Emma. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gretchen. 29. Who said, "when sorrows comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions? " A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) Gertrude. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 30. What noise drives the ghost offstage? A) A cock's crow. B) His wife sleeping with Claudius. C) A string quartet. D) Hamlet crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cock's crow. 31. Who says, "Good night, sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." ? A) Marcellus. B) Chorus. C) Fortinbras. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horatio. 32. Hamlet's mother is married to his ..... A) Friend. B) Brother. C) Uncle. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncle. 33. First, Hamlet get two hits against Laertes. Then, the third round is a draw.Next, A) Hamlet hits Leartes a third time. B) The Queen falls from her chair. C) Claudius cries out to stop the match. D) Laertes strikes Hamlet's arm with the poisoned sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes strikes Hamlet's arm with the poisoned sword. 34. How does Claudius react to "The Murder of Gonzago" ? A) He acts guilty. B) He says "Give me some light.". C) He leaves the theater. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 35. Gertrude telling Claudius Hamlet thought Polonius was a rat is an example of what? A) Situational Irony. B) Satire. C) Verbal Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 36. The characteristics of Polonius that has most directly lead to his death is A) His nosiness and meddling. B) His poor judgment. C) His shallowness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His nosiness and meddling. 37. Claudius marries Hamlet's ..... A) Sister. B) Mother. C) Best friend. D) Girlfriend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother. 38. Who says "I have remembrances of you that I have longed long to redeliver" ? A) Ophelia. B) Laertes. C) Gertrude. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ophelia. 39. In Hamlet, Ophelia uses flowers to express her thoughts, but what does Hamlet use? A) Clothing. B) Weeds. C) Rocks. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weeds. 40. Where is scene 2 taking place? (The one with Hamlet, his mom, and uncle) A) At a birthday party. B) In Hamlet's room. C) At a wedding/inauguration. D) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At a wedding/inauguration. 41. Who is now married to the late King Hamlet's wife? A) Laertes. B) Cornelius. C) Claudius. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius. 42. Why is Hamlet angry before he meets the ghost? A) He isn't allowed to go back to school. B) Ophelia rejected him. C) His mom married his uncle right after his father died. D) His uncle killed his father by putting poison in his ear in order to take the kingdom and marry his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His mom married his uncle right after his father died. 43. Which character is contemplating suicide? A) Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) Ophelia. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 44. Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 2 expresses A) Frustration with his weak and indecisive nature. B) Anticipation of how he will feel if the plan works. C) Satisfaction with the plan he has made. D) Anxiety over the action he must take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frustration with his weak and indecisive nature. 45. Where is the king sending Hamlet? A) Norway. B) Sweden. C) England. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 46. Hamlet calls this person a sponge A) Guildenstern. B) Emily. C) Gertrude. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosencrantz. 47. "I have no ..... that you can win this game, " said the coach. A) Doubt. B) Appearance. C) News. D) Upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doubt. 48. Where is Hamlet's father? A) Hidden under the stairwell. B) In Purgatory. C) In Hell. D) In Heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Purgatory. 49. The Ghost appears in Act 3, Scene 4 to A) Make Hamlet appear even more insane. B) Mitigate Hamlet's cruel treatment of his mother. C) Symbolize Hamlet's guilt over the killing of Polonius. D) Warn Hamlet that Claudius is going to try and kill him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitigate Hamlet's cruel treatment of his mother. 50. Who is the son of the dead king of Denmark? A) Hamlet. B) Horatio. C) Marcellus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 51. Who says, "More matter with less art" ? A) Ophelia. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gertrude. 52. Laertes warns Ophelia against Hamlet in Scene 3 because A) He knows Hamlet is depressed. B) He distrusts Hamlet's contancy. C) She is too young. D) Their father disapproves of the relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He distrusts Hamlet's contancy. 53. Who kills Laertes? A) Horatio. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 54. Claudio kills ..... A) His brother in law. B) His best friend. C) His cousin. D) His brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His brother. 55. Who is the following statement about-" He raised a sigh so piteous & profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk & end his being." A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) Laertes. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 56. What does it mean when Hamlet says " ..... he has my dying breath" ? A) Laertes has killed him. B) He chooses who he feels should be the next king. C) Osric ran out of the room too quickly. D) Horatio is hearing his last words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He chooses who he feels should be the next king. 57. Hamlet's father reappears to him because ..... A) He wants Hamlet to avenge his death. B) He wants Hamlet to continue paying for his Netflix subscription. C) He wants Hamlet to be King. D) He wants Hamlet to stop biting his nails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants Hamlet to avenge his death. 58. What is the play Hamlet requests of the players? A) The Murder of Gonzago. B) Macbeth. C) Julius Ceasar. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Murder of Gonzago. 59. Hamlet and Laertes are like characters, yet they are opposite in qualities. What term describes that? A) Protagonists. B) Antagonists. C) Opposite. D) Foils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foils. 60. HAMLET I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.-Here, Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ..... A) That he is only acting mad. B) That he is good with handsaws. C) That he is into falconry. D) That he broke wind. 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