This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who does Gertrude tell about the murder of Polonius? A) Guildenstern. B) Claudius. C) Ophelia. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 2. What do Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio see in Scene 1 (which Bernardo had also seen at a prior watch)? A) Hamlet was crying and acting crazy. B) King Hamlet's ghost. C) The Queen in the arms of an unknown man. D) Horatio and Marcellus meeting secretly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hamlet's ghost. 3. ..... is Hamlet's tone when he speaks to Ophelia. A) He crazy in love with her and asks her to marry him. B) He respectfully asks her to come with him after the play. C) He's angry & tells her to become a nun & not have children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's angry & tells her to become a nun & not have children. 4. Who said the following:Something is wrong in the state of Denmark. A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Bernardo. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marcellus. 5. Who says: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." A) Claudius. B) Hamlet. C) Horatio. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 6. Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want? A) He wants to marry Ophelia. B) He wants to kidnap the Queen and hold her for ransom. C) He wants to avenge his father's death. D) He wants to be given the title to his father's lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to avenge his father's death. 7. Define foreshadowing. A) Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things. B) A flashback of what happened previously. C) A hint at something that will happen later. D) Comparing two unlike things using like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hint at something that will happen later. 8. Act 3 Scene 4:How does the Queen react to the ghost appearing? A) She cannot see or hear the ghost. B) She is terrified of the ghost. C) She is heartbroken about the ghost of her dead husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She cannot see or hear the ghost. 9. What is Hamlet's tragic flaw? A) He doesn't understand love. B) He can't make up his mind. C) He's arrogant. D) His feelings for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can't make up his mind. 10. What do Horatio and the guards decide to do after the ghost leaves? A) Try to find it again. B) Shoot at it. C) Tell young Hamlet about it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell young Hamlet about it. 11. Which of the following characters cannot see the ghost? A) Marcellus. B) Gertrude. C) Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 12. What does the Queen believe to be the reason for Hamlet's odd behavior? A) Her marriage and his father's death. B) Claudius moved in too soon. C) Ophelia denied his love. D) Horatio has been away at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her marriage and his father's death. 13. Whom does Polonius plan to tell about Hamlet's visit to his (Polonius') house? A) Ophelia. B) Horatio. C) King Claudius. D) Queen Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Claudius. 14. As Laertes prepares to leave, what are Polonius' parting words? A) If music be the food of love, play on. B) What's in a name? That which we call a rose would smell as sweet. C) To thine own self be true. D) To be or not to be, that is the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To thine own self be true. 15. Which flower represents both frailty and faithfulness in Hamlet? A) Fennel. B) Violets. C) Daisies. D) Rue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Violets. 16. There is a play performed for everyone at the castle. What is the name of the play? A) The Best king ever. B) The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. C) The Murder of Gonzago. D) The Courtier's Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Murder of Gonzago. 17. What is Polonius going to do while Gertrude talks to Hamlet? A) Move the king to a secure location. B) Confront Opelia about her love for Hamlet. C) Write to Laertes that he must return to Denmark. D) Hide behind a tapestry and listen to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hide behind a tapestry and listen to them. 18. What was Yorick's job? A) The king's counselor. B) The king's butler. C) The king's jester. D) The king's taster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The king's jester. 19. What happened to King Hamlet? A) Poison in his wine glass. B) He is stabbed through an arras. C) Poison in the ear. D) Stabbing him with poisoned sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poison in the ear. 20. Who will likely be the new king ofDenmark? A) Horatio. B) Laertes. C) Osric. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortinbras. 21. Why is Hamlet surprised at Fortinbras's attempt to conquer a part of Poland? A) The land is worthless. B) No one has ever successfully defeated the Poles. C) Fortinbras is travelling in the wrong direction. D) The Poles have never had a disagreement with the Norwegians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land is worthless. 22. Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother? A) Because she married so soon after her husband's death. B) Because she won't let him go back to school in Wittenberg. C) Because she pays more attention to Claudius than him. D) Because she helped Claudius murder her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she married so soon after her husband's death. 23. Why did Ophelia take her own life? A) Her Brother died. B) Hamlet died. C) She had no men to control her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had no men to control her. 24. Complete this quote said by Hamlet: "Frailty thy name ..... " A) Is god. B) Is men. C) Is women. D) Is Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is women. 25. In Act I, what do the guards see outside the castle at night? A) The ghost of King Fortinbras. B) The ghost of King Claudius. C) The ghost of King Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ghost of King Hamlet. 26. At the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mother A) Not to tell Claudius that he killed Polonius. B) Not to tell Laertes who killed Polonius. C) Not to go to Claudius' bed that night. D) Not to send him to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to go to Claudius' bed that night. 27. Hamlet has the opportunity to kill Claudius, why doesn't he? A) Because he wants to torture him first. B) Because he doesn't want to get caught. C) Because he doesn't want him to go to heaven. D) He wants Claudius to know that he knows what happened to his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he doesn't want him to go to heaven. 