This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What message does Act I send about the state of Denmark? A) Denmark is in an uncertain state. B) Denmark is strong and ready to fight. C) Denmark is full of ghosts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark is in an uncertain state. 2. Which is NOT part of the plan for Laertes' revenge? A) Poison in the ear. B) Sword fight. C) Poison in drink. D) Poisoned blade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison in the ear. 3. The Ghost appears to Hamlet in order to A) Say goodbye. B) Exact a promise of revenge from Hamlet. C) Tell Hamlet the truth about his birth. D) Warn Hamlet of the horrors of the afterlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exact a promise of revenge from Hamlet. 4. What is Fortinbras' reason for going to Poland? A) Kill the King of Poland. B) Overthrow Poland. C) Battle Hamlet. D) Fight over useless land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fight over useless land. 5. Why is Hamlet afraid to commit suicide? A) He is afraid of what eternity holds for him. B) He is afraid that he will upset the Ghost. C) He is afraid to leave Ophelia. D) He is afraid to upset Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is afraid of what eternity holds for him. 6. Laertes tells Ophelia to not trust Hamlet's love because he must consider ..... before choosing a wife. A) Rosalyn. B) Denmark. C) England. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 7. The king's counselor A) Claudius. B) Fernando. C) Polonius. D) Cornelius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 8. Synonym for distressed, troubled, dismayed, disturb, or unsettled. A) Upset. B) News. C) Doubt. D) Uneasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upset. 9. Who accidentally kills Gertrude? A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Claudius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius. 10. According to Hamlet, what did they eat at the wedding feast? A) Funeral Leftovers. B) Danish Delacacies. C) A formal feast. D) Swine food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funeral Leftovers. 11. Before the dueling match, A) Hamlet apologizes to Laertes. B) Hamlet apologizes to Claudius. C) Laertes apologizes to Hamlet. D) Hamlet apologizes to Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet apologizes to Laertes. 12. Whom does the Ghost beckon to follow away from the others? A) Prince Hamlet. B) Horatio. C) Polonius. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Hamlet. 13. What is seen as causing the fall of Denmark? A) Indecisiveness. B) Lack of military power. C) International relations. D) Moral corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral corruption. 14. Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand? A) Sweden for reinforcements. B) England to ask for money. C) Norway to ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norway to ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle. 15. How does Hamlet react to Ophelia'sdeath? A) He says that he loved her very much. B) He says that he never actually loved her. C) He says that she was the most perfectperson in Denmark. D) He says that she was the root of all evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says that he loved her very much. 16. Why does Marcellus think Horatio should speak to the ghost? A) He is the most religious of them. B) He is the only one who does not believe in ghosts, so he is the only one who is not afraid. C) He is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost. 17. Who is the current King of Denmark? A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Laertes. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. 18. Synonym for newscast, headlines, press release, bulletin, message, or dispatch. A) News. B) Disturb. C) Doubt. D) Uneasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) News. 19. The son of the Lord Chamberlain A) Laertes. B) King Claudius. C) Polonius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 20. Who is responsible for three of the deaths at Elsinore Castle in this story? A) Fortinbras. B) Prince Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) King Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Claudius. 21. Where are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the end of Act 4? A) In France. B) In England. C) In Denmark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In England. 22. What does Claudius want Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do? A) To find out if Ophelia plans to marry Hamlet. B) To spy on Prince Fortinbras. C) To discover the cause of Hamlet's odd behavior. D) To retrieve Laertes from France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To discover the cause of Hamlet's odd behavior. 23. I disturbed the watch of the Elsinore guards A) Horatio. B) The Ghost. C) Polonius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ghost. 24. What request does Hamlet make of Gertrude in Act III, Scene IV? A) Not to tell Laertes who killed Polonius. B) Not to go to Claudius's bed that night. C) Not to tell Claudius that he killed Polonius. D) To kill Claudius for him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to go to Claudius's bed that night. 25. Who is the father of Laertes and Ophelia? A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius. 26. Who survives the play? A) Laertes, Polonius and Ophelia. B) Claudius and Gertrude. C) Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horatio. 27. Who is Claudius? A) The King's chief advisor. B) A guard. C) Hamlet's uncle. D) Hamlet's BFF. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet's uncle. 28. Who brought King Claudius news from Norway? A) Voltimand. B) Fortinbras. C) The King of Norway. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltimand. 29. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when he has the perfect chance? A) Claudius is armed. B) Claudius is guarded. C) Claudius is already dead. D) Claudius is praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claudius is praying. 30. How did Claudius get Laertes to agree to his plan? A) By feeding into his anger. B) By implying he may not love his father as much as he says. C) By flattering his fencing skills. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 31. What does Hamlet overhear while waiting for the ghost to appear? A) Ophelia crying. B) His own conscience. C) The sounds of battle. D) The revelry of the King. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The revelry of the King. 32. What does Hamlet say that his play is called? A) The Rape of Lucrece. B) The Mousetrap. C) The Murder of Gonzago. D) To Catch A King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mousetrap. 