This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In this act, which characters know that Hamlet is but "mad in craft" and not truly mad? A) Polonius & Claudius. B) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. C) Horatio & Gertrude. D) Ophelia & Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio & Gertrude. 2. Old Fortinbras is the late (dead) King of ..... A) Unicorns. B) England. C) Denmark. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norway. 3. Claudius dies from: A) Drinking poison. B) Drowning. C) Suicide. D) Old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking poison. 4. When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Rosencrantz and Guidenstern. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudius. 5. For Ophelia flowers Symbolize what? A) Innocence. B) Death. C) She likes pretty things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innocence. 6. Who kills Gertrude? A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Laertes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 7. When Ophelia saw Hamlet, what was his appearance like? A) He was all disheveled and looked like he'd seen a ghost. B) Nice and tidy. C) He was ready for battle. D) He looked like a Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was all disheveled and looked like he'd seen a ghost. 8. What does Claudius say about Hamlet's griefover his father's death? A) It's justified. B) It's unmanly. C) It's fake. D) It makes his mother sad too. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's unmanly. 9. What does Polonius tell his daughter? A) That she mustn't see Rosencrantz again. B) That she mustn't see Hamlet again. C) That she must leave the royal palace. D) That she must become a nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That she mustn't see Hamlet again. 10. A calculating, ambitious politician, adept at manipulating others for his own ends and willing to execute, assassinate, or murder to stay in power. A) Hamlet Senior. B) Claudius. C) Gertrude. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 11. In Act I why are there guards 24/7, weapons being made, and ships being built? A) Denmark is a medieval kingdom. B) They fear being in war with Polan. C) Fortinbras is thought to attack. D) Someone is killing kings!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fortinbras is thought to attack. 12. Who kills the King of Norway? A) The late King Hamlet. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The late King Hamlet. 13. The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. A) Horatio. B) Hamlet. C) Ophelia. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 14. Who does Hamlet say, "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." to? A) Rosencrantz. B) Guildenstern. C) Hamlet. D) First player. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 15. Who cautions Hamlet against the fencing match? A) Horatio. B) Gertrude. C) Laertes. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 16. Hamlet came to Ophelia in what state? A) An unbuttoned shirt and dirty socks. B) In royal clothes, to take her out. C) Without a shirt, to seduce her. D) Extremely happy and in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unbuttoned shirt and dirty socks. 17. Hamlet says that this person is a "sponge" who is just being used to absorb information andrewards and will soon be discarded. A) Polonius. B) Rosencrantz. C) Ophelia. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosencrantz. 18. The purpose of the scene where Fortinbras enters with an army heading to Poland is to reveal: A) A subplot. B) Hamlet is a soldier after all. C) Hamlet is a man of inaction. D) Both Hamlet and Fortinbras are alike in intellectual qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet is a man of inaction. 19. According to Hamlet, who is to blame for turning men into monsters? A) God. B) Satan. C) Women. D) Other men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women. 20. What does Polonius think is wrong with Prince Hamlet? A) Hamlet is heartbroken at the loss of his father. B) Hamlet is lovesick for Ophelia. C) Hamlet is jealous that he is not king. D) Hamlet is depressed that he can't go back to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet is lovesick for Ophelia. ← 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