28. How does Queen Gertrude die? A) Accidentally stabbed by Laertes. B) Drowns in the river outside the castle. C) Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes. D) Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup. 29. Who does Hamlet call "a gentleman of infinite jest" ? A) Fortinbras. B) Reynaldo. C) Horatio. D) Yorick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yorick. 30. When a character speaks while or as if they are alone, what is it called? A) Pun. B) Soliloquy. C) Introspection. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. 31. How does Hamlet really feel about Ophelia? A) He never loved her. B) He kinda liked her. C) He truly loves her. D) She alright. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He truly loves her. 32. A group of ..... comes to the castle. A) . B) . C) . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 33. Who is best associated with this image? A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. B) Horatio. C) Polonius. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 34. According to Hamlet, for Polonius to treat the players extremely well would be ..... A) Completely out of character. B) To Polonius' benefit. C) What they deserve. D) A costly mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Polonius' benefit. 35. What does Claudius tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare for? A) Hamlet's attack. B) They will accompany Hamlet to England. C) To spy on Gertrude if she defends Hamlet. D) They must return to college because they have failed as spies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will accompany Hamlet to England. 36. Everyone in the castle thinks Hamlet is ..... A) Sad about his father. B) Angry at his mother. C) Crazy. D) Physically sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crazy. 37. Who makes the first hit in the duel? A) Hamlet. B) Horatio. C) Osric. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 38. How does the ghost say he died? A) He was murdered by Claudius. B) He was killed by Young Fortinbras. C) He died of a heart attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was murdered by Claudius. 39. Lord who arranges the duel between Hamlet and Laertes A) Cornelius. B) Osric. C) Horatio. D) Reynaldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osric. 40. Hamlet says, "The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse" (1.4.9). What is the meaning of "rouse" ? A) A diet Coke. B) An alcoholic beverage. C) A Starbucks coffee drink. D) Midnight snack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An alcoholic beverage. 41. Hamlet calls Denmark a prison because A) The King has locked him in there. B) He cannot leave Denmark. C) He feels trapped. D) There is something wrong with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He feels trapped. 42. When talking to Polonius, Hamlet, yet again, reveals that he wishes he were ..... A) King. B) Deaf. C) Free to go to school. D) Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dead. 43. Who is Gertrude truly loyal to? A) Hamlet. B) Ophelia. C) Herself. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claudius. 44. Why is Gertrude angry with Hamlet after the play? A) He sat next to Ophelia instead of her. B) He embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone at the castle. C) He wrote the lines in the play that called her old. D) She is only pretending to be angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sat next to Ophelia instead of her. 45. What is Claudius asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do? A) Tell Hamlet he is acting crazy. B) Spy on Hamlet. C) Go to France to spy on Laertes. D) Spy on Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spy on Hamlet. 46. What is hamlet's big problem A) Inaction. B) His dad had cancer. C) His mom forgot who he was. D) He wants to be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inaction. 47. Although Hamlet is very angry with his mother, he does not want to A) Speak cruel words to his mother. B) Encourage his mother's foul deeds. C) Offend his mother. D) Harm his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harm his mother. 48. What literary device is used in the Hamlet quote, "sea of troubles' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 49. One of the themes of Hamlet is: A) The mystery of death. B) Revenge. C) Madness. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. What does Ophelia pretend to give to Laertes? A) Rings. B) Sticks. C) Flowers. D) Letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers. 51. Reynaldo is sent to spy on ..... A) Victor. B) Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laertes. 52. Why does Laertes warn Ophelia about her relationship with Hamlet? A) He believes Hamlet will never marry her. B) He believes Hamlet is cheating on her. C) He believes Hamlet loves another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He believes Hamlet will never marry her. 53. By Hamlet comparing himself to Hercules he is trying to prove what point to Gertrude? (Scene 10) A) Claudius is nothing like King Hamlet. B) Hamlet is strong. C) Hamlet can endure much pain and suffering. D) Hamlet is the hero in the family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius is nothing like King Hamlet. 54. During the fencing match, what does Claudius encourage Hamlet to do? A) Get it together man. B) Stab Laertes. C) Drink the poison drink. D) Dance, dance, dance, dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drink the poison drink. 55. Which of the following does NOT happen in Act 4? A) Hamlet negotiates a peace treaty with Fortinbras's army. B) Laertes comes back from France. C) Ophelia talks to Gertrude and Claudius about flowers. D) Hamlet gets kidnapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet negotiates a peace treaty with Fortinbras's army. 56. Who is captured by pirates? A) Hamlet. B) Laertes. C) Guildenstern. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 57. Who are invited to the castle to keep an eye on Prince Hamlet? A) Guildenstern and Voltimand. B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) Laertes and Rosencrantz. D) Fortinbras and Voltimand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 58. Why is Hamlet considered unique among revenge plays? A) Because it takes place in Denmark. B) Because it is about betrayal. C) Because it is a tragedy. D) Because action is repeatedly put off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because action is repeatedly put off. 59. Who tells Hamlet that they saw his father? A) Charlotte. B) William. C) Harry. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horatio. 60. Hamlet's famous speeches are called A) Unilogues. B) Dramatic irony. C) Dialogues. D) Soliloquies. 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