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Hamlet Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. Hamlet is acting strangely towards Ophelia in Act II. What has he done?
2. Why is Prince Hamlet in a sad mood?
3. Shakespeare takes a moment to insert his own negative views about .....
4. Where is Polonius when he is killed?
5. What tendency of Polonius most directly leads to his death?
6. What does Polonius tell Ophelia to do?
7. This is not a theme in Hamlet .....
8. What does Hamlet call Polonius when he tries to talk to Hamlet?
9. Which character (aside from Horatio and Marcellus) first reports that Hamlet seems to have gone mad?
10. Which literary device is used in the quote, "Words, words, words." ?
11. How does hyperbole function in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet?
12. Hamlet has a chance to get revenge when
13. Where does Hamlet live?
14. Who dies at the end of the story?
15. Who is the first person to witness Hamlet's "madness" ?
16. Why is Act 3, Scene 2 such a complex and difficult scene in the play?
17. What tree does Gertrude mention when describing the death of Ophelia?
18. What information does Hamlet find in Claudius' letter to the King of England?
19. In which country is the play Hamlet set?
20. When Claudius is praying, Hamlet hesitates to kill him.Hamlet wants to wait until
21. Claudius urges Gertrude to not drink the wine, but she does. This is .....
22. Is severely depressed, possibly "mad"
23. The ghost's ..... was frightening.
24. Where does the ghost say he wanders?
25. Laertes' father is .....
26. According to Hamlet, Claudius causes the Danes to have what reputation with the other European countries?
27. The ghost is first spotted .....
28. Which of the following is NOT an example of hyperbole from Hamlet?
29. Hamlet tells Horatio that he will begin to behave in which way?
30. Shakespeare's acting company
31. Hamlet's plan will work only if .....
32. Who lives in the end?
33. He/She is killed by both a sword and poisoned wine
34. Why as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric; I am justly kill'd with mine own treachery.
35. What does Hamlet call Polonius?
36. What does Brandon Confide in Emma?
37. Who tells Hamlet about the ghost?
38. Why does the gravedigger say this person should not be buried there?
39. The italicized text is an example of which literary device? "I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze, / But that this folly doubt it."
40. At the end of the first scene, why do the men decide to go find young Hamlet, and tell him about the ghost?
41. During the players "scene, " Hamlet insults Polonius by saying .....
42. Who is on stage and alive at the end of the play?
43. How is Hamlet killed?
44. Why does Claudius say 'Words without thoughts never to heaven go'?
45. Who overhears the "To be or not to be" speech in Act III?
46. Polonio's daughter is .....
47. Which imports at full, by letters conjuring to that effect, the present death of Hamlet. Do it, England
48. What do the men believe the ghost is trying to foretell?
49. At one point, Hamlet compares himself to Fortinbras Jr. In what way does Hamlet feel they differ?
50. Who said, "O, that is too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dewl? "
51. Shocks everyone by summarizing what Hamlet is about.
52. At the end of Scene 3, Ophelia agrees to obey her father's wishes. What will she do?
53. Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark?
54. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have arrived at court because:
55. In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?
56. What did the ghost tell Hamlet?
57. How does Hamlet feel about Rosencrantz?
58. Identify the speaker of "To be or not to be ..... that is the question ..... "
59. Who was Hamlet's closest friend and confidant?
60. What does Laertes tell Hamlet before dying?
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