This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which character survives at the end of Act 5? A) Polonius. B) Horatio. C) Ophelia. D) King Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio. 2. What does the king ask for at the end of the play within the play? A) Help. B) Polonius. C) A sword. D) Lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lights. 3. Who says "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown" ? A) Ghost. B) Fortinbras. C) Claudius. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghost. 4. Where is Hamlet's university? A) Wittenburg. B) Paris. C) London. D) Elsinore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wittenburg. 5. What literary device is when the opposite of what is expected happens? A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 6. The act number is the same as ..... A) (45/9) 5 + 1. B) [Log3(32)-Log3(32)] + 4. C) 7+21-7-16+1/2. D) Cos2+sin2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [Log3(32)-Log3(32)] + 4. 7. Who is the Ghost? A) Polonuis. B) Claudius. C) Laertes. D) King Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Hamlet. 8. Whose skull does Hamlet hold during Act V, Scene I? A) Ophelia's. B) Osric's. C) Yorick's. D) His father's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yorick's. 9. What is revealed by Claudius's soliloquy, beginning with 'O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven'? A) Claudius is plotting to kill Gertrude. B) Claudius will send Hamlet to England. C) Claudius murdered the old king. D) Claudius believes Hamlet is the king's murderer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius murdered the old king. 10. What happens to Polonius? A) Hamlet murders him. B) Claudius murders him. C) Fortinbras murders him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet murders him. 11. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius after herushes away from the play? A) There are witnesses. B) Claudius is armed. C) Claudius is praying. D) Hamlet is afraid of going to hell for takingrevenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius is praying. 12. Hamlet's stepfather feels ..... about the play Hamlet puts on. A) Irate, furious and very angry. B) Melancholy, saddened, and quiet. C) Ambivalent, filled with ennui, and bored. D) Jovial, filled with mirth, thinking it's very funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irate, furious and very angry. 13. Which of the following characters does not appear in Hamlet? A) Polonius. B) Gertrude. C) Claudius. D) Miranda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miranda. 14. : "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself-As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on." A) Ophelia. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 15. Hamlet thinks his father was killed by a ..... A) Heart attack. B) Poison. C) Stroke. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snake. 16. What does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to? A) A sponge. B) A worm. C) A sucker. D) A fishmonger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sponge. 17. According to Prince Hamlet, what is NOT one of the effects of Denmark's custom of overindulging in alcohol? A) Overshadows the achievements of his countrymen. B) Hurts Denmark's reputation. C) Foreigners come to Denmark to drink. D) Foreigners call the Danish drunkards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreigners come to Denmark to drink. 18. What was the meaning behind Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy? A) Should he avenge his fathers death. B) Right from wrong. C) Should he continue his life. D) Confessing his love for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should he continue his life. 19. Yorick's skull is an example of: A) Tragedy. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 20. Who is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother? A) Rosencrantz. B) Ophelia. C) Elsinore. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gertrude. 21. Who kills Claudius? A) Laertes. B) Fortinbras. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 22. To mock Polonius in his conversation with him in Scene 2, Hamlet uses A) Prose. B) Classical allusions. C) Puns. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puns. 23. In Scene 3, Claudius reveals his true intention for sending Hamlet to England when he says, "Do it, England ..... " What does his command mean? A) Give Hamlet a new prison. B) Execute Hamlet. C) Give Hamlet a new home. D) Execute Ros & Guil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Execute Hamlet. 24. Prince Hamlet calls the ghost A) His brother. B) His uncle. C) King Claudius. D) King Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Hamlet. 25. The theater in London where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed was called A) The London Theater. B) The Swan. C) The Globe. D) The Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe. 26. Who said it: "This above all:to your own self be true." A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius. 27. When the king sees the play, he ..... A) Runs away. B) Drinks poison. C) Kills the queen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runs away. 28. Hamlet's stepfather is also his ..... A) Grandfather. B) Nephew. C) Uncle. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncle. 29. Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses ..... A) Anxiety over the action he must take. B) Satisfaction with the plan he has made. C) Frustration with his weak and indecisive nature. D) Anticipation of how he will feel if his plan works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frustration with his weak and indecisive nature. 30. In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to A) Determine Laertes's behavior indirectly. B) Supervise Laertes to keep him out of trouble. C) Spread damaging rumors about Laertes. D) Help Laertes make friends and learn the language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determine Laertes's behavior indirectly. 31. Who does Hamlet ask about the king's reaction to the play? A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. B) Horatio. C) Ophelia. D) The actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio. 32. Which is the correct way to cite a quote from lines 14-22 in Act 4 scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet? A) (Shakespeare II iv 14-22). B) (Shakespeare IV 14). C) (Shakespeare IV ii). D) (Shakespeare IV. ii 14-22). