This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the cause of Ophelia's death? A) Strangulation. B) Burns. C) Tuberculosis. D) Drowning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drowning. 2. What does Polonius think Hamlet's problem is? A) Lack of sleep. B) Hanging with the wrong crowd. C) Too stupid. D) He's mad with love for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's mad with love for Ophelia. 3. The Lord Chamberlain ..... Hamlet's advisor A) Laertes. B) King Claudius. C) Polonius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 4. In which of the following years was Hamlet most likely written? A) 1581. B) 1601. C) 1570. D) 1610. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1601. 5. What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch? A) Horatio and Marcellus meeting secretly in a grove of trees. B) King Hamlet's ghost. C) Hamlet crying and acting crazed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hamlet's ghost. 6. What reason does Claudius give for the queen falling down after she is poisoned? A) She just kiddin'. B) She wanted to sit down. C) She tripped. D) She fainted at the site of blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She fainted at the site of blood. 7. The difference between the ghost in Act I of the play and the ghost in Act III, is that A) Only Hamlet sees the ghost in Act III; in Act I, others did. B) Act I's ghost did not look like the old King; this one does. C) Gertrude sees this ghost; she did not see the one in Act I. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only Hamlet sees the ghost in Act III; in Act I, others did. 8. Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet? A) Ophelia. B) Horatio. C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Marcellus and Bernardo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 9. When we meet this character he is depressed and contemplating suicide A) Polonius. B) Ophelia. C) Fortinbras. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 10. What play does Brandon choose to put on? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) A Midnight Summer's Dream. C) Hamlet. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 11. In what act do you receive information about the setting and character. A) Act 5. B) Act 2. C) Act 3. D) Act 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act 1. 12. Whom did King Hamlet kill (causing that person to lose his lands)? A) King Fortinbras. B) Claudius. C) Prince Fortinbras. D) Voltemand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Fortinbras. 13. Who becomes king at the end of the story? A) Horatio. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortinbras. 14. Claudius is Hamlet's ..... A) Brother. B) Uncle. C) Dad. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncle. 15. What is Hamlet's reaction to the news that his father's ghost has appeared? A) He is depressed and confused. B) He is interested and determined. C) He is upset and angry. D) He is skeptical and bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is interested and determined. 16. What is the cause of Ophelia's change in her mental disposition? A) Her love murdered her father. B) Hamlet is sent to England. C) Hamlet is murdered. D) Her brother has returned from France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her love murdered her father. 17. Laertes poisons a ..... A) Sword. B) Ring. C) Bracelet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sword. 18. How does Hamlet die? A) Poison in the ear. B) Stabbed in a duel. C) Poison in a cup. D) Poison on a sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison on a sword. 19. Synonym for muddle, disorganize, or disorder. A) News. B) Disturb. C) Doubt. D) Appearnace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disturb. 20. Why does Hamlet ask the player to recite the tale of Priam's slaughter? A) It has a theme of revenge. B) It is familiar to him. C) He is sending Claudius a warning. D) He knows it is popular with audiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has a theme of revenge. 21. Hamlet's uncle-Hamlet's step father A) Polonius. B) King Claudius. C) Laertes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Claudius. 22. How did King Hamlet actually die? A) Poison. B) Aneurysm (stroke). C) Serpent (snake) bite. D) Scorpion sting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison. 23. What does Polonius being "at supper" mean? A) He is eating dinner. B) He is fat. C) He is a chef. D) He's being eaten by worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's being eaten by worms. 24. The Ghost looks a lot like A) Hamlet's father. B) Old King Fortinbras. C) Laertes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet's father. 25. I was Hamlet's closest friend and confidant A) Horatio. B) The Ghost. C) Polonius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 26. What is NOT a reason that Claudius hadn't punished Hamlet for killing Polonius? A) He loves the Queen. B) Hamlet is loved by the public. C) The Queen is Hamlet's mother. D) He is afraid of killing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is afraid of killing. 27. What literary term best describes the quote, "I'll make a ghost of him that hold me back." ? A) Foreshadow. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadow. 28. Use the event in this story to judge Hamlet's feelings about plays and actors. A) Hamlet does not like plays and actors. B) Hamlet enjoys plays and knows a lot about them. C) Hamlet never saw a play before. D) Hamlet wants to be an actor in a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet enjoys plays and knows a lot about them. 29. What happens to Laertes in Act 5? A) Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword. B) He runs away with Gertrude after Hamlet kills Claudius. C) He drinks of the poisoned goblet. D) He kills Hamlet and flees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword. 30. Name of the royal castle, seat of Denmark A) Dunsinane. B) Elsinore. C) Fortinbras. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elsinore. 31. How does the ghost say that King Hamlet was murdered? A) Stabbed in the back by Old Fortinbras. B) Poisoned in the ear by Claudius. C) During a duel with Claudius over Gertrude. D) Stung by a literal serpent in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poisoned in the ear by Claudius. 