This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Who said this: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" A) Horatio. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 3. Why does Gertrude cry out when Hamlet storms into her room? A) She wants to warn Polonius. B) She sees the Ghost of King Hamlet. 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. 4. 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. 5. How old is Hamlet (according to the gravedigger)? A) 19. B) 20. C) 30. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 6. 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) Reasonable. B) Commendable. C) Unmanly. D) Obscene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unmanly. 7. Polonius has a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. Because of this letter he is attempting to prove what? A) Hamlet's odd behavior is because of his father's death. B) Hamlet is crazy. C) The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy. D) Hamlet is a gifted poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy. 8. Which of the following characters is NOT one of the sentries standing watch as the play opens? A) Barnardo. B) Marcellus. C) Francisco. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortinbras. 9. 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.". 10. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do? A) To spy Polonius. B) To watch Ophelia closely.. C) To watch Gertrude closely. D) To watch Claudius closely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To watch Claudius closely. 11. What is the best description of a characteristic of Polonius? A) Intelligent. B) Loving. C) Nosey. D) Brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nosey. 12. Hamlet's best friend and confidant A) Rosencrantz. B) Horatio. C) Laertes. D) Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio. 13. Finish the quote: "neither a ..... nor a ..... be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." A) Borrower, lender. B) Giver, receiver. C) Lender, borrower. D) Receiver, Giver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borrower, lender. 14. What action makes it clear to Hamlet that R & G have betrayed him? A) Hamlet catches them reading his journal. B) R & G side with Claudius. C) The ghost informs Hamlet of it. D) R & G, consumed by guilt, confess to Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R & G side with Claudius. 15. 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. 16. Why won't Hamlet kill Claudius in Scene 3? A) He knows he isn't guilty. B) He wants to kill him in the act of a 'sin' or crime. C) He feels sorry for his mother. D) He has already poisoned Claudius's drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to kill him in the act of a 'sin' or crime. 17. 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) Ophelia. B) Gertrude. C) His father/King Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ophelia. 18. Loses her mind and drowns herself A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Elsinore. D) Jenine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← 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