This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Hamlet call a "prison" in scene 2? Why does he say this? A) Polonius' house-he can't get what he wants there. B) Denmark-his uncle holds his mother & the country hostage with his lies. C) Ophelia's heart-she won't speak to him. D) School-he hates taking quizzes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark-his uncle holds his mother & the country hostage with his lies. 2. Before the play begins, how many times has Marcellus and Barnardo seen the ghost? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 3. Why does Polonius hire Reynaldo? A) To spy on the king. B) To spy on Laertes. C) To spy on Hamlet. D) To spy on Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To spy on Laertes. 4. Who murders the original King of Denmark to take his throne? A) Claudius. B) Hamlet. C) Polonius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. 5. How did the Hamlet's father die? A) Claudius stabbed him with a poisoned sword. B) A plane crash. C) A potent poison in his ear. D) Tragic accident in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A potent poison in his ear. 6. Who is Young Fortinbras? A) The Prince of Denmark. B) The Prince of Norway. C) Ophelia's love interest. D) Hamlet's cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Prince of Norway. 7. In Scene 6, what does Hamlet reveal to Horatio in a letter? A) He arrived in England safely. B) He escaped his fate in England by boarding a pirate ship. C) He was rescued at sea by Young Fortinbras. D) He convinced Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to let him go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He escaped his fate in England by boarding a pirate ship. 8. Who wrestles with Hamlet in Ophelia's grave? A) Laertes. B) Fortinbras. C) Osric. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 9. Who drinks the poison at the close of the play? A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Laertes. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gertrude. 10. The queen dying from drinking from the poisoned goblet is what type of irony? A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Shakespearean. D) Dramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic. 11. "Do not ..... your father, " said mom. "He's sleeping." A) Appearance. B) Uneasy. C) Upset. D) Disturb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disturb. 12. Finally, ..... are dead by poison. A) The king, the queen and Hamlet. B) Hamlet and the queen. C) The king and the queen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king, the queen and Hamlet. 13. What does Laertes tell Ophelia? A) Become a nun. B) Obey your father. C) Do your domestic duties. D) Do not fall in love with Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do not fall in love with Hamlet. 14. If we know the play Hamlet is a tragedy, then most likely at the end of the story ..... A) There will be a marriage. B) There will be deaths. C) There will be singing and dancing. D) The end of the world will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There will be deaths. 15. Who killed old King Fortinbras? A) Old King Hamlet. B) Young Fortinbras. C) Claudius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old King Hamlet. 16. What do Laertes and Polonius warn Ophelia of in Act I Scene 3? A) Hamlet may not have the best of intentions with her. B) Hamlet has another girlfriend. C) Claudius and Gertrude promised Norway Hamlet would marry someone from there. D) Hamlet has left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet may not have the best of intentions with her. 17. When Hamlet explains why the Kning and Queen want his friends to watch him, he does not say this is a reason: A) Hamlet talks about seeing a ghost. B) Hamlet finds no pleasure in people. C) Hamlet is not happy with the world's beauty. D) Hamlet friends no joy in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet talks about seeing a ghost. 18. In Scene 5, what is wrong with Ophelia? A) She is heartbroken because her brother also died. B) She has gone mad as a result of Hamlet's actions. C) She is heartbroken because Hamlet was sent away. D) She fell ill after the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has gone mad as a result of Hamlet's actions. 19. The Ghost's speech affects Hamlet's view of his mother because he learns that she was: A) Forced to marry Claudius. B) Unfaithful to his father. C) A participant in Claudius's plot. D) A loving and loyal wife to Hamlet's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unfaithful to his father. 20. By the end of Act II, we have learned Laertes wants: A) His sister to be cautious about her relationship with the Prince. B) His father to stop giving so much advice. C) To return to France where he enjoyed his time. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. Who asked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to come to Elsinore? A) Hamlet. B) King and Queen. C) Horatio. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King and Queen. 22. What special favor does Hamlet ask of the traveling actors? A) To take him with them when they leave Denmark. B) To write extra dialogue into "The Murder of Gonzago". C) To allow him to act with them on stage. D) To dine with him and the Danish court after the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write extra dialogue into "The Murder of Gonzago". 23. Who does the ghost beckon the second time he appears in the play? A) Hamlet. B) Bernardo. C) Marcellus. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 24. What does Hamlet instruct Horatio to do? A) Commit suicide. B) Flee to England. C) Kill Claudius. D) Tell Hamlet's story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell Hamlet's story. 25. What is The Mousetrap? A) Source of Hamlet's anger. B) Book Hamlet is reading. C) The play within a play. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The play within a play. 26. In Hamlet, Ophelia alerts her father Hamlet has approached her with an air of ..... A) Madness. B) Frustration. C) Joy. D) Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madness. 27. "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions" was said by who? A) Claudius. B) Laertes. C) The Ghost. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. 28. Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go? A) A nunnery. B) A bakery. C) Russia. D) A castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A nunnery. 29. How were Hamlets and Ophelias descend to madness in some way the same. A) Both their brothers died. B) They were both due to grief. C) They weren't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were both due to grief. 