Hamlet Quiz 12 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who tells Hamlet about the ghost?

Correct Answer: C) Horatio.

2. Why does the gravedigger say this person should not be buried there?

Correct Answer: B) Because of her suspicious death.

3. 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."

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

4. At the end of the first scene, why do the men decide to go find young Hamlet, and tell him about the ghost?

Correct Answer: C) They hope the ghost will talk to young Hamlet.

5. During the players "scene, " Hamlet insults Polonius by saying .....

Correct Answer: A) He only likes the dancing and inappropriate parts.

6. Who is on stage and alive at the end of the play?

Correct Answer: C) Horatio.

7. How is Hamlet killed?

Correct Answer: B) Laertes cuts him with the poisoned blade.

8. Why does Claudius say 'Words without thoughts never to heaven go'?

Correct Answer: A) He thinks prayers without true intent are never answered.

9. Who overhears the "To be or not to be" speech in Act III?

Correct Answer: D) Claudius and Polonius.

10. Polonio's daughter is .....

Correct Answer: C) Ophelia.

11. Which imports at full, by letters conjuring to that effect, the present death of Hamlet. Do it, England

Correct Answer: A) Claudius.

12. What do the men believe the ghost is trying to foretell?

Correct Answer: C) A forthcoming battle.

13. At one point, Hamlet compares himself to Fortinbras Jr. In what way does Hamlet feel they differ?

Correct Answer: A) Fortinbras Jr. takes action when required.

14. Who said, "O, that is too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dewl? "

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

15. Shocks everyone by summarizing what Hamlet is about.

Correct Answer: B) Josh.

16. At the end of Scene 3, Ophelia agrees to obey her father's wishes. What will she do?

Correct Answer: C) Stay away from Hamlet and reject his affections.

17. Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark?

Correct Answer: A) Wittenberg.

18. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have arrived at court because:

Correct Answer: C) They were sent for by Claudius and Gertrude.

19. In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?

Correct Answer: C) A revenge play.

20. What did the ghost tell Hamlet?

Correct Answer: A) King Hamlet was murdered by Clauduis, and it asked Hamlet to avenge the murder.