33. Who did King Hamlet kill in battle? A) The King of Norway-Fortinbras. B) The Queen of Ireland-Fortinbras. C) The Princess of Japan-Fortinbras. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The King of Norway-Fortinbras. 34. The Ghost tells Hamlet he is bound to A) Revenge. B) Forgiveness. C) Openess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revenge. 35. What news does Osric bring to Hamlet from the King A) Laertes means to kill Hamlet. B) Claudius has entered Hamlet into a fencing match. C) Claudius has fallen ill. D) Gertrude has fallen ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius has entered Hamlet into a fencing match. 36. Where is Hamlet set? A) Sweden. B) Scotland. C) England. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denmark. 37. The king uses poison on ..... A) A sword and a drink. B) The throne. C) His crown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sword and a drink. 38. Which is NOT a reason Hamlet is so rude to Ophelia in Act III? A) He knows Claudius and Polonius are watching. B) He wants to separate himself further from her. C) He hates all women because of his mother. D) Ophelia cheated on him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ophelia cheated on him. 39. How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern know Hamlet? A) They were schoolmates in childhood. B) They are all cousins. C) They served in the military together. D) Then went to college in Wittenberg together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were schoolmates in childhood. 40. In Act I why are there guards constantly on watch, weapons being made, and ships being built? A) Denmark is a medieval kingdom. B) They fear an impending war with Poland. C) Fortinbras is rumored be preparing to attack. D) Someone is killing kings!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fortinbras is rumored be preparing to attack. 41. What is "The Murder of Gonzago" ? A) The book Hamlet is currently reading. B) The play that won awards. C) The play the players are going to put on for the court. D) Where Old Hamlet was murdered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The play the players are going to put on for the court. 42. Out of the following, what is not a notablemotif in the play? A) Weeds. B) Instruments. C) Ears. D) Misogyny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instruments. 43. FILL IN THE BLANK-That Laertes has the same reason for revenge as Hamlet is another reason to consider him a(n) ..... for Hamlet. A) Tragic hero. B) Motive. C) Foil. D) Rival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foil. 44. What is Laertes' advice to Ophelia? A) He warns her to stay away from Hamlet and tells her to protect her virtue. B) He tells her to take time to look over all of the young men before she makes a choice. C) He tells her that Polonius is secretly in love with her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He warns her to stay away from Hamlet and tells her to protect her virtue. 45. Who said, "this above all, to thine own self be true." A) Marcellus. B) Ophelia. C) Hamlet. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polonius. 46. What news does Horatio bring to Hamlet? A) Horatio tells Hamlet of a great plague that has come upon the land. B) Horatio tells Hamlet that his mother has been excommunicated. C) Horatio tells Hamlet about King Hamlet's ghost. D) Horatio tells Hamlet that King Hamlet is dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio tells Hamlet about King Hamlet's ghost. 47. In Act 1 Scene 5 How did Claudius kill King Hamlet? A) He poured poison in his ear. B) He had a snake bite the king. C) He strangled him. D) He put poison in his cup and the King drank it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He poured poison in his ear. 48. Who asks for permission to go back to France? A) Laertes. B) Othello. C) Claudio. D) Iago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 49. Who has Hamlet professed love for? A) Rosencrantz. B) Gertrude. C) Ophelia. D) Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia. 50. What plan does Hamlet come up with to prove the king's guilt? A) To hide behind the drapes while he confesses to Gertrude. B) To dress as a priest and trick Claudius into confessing to him. C) To put on a play reenacting the murder of his father. D) To threaten him into confessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To put on a play reenacting the murder of his father. 51. What are the three types of plays Shakespeare wrote? A) Comedy, History, and Tragedy. B) Comedy, Comedy, and Tragedy. C) Comedy, Records, and Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy, History, and Tragedy. 52. Who is Polonius? A) King. B) Servant. C) Prince. D) Advisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advisor. 53. ..... refers to the story line of the play; it identifies how the story continues by the connection of character to another character as well as events that happens in the story A) Plot. B) Drama. C) Events. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 54. What request does Laertes have for Claudius? A) He wants a job in the court. B) He wants permission to return to France. C) He wants Claudius to protect his sister Ophelia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants permission to return to France. 55. Who asks for permission to go to France? A) Francisco. B) Bernardo. C) Horatio. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes. 56. Who said "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go, " and to whom? A) Ophelia to Hamlet. B) Hamlet to Horatio. C) Polonius to Queen Gertrude. D) King Claudius to Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Claudius to Polonius. 57. Brevity is the soul of ..... H A) Contention. B) Kingship. C) Wit. D) Humour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wit. 58. Polonius believes that the "very cause of Hamlet's lunacy" is his A) Father's death. B) Rejection by Ophelia. C) Mother's overhasty marriage. D) Obsession with rage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rejection by Ophelia. 59. What type of play is this? A) Romance. B) Tragedy. C) Comedy. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 60. Laertes warns Ophelia to be careful of A) Polonius' feelings. B) Hamlet's sickness. C) Hamlet's dark mood. D) Hamlet's interest in her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet's interest in her. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHamlet Quiz 1Hamlet Quiz 2Hamlet Quiz 3Hamlet Quiz 4Hamlet Quiz 5Hamlet Quiz 6Hamlet Quiz 8Hamlet Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books