This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the play's setting? A) Denmark. B) Norway. C) Iceland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 2. How does Hamlet feel about Rosencrantz? A) Doesn't trust him. B) Loves him. C) Thinks he's dumb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't trust him. 3. Identify the speaker of "To be or not to be ..... that is the question ..... " A) Ophelia. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 4. Who was Hamlet's closest friend and confidant? A) Laertes. B) Polonius. C) Horatio. D) Rosencrantz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio. 5. What does Laertes tell Hamlet before dying? A) He is wrong to forgive Hamlet. B) He is glad he revenged his father and sister. C) King Claudius is responsible for the people who died. D) Hamlet must not drink from the cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Claudius is responsible for the people who died. 6. 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) Ophelia's heart-she won't speak to him. C) Denmark-his uncle holds his mother & the country hostage with his lies. D) School-he hates taking quizzes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark-his uncle holds his mother & the country hostage with his lies. 7. Before the play begins, how many times has Marcellus and Barnardo seen the ghost? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 8. Why does Polonius hire Reynaldo? A) To spy on Laertes. B) To spy on Hamlet. C) To spy on Ophelia. D) To spy on the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To spy on Laertes. 9. Who murders the original King of Denmark to take his throne? A) Hamlet. B) Polonius. C) Claudius. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius. 10. How did the Hamlet's father die? A) Tragic accident in the garden. B) A potent poison in his ear. C) Claudius stabbed him with a poisoned sword. D) A plane crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A potent poison in his ear. 11. Who is Young Fortinbras? A) The Prince of Denmark. B) The Prince of Norway. C) Hamlet's cousin. D) Ophelia's love interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Prince of Norway. 12. 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. 13. Who wrestles with Hamlet in Ophelia's grave? A) Claudius. B) Laertes. C) Osric. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes. 14. Who drinks the poison at the close of the play? A) Gertrude. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gertrude. 15. The queen dying from drinking from the poisoned goblet is what type of irony? A) Dramatic. B) Verbal. C) Situational. D) Shakespearean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic. 16. "Do not ..... your father, " said mom. "He's sleeping." A) Appearance. B) Disturb. C) Uneasy. D) Upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disturb. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Who killed old King Fortinbras? A) Young Fortinbras. B) Old King Hamlet. C) Hamlet. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old King Hamlet. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesHamlet Quiz 1Hamlet Quiz 2Hamlet Quiz 3Hamlet Quiz 4Hamlet Quiz 5Hamlet Quiz 6Hamlet Quiz 7Hamlet Quiz 8Hamlet Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books