32. Why does Claudius decide to Kill Hamlet A) Gertrude actually is the one who wants Hamlet dead. B) He just likes killing people. C) He thinks Hamlet has gone crazy. D) He knows Hamlet is on to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He knows Hamlet is on to him. 33. The protagonist of the play is: A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Hamlet. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 34. "It shall be so:Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go. "Whom is this line spoken about? A) King Hamlet's ghost. B) Prince Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prince Hamlet. 35. What does Hamlet tell Claudius the play is called? A) Julius Ceasar. B) Macbeth. C) The Mouse Trap. D) The Murder of Gonzago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Mouse Trap. 36. Which of the following is NOT advice that Polonius gives to Laertes? A) Spend all that you can afford. B) Be true to yourself. C) Don't borrow or lend out money. D) Be fearful and wary of strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spend all that you can afford. 37. In Scene 2, what does Rosencrantz ask Hamlet? A) Why Hamlet would threaten his mother. B) Where he hid the body of Polonius. C) If Hamlet will take revenge against Claudius. D) If Hamlet still has feelings for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where he hid the body of Polonius. 38. To where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go? A) To her father's house. B) To a nursery. C) To a nunnery. D) To a brothel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To a nunnery. 39. In Scene 3, why does Hamlet say Polonius is at supper? A) Polonius is eating supper with Ophelia. B) Polonius is supper for the worms. C) Polonius is known to always be eating. D) Polonius is making supper for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius is supper for the worms. 40. Who says, "all that live must die." ? A) Polonius. B) King Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Queen Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Gertrude. 41. During Shakespeare's time, what was thegeneral societal belief about people who got revenge? A) They were the best leaders. B) They were the most intelligent. C) They would become angels. D) They would be condemned to hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They would be condemned to hell. 42. A major reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he ..... A) Likes Claudius. B) Knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth. C) Does not want to become king himself. D) Is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity. 43. Ophelia has died from A) Drowning. B) Poison. C) A heart attack. D) Sickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drowning. 44. At Ophelia's funeral Hamlet declares: A) His wish for sweet death. B) War. C) His love for her. D) His hate for Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His love for her. 45. How does Hamlet plan to prove Claudius's guilt? A) Spy on him. B) Catch him in the confessional. C) Write him a letter. D) With a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a play. 46. Synonym for uncertainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, dubiousness, suspicion, confusion A) Appearnace. B) Doubt. C) Disturb. D) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubt. 47. ..... are a speech of sentence that the actor delivered the message to the audience. A) Delivery. B) Narration. C) Dialogue. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 48. In Scene 3, what has Claudius written in the letter that he sent to England with Hamlet? A) Hamlet should be executed. B) Hamlet should be treated like royalty. C) Hamlet should be arrested and put in a dungeon. D) Hamlet should be married to the King of England's daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet should be executed. 49. Why does Claudius send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England? A) To give them an education. B) To bring back gifts for the queen. C) To order Hamlet's death. D) To spy on Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To order Hamlet's death. 50. If Laertes does not kill Hamlet, what is the back up plan? A) Horatio kills him. B) Send him back to England. C) Claudius kills him with a drink. D) Laertes drowns him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius kills him with a drink. 51. Who suffers the first death of the play? A) Ophelia. B) Polonius. C) Gertrude. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius. 52. Who is Polonius having Reynaldo spy on? A) Ophelia. B) Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laertes. 53. Act 3 Scene 4:Why does Hamlet murder Polonius? A) Because he resents Polonius since Ophelia dumped him. B) Because he thinks it is King Claudius. C) Because he is confused and scared. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he thinks it is King Claudius. 54. What does the quote by Hamlet mean? "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth"(4.5.69) A) He will dress only in red. B) He will write in blood. C) He will take bold revenge. D) He will think of blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He will take bold revenge. 55. Which of the following behaviors does Ophelia NOT report about Hamlet in Act 2? A) He didn't speak. B) He sighed heavily. C) His clothing was askew. D) He spoke irrationally and nonstop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He spoke irrationally and nonstop. 56. Who is the protagonist in the tragedy Hamlet? A) Hamlet. B) Ghost. C) Ophelia. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 57. When Polonius was giving Laertes fatherly advice he tells him not to A) Study. B) Spend any money. C) Borrow money or lend it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borrow money or lend it. 58. What does Hamlet criticize in this act? A) Marriage. B) Ophelia. C) Women. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Who does King Claudius say, "When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions." to? A) Queen Gertrude. B) Polonius. C) Hamlet. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Gertrude. 60. Who's the new king? A) Claudius. B) Laertes. C) Horatio. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHamlet Quiz 1Hamlet Quiz 2Hamlet Quiz 3Hamlet Quiz 4Hamlet Quiz 5Hamlet Quiz 6Hamlet Quiz 7Hamlet Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books