This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hamlet suggests that Ophelia go to A) Her father's house and stay there. B) Take a swim in the nearby stream. C) Paris to stay with her brother. D) A "nunnery" which may mean a convent or a brothel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A "nunnery" which may mean a convent or a brothel. 2. The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius's court, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia A) Barnardo. B) Francisco. C) Fortinbras. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polonius. 3. Laertes warns Ophelia against Hamlet because A) She is too young. B) Their father disapproves of the relationship. C) He distrusts Hamlet's constancy. D) He knows Hamlet is depressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He distrusts Hamlet's constancy. 4. Who will the group of men in Act 1 scene 1 go to tell about the ghost they saw that looked like the king? A) No one. B) Hamlet. C) Polonius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 5. Who is Marcellus? A) Hamlet's BFF. B) The Lord Chamberlain. C) A Guard. D) Polonius' son. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Guard. 6. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris? A) Gorgonzola. B) Samson. C) Francisco. D) Reynaldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reynaldo. 7. Why does Laertes force his way into the castle? 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. 8. Who first sees the ghost? A) Marcellus & Bernardo. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcellus & Bernardo. 9. Who said, "though this be madness, yet there is method in't? A) Marcellus. B) Polonius. C) Gertrude. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius. 10. What is the most important event that occurs prior to the beginning of the play? A) The marriage of Hamlet's uncle and mother. B) The mysterious death of King Hamlet. C) The conflict between King Hamlet and Fortinbras. D) The breakup of Hamlet and Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mysterious death of King Hamlet. 11. Hamlet's father was really killed by ..... A) A stroke. B) A heart attack. C) Poison. D) A snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poison. 12. What does Horatio think about the sightingof King Hamlet's ghost? A) It means that he should question Gertrude. B) It's good to know that we can make contactwith the dead. C) It's an omen of bad things to come. D) It's too frightening to view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's an omen of bad things to come. 13. What message does Rosencrantz deliver to Hamlet from the Queen? A) She is angry and won't speak to him for one month. B) She wants to see him. C) She is arranging for him to have dinner with a girl she thinks he will like. D) She wants him to go to Norway immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wants to see him. 14. In scene 3 why does Laertes compare Hamlet's love to perfume? A) It is sweet and fragrant. B) Hamlet hangs around Ophelia like a cloud of perfume. C) It is a luxury. D) It will disappear after a short while. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It will disappear after a short while. 15. Act 3 Scene 3:What is King Claudius trying to figure out? A) What Hamlet is going to do next. B) Why there is a ghost visiting. C) If he should confess that he murdered his brother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he should confess that he murdered his brother. 16. Who said "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!" A) Cladius. B) Laertes. C) Horatio. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 17. "Your majesty and we that have free souls, it touches us not!" (Hamlet, Scene 8)Which type of irony is this an example of? A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) Shakespearean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 18. Hamlet's mother married her husband's brother ..... A) Before the war against old Fortinbras. B) After the ghost appeared. C) Less than 2 months before her husband's death. D) Less than 2 months after her husband's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 2 months after her husband's death. 19. What did Ophelia have with her while dying? A) Hamlet's letters. B) A book. C) Candles. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flowers. 20. How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver? A) 7. B) 4. C) 2. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 21. Who is Hamlet's mother? A) Juliet. B) Gertrude. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 22. Who does Hamlet address in the graveyard, while holding the skull? A) Yorick. B) His father, King Hamlet. C) Horatio. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yorick. 23. The true nature of Polonius' character isemphasized when he sends Reynaldo to do what toLaertes? A) Poison him. B) Force him to break up with his girlfriend. C) Spy on him. D) Give him money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spy on him. 24. Who says "I will speak daggers to her but use none" ? A) Fortinbras. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 25. Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia's funeral? A) Beside Ophelia's grave. B) In the narby woods. C) Inside the church. D) Inside the grave itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside the grave itself. 26. How did Polonius die? A) Accidental homocide. B) Poison. C) Premeditated murder. D) Suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accidental homocide. 27. Hamlet pretends to be crazy for A) Roderigo. B) Ophelia. C) King Hamlet. D) Rosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 28. What does Hamlet think about the world? (Act 1)? A) It's a wonderful garden. B) It's a great but a little sad garden. C) It's a sad and dirty garden. D) It's a happy and clean garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a sad and dirty garden. 29. Polonius reads Hamlet's letter to Ophelia A) While Laertes speaks with Ophelia. B) Before the King sends for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) After Ophelia refuses Hamlet's visits. D) After Polonius explains his plan to King Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After Ophelia refuses Hamlet's visits. 30. What will Hamlet be looking for during the play? A) His mother's reaction. B) Ophelia's reaction. C) Laertes' reaction. D) His uncle's reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His uncle's reaction. 31. Hamlet isn't happy about the new king. A) True. B) False. C) The video doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. What, according to Laertes, will prevent Hamlet from being able to truly love Ophelia? A) His playboy ways. B) His political position. C) His mother's distaste for her. D) Her mental illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His political position. 