30. To which characters does Hamlet reveal that he is but "mad in craft" and not truly mad? A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 31. Who said it: "Murder most foul, as murder aways is" A) Ghost. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghost. 32. Who is stabbed through an arras? A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) King Hamlet. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius. 33. What does the ghost ask Hamlet to do? A) Obey his mother. B) Forgive his uncle, Claudius. C) Bring Gertrude to him so that the couple may be reunited. D) Avenge his death by murdering Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avenge his death by murdering Claudius. 34. What happens to Ophelia? A) She drowns. B) She takes poison and dies. C) She stabs herself. D) She joins a convent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She drowns. 35. Which of the following is the clearest indication that this speech shows the Roman view of the Trojan War? A) The king of Troy is killed. B) The queen of Troy mourns her husband. C) The son of Achilles is portrayed as the villain. D) The speech refers to Mars and the Cyclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The son of Achilles is portrayed as the villain. 36. What happens to Hamlet on his way to England A) He goes to England and is executed by order of Claudius. B) He meets a woman, falls in love, and gets married. C) He gets captured by nice pirates and brought back to Denmark. D) Nothing happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He gets captured by nice pirates and brought back to Denmark. 37. Who said this: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Horatio. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio. 38. Why does Gertrude cry out when Hamlet storms into her room? A) She sees the Ghost of King Hamlet. B) She wants to warn Polonius. C) She is overwhelmed by guilt. D) She is afraid for her own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is afraid for her own life. 39. What is Hamlet trying to decide in his "To be" soliloquy? A) If he is ready and willing to die. B) If he should ask for Ophelia's hand in marriage. C) If he should confront Gertrude about her rash remarriage. D) If the ghost of his father is real. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he is ready and willing to die. 40. How old is Hamlet (according to the gravedigger)? A) 20. B) 19. C) 40. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 41. Claudius notices that Hamlet is still mourning the death of his father, King Hamlet. Claudius tells Hamlet that his grief has gone on too long and is A) Commendable. B) Reasonable. C) Obscene. D) Unmanly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unmanly. 42. Polonius has a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. Because of this letter he is attempting to prove what? A) The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy. B) Hamlet's odd behavior is because of his father's death. C) Hamlet is crazy. D) Hamlet is a gifted poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy. 43. Which of the following characters is NOT one of the sentries standing watch as the play opens? A) Francisco. B) Barnardo. C) Fortinbras. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fortinbras. 44. Polonius gives advice to Laertes. Which of these is NOT part oft hat advice? A) "Keep you in the rear of your affection. Out of the shot and danger of desire.". B) "To thine own self be true.". C) "Neither a borrower nor a lender be.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Keep you in the rear of your affection. Out of the shot and danger of desire.". 45. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do? A) To watch Ophelia closely.. B) To spy Polonius. C) To watch Gertrude closely. D) To watch Claudius closely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To watch Claudius closely. 46. What is the best description of a characteristic of Polonius? A) Brave. B) Nosey. C) Intelligent. D) Loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nosey. 47. Hamlet's best friend and confidant A) Horatio. B) Guildenstern. C) Laertes. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 48. Finish the quote: "neither a ..... nor a ..... be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." A) Lender, borrower. B) Receiver, Giver. C) Borrower, lender. D) Giver, receiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borrower, lender. 49. What action makes it clear to Hamlet that R & G have betrayed him? A) R & G, consumed by guilt, confess to Hamlet. B) R & G side with Claudius. C) The ghost informs Hamlet of it. D) Hamlet catches them reading his journal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R & G side with Claudius. 50. What is the main idea behind Hamlet's famous speech, "To be or not to be? " 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. 51. Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in Scene 3? A) He knows he isn't guilty. B) He feels sorry for his mother. C) He wants to kill him in the act of a 'sin' or crime. D) He has already poisoned Claudius's drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to kill him in the act of a 'sin' or crime. 52. About whom is Hamlet talking Act 5 Sc. 1 of Hamlet when he says, "Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love / Make up my sum." ? A) Horatio. B) Ophelia. C) His father/King Hamlet. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 53. Loses her mind and drowns herself A) Elsinore. B) Gertrude. C) Jenine. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ophelia. 54. What is Claudius's back up plan to kill Hamlet? A) Poison his drink. B) Poison his ear. C) Poison his food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison his drink. 55. Why was Polonius stabbed to death? A) Hamlet was startled. B) Polonius was hiding. C) Polonius shouted. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. In this act, which characters know that Hamlet is but "mad in craft" and not truly mad? A) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. B) Horatio & Gertrude. C) Ophelia & Horatio. D) Polonius & Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio & Gertrude. 57. Old Fortinbras is the late (dead) King of ..... A) Unicorns. B) England. C) Denmark. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norway. 58. Claudius dies from: A) Drinking poison. B) Suicide. C) Drowning. D) Old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking poison. 59. When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Rosencrantz and Guidenstern. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. 60. For Ophelia flowers Symbolize what? A) Innocence. B) Death. C) She likes pretty things. D) None of above. 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