Hamlet Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which character survives at the end of Act 5?
2. What does the king ask for at the end of the play within the play?
3. Who says "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown" ?
4. Where is Hamlet's university?
5. What literary device is when the opposite of what is expected happens?
6. The act number is the same as .....
7. Who is the Ghost?
8. Whose skull does Hamlet hold during Act V, Scene I?
9. What is revealed by Claudius's soliloquy, beginning with 'O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven'?
10. What happens to Polonius?
11. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius after herushes away from the play?
12. Hamlet's stepfather feels ..... about the play Hamlet puts on.
13. Which of the following characters does not appear in Hamlet?
14. : "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself-As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on."
15. Hamlet thinks his father was killed by a .....
16. What does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to?
17. According to Prince Hamlet, what is NOT one of the effects of Denmark's custom of overindulging in alcohol?
18. What was the meaning behind Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy?
19. Yorick's skull is an example of:
20. Who is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother?
21. Who kills Claudius?
22. To mock Polonius in his conversation with him in Scene 2, Hamlet uses
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?
24. Prince Hamlet calls the ghost
25. The theater in London where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed was called
26. Who said it: "This above all:to your own self be true."
27. When the king sees the play, he .....
28. Hamlet's stepfather is also his .....
29. Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses .....
30. In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to
31. Who does Hamlet ask about the king's reaction to the play?
32. Which is the correct way to cite a quote from lines 14-22 in Act 4 scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet?
33. In his soliloquy, Hamlet berates himself for .....
34. What does Laertes warn Ophelia against?
35. Why is Ophelia acting crazy
36. Who sees the ghost first?
37. Who tells Ophelia that Hamlet's love is fleeting?
38. Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?
39. What is Hamlet's general attitude towards women?
40. From that was? uh
41. When Claudius shouts for "lights!" before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced
42. Why didn't Claudius take immediate action against Hamlet?
43. Why didn't Ophelia get a traditional funeral with ALL of the funeral rites?
44. What is Polonius' reason for Hamlet being sad?
45. Ophelia is instructed by Polonius to spy on Hamlet. This illustrates that Ophelia has this character trait:
46. Hamlet thinks that life should not be brought into the world because .....
47. What is the current King's name?
48. What does Hamlet wear that Gertrude and Claudius dislike?
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?
50. Which of the following is an example of a pun?
51. Ophelia's songs have .....
52. What type of hero exist in a Shakespeare tragedy?
53. Who said it: "He has courted me honorably."
54. What type of play is Hamlet?
55. Which of the following characters knows and believes that Hamlet is sane in Act 3?
56. In what act does the climax appear?
57. What does Polonius ask his daughter about her relationship with Hamlet?
58. What does Claudius ask to accompany Hamlet on his journey?
59. O heavy deed! It had been so with us had we been there.
60. How does Hamlet plan to confirm his uncle's guilt?