33. Gertrude's death is an example of A) Situational Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Satire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 34. Claudius is more concerned about threats ..... A) Outside of his state. B) Against his wife. C) Within his state. D) Against Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within his state. 35. QUEEN More matter, with less art.-What does this mean? A) Polonius needs to shut up and get to the point. B) Polonius needs to paint better pictures. C) Polonius needs to take art classes. D) Polonius needs to talk more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius needs to shut up and get to the point. 36. What stereotypical Danish custom repulses or disgusts Prince Hamlet? A) Being heavy handed with their opinions. B) Being heavy drinkers of alcoholic beverages. C) Being heavily underprepared for war. D) Being heavily overweight due to feasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being heavily underprepared for war. 37. Laertes being killed with his own poisoned sword is an example of what type of irony? A) Shakespearean. B) Dramatic. C) Situational. D) Verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational. 38. What does the group of men in Act 1 scene 1 see that astounds them? A) A lion. B) A ghost. C) A raven. D) A homeless man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A ghost. 39. How does Claudius die? A) Hamlet hits him with the sword AND forces him to drink from the poisoned cup. B) Hamlet pierces his heart with the fencing sword. C) Hamlet decapitates his head. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet hits him with the sword AND forces him to drink from the poisoned cup. 40. In Scene 7, what news does Claudius receive from Hamlet that surprises him? A) Hamlet has married Ophelia. B) Hamlet confesses to the murder of Polonius. C) Hamlet killed Young Fortinbras. D) Hamlet has returned to Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet has returned to Denmark. 41. Where is Claudius sending Hamlet because of his ill mental state? A) England. B) Poland. C) Rome. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 42. When Hamlet says he is sorry for his anger, Laertes A) Says that he forgives Hamlet. B) Changes his mind about the fencing match. C) Strikes Hamlet with his sword. D) Refuses to believe Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Says that he forgives Hamlet. 43. Son of Polonius who kills Hamlet with a poisoned sword. A) Guildenstern. B) Rosencrantz. C) Horatio. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes. 44. The king sends for two of Hamlet's old school friends. Who are they? A) Remy and Martin. B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) Reynaldo and Gerardo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 45. What are the two subjects of Ophelia's songs that she sings to Claudius and Gertrude? A) Death and lost love. B) Death and religion. C) Religion and lost love. D) Regret and sickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death and lost love. 46. What errand does Claudius decide tosend Hamlet to do (so he can get him out of the way)? A) Take out the trash. B) Put flowers on King Hamlet's grave. C) Take care of some political responsibilities. D) Go to Norway to confront Fortinbras Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take care of some political responsibilities. 47. Before dying, Laertes ..... A) Tells Hamlet he will never forgive him. B) Says he slept with Hamlet's mom. C) Forgives Hamlet. D) Vows to haunt Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forgives Hamlet. 48. How can you tell that hamlet is only acting crazy A) His lines make no sense only when others are around. B) His lines break traditional form only when others are around. C) His lines make no sense. D) His lines break traditional form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His lines break traditional form only when others are around. 49. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius in scene 9? A) He is afraid he will be caught. B) He wants to get revenge on his mom and Claudius at the same time. C) He does not have a sword on him. D) He does not want Claudius to go to heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He does not want Claudius to go to heaven. 50. Polonius gives advice to Laertes in Act I. He tells him how to be honorable while away at college. This is ..... because he tells Reynaldo to go to Paris and spread some pretty nasty rumors that would dishonor Laertes. A) Metaphorical. B) Hyperbolic. C) Ironic. D) Symbolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ironic. 51. In the famous quote, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" , from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the word 'rotten' has a double meaning:decayed and ..... A) Dead. B) Old. C) Evil. D) Sour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil. 52. Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England? A) Cornelius and Voltimand. B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) Horatio. D) Captain Jack Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 53. Who said the following:A little more than kin, and less than kind. A) Horatio. B) Ophelia. C) Polonius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 54. What happens to Hamlet after he runs into Fortinbras's army? A) He ditches his guards and comes back to Denmark. B) He convinces Rosencrantz to help him and they come back to Denmark. C) Hamlet's boat gets attacked by pirates and they bring him back to Denmark. D) He drowns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet's boat gets attacked by pirates and they bring him back to Denmark. 55. What is the first step of Claudius' plan going awry? A) Laertes' poor aim. B) Gertrude drinks the wine. C) Hamlet drinks the wine. D) Laertes' choice of sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude drinks the wine. 56. Claudius has a backup plan to kill Hamlet. Which of these is the backup plan? A) Poison. B) Cutting off Hamlet's food supply when he's been sent away. C) Hiring soldiers to kill Hamlet while he's on the run. D) Having Laertes stab Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison. 57. Murdered prior to the beginning of play. A) Bernardo. B) Marcellus. C) King Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Hamlet. 58. What does the ghost's armor symbolize? A) His previous battles. B) Peace. C) Change. D) He is ready for war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is ready for war. 59. Who dies first from the poison? A) The Queen. B) King Hamlet. C) Hamlet. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Queen. 60. Who arrives to express their anger at the death of Polonius? A) Ophelia. B) King Hamlet's ghost. C) Fortinbras. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes. ← 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