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (Shakespeare IV. ii 14-22). 33. In his soliloquy, Hamlet berates himself for ..... A) His vengeful nature. B) Talking to the ghost. C) Loving Ophelia. D) His inaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His inaction. 34. What does Laertes warn Ophelia against? A) Falling in love with Hamlet. B) Becoming a nun. C) Disobeying her father. D) Falling behind in her domestic duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling in love with Hamlet. 35. Why is Ophelia acting crazy A) She received a head injury. B) She misses her brother. C) Her father was murdered. D) She is mad with love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her father was murdered. 36. Who sees the ghost first? A) Marcelo and Bernardo. B) Horacio. C) Hamlet. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcelo and Bernardo. 37. Who tells Ophelia that Hamlet's love is fleeting? A) Laertes. B) Polonius. C) Laertes and Polonius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 38. Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark? A) To cheer up Hamlet. B) To kill Hamlet. C) To bring Hamlet back to England. D) To find out why Hamlet is acting mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To find out why Hamlet is acting mad. 39. What is Hamlet's general attitude towards women? A) He respects and loves them. B) He doesn't trust them. C) He puts them on a pedestal. D) He believes he is intellectually superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't trust them. 40. From that was? uh A) He is thinking about marrying Ophelia. B) He is thinking about killing himself. C) Hi sis thinking about his mother's marriage. D) He figures out what he is going to be for Halloween. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is thinking about killing himself. 41. When Claudius shouts for "lights!" before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced A) That Claudius is really mad. B) That he will never be able to determine Claudius' guilt. C) That Claudius is guilty of his father's murder. D) That the ghost was lying to the trick him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Claudius is guilty of his father's murder. 42. Why didn't Claudius take immediate action against Hamlet? A) The public and Gertrude love Hamlet too much. B) He's afraid of the wrath of God. C) He's unsure about Hamlet's offense. D) None of these reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The public and Gertrude love Hamlet too much. 43. Why didn't Ophelia get a traditional funeral with ALL of the funeral rites? A) She may not have been a virgin. B) Claudius wouldn't allow it. C) Laertes wouldn't allow it. D) She was suspected of suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was suspected of suicide. 44. What is Polonius' reason for Hamlet being sad? A) Gertrude has died. B) Laertes is missing. C) He has forbidden Ophelia from talking to Hamlet. D) Horatio went out hunting and did not return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has forbidden Ophelia from talking to Hamlet. 45. Ophelia is instructed by Polonius to spy on Hamlet. This illustrates that Ophelia has this character trait: A) Obedience. B) Sincerity. C) Dishonesty. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obedience. 46. Hamlet thinks that life should not be brought into the world because ..... A) He has a shattered view of children. B) He has a shattered view of monarchy. C) He has a shattered view of humanity. D) Children might grow up to be like Victor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has a shattered view of humanity. 47. What is the current King's name? A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Claudius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius. 48. What does Hamlet wear that Gertrude and Claudius dislike? A) The color black. B) A suit of armor. C) A One Direction t-shirt. D) An army uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The color black. 49. As a result of a prior conflict Denmark is nowin possession of Norway at the beginning of the play. Itwas heard that which character was especially angryabout this situation and wanted revenge? A) Polonius. B) Fortinbras. C) Laertes. D) Osric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortinbras. 50. Which of the following is an example of a pun? A) Marry, well said, very well said. B) You shall do marvelous wisely good Reynaldo Before you visit him to make inquire Of his behavior. C) Marry, no so rank / As may dishonor him. D) None of these are puns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these are puns. 51. Ophelia's songs have ..... A) A rapid rhythm. B) A strong sexual undertone. C) An aggressive and violent indication. D) No sense of meaning to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A strong sexual undertone. 52. What type of hero exist in a Shakespeare tragedy? A) Tragic Flaw. B) Tragic Hero. C) Epic Hero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragic Hero. 53. Who said it: "He has courted me honorably." A) Ophelia. B) Hamlet. C) Fortinbras. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ophelia. 54. What type of play is Hamlet? A) Romance. B) History. C) Comedy. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragedy. 55. Which of the following characters knows and believes that Hamlet is sane in Act 3? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio. 56. In what act does the climax appear? A) Act 3. B) Act 2. C) Act 1. D) Act 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act 3. 57. What does Polonius ask his daughter about her relationship with Hamlet? A) If she is pregnant with Hamlet's child. B) What is going on between Hamlet and Ophelia. C) Is she loves Hamlet or not. D) If it is wise to hang out with someone so emotionally messed up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is going on between Hamlet and Ophelia. 58. What does Claudius ask to accompany Hamlet on his journey? A) Rosencrantz and Guidenstern. B) Laertes. C) Ophelia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosencrantz and Guidenstern. 59. O heavy deed! It had been so with us had we been there. A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Polonius. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 60. How does Hamlet plan to confirm his uncle's guilt? A) He has an eye witness who saw Claudius murder the king. B) He'll convince Claudius to confess to the court. C) He'll observe his uncle's reaction to the murder scene. D) None of above. 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