This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where must Laertes go? A) Italy. B) Germany. C) Poland. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France. 2. After speaking with Hamlet, Ophelia's speech reveals her emotions. She is A) Happy about what she had thought Hamlet was, but what he never was. B) Sad about what Hamlet had been, but is no more. C) Angry about what Ophelia wishes Hamlet were. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad about what Hamlet had been, but is no more. 3. According to the article on Elizabethan England, Shakespeare was alive during a time when London when "cultural influences breathed new life." What was this time period called? A) Postmodernism. B) Modernism. C) Renaissance. D) Shakespearean Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 4. Stage manager that moved to Australia A) Emma. B) Brandon. C) Janet. D) Gretchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janet. 5. What does Hamlet encounter on his way to England? A) Horatio. B) Ophelia. C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Fortinbras and his army. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortinbras and his army. 6. Who said it: "Be careful of the danger of desire." A) Laertes. B) Polonius. C) Ophelia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 7. Who says "I doubt it is no other but the main ..... his father's death and our o'erhasty marriage" ? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Ophelia. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 8. During the scene where Hamlet meets alone with his mother before killing Polonius, who sees the Ghost? A) Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) Both Hamlet and Gertrude. D) Neither Hamlet nor Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 9. While discussing the gravedigger's actions, Hamlet says to Horatio, " ..... its lower jaw knocked off and thwacked on the noggin with a shovel." Thwacked is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. Polonius instructs Reynaldo in the art of ..... A) Spying. B) Flower arranging. C) Lying. D) Flowery language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spying. 11. What is Emma's job in the play? A) She is the director. B) She is the set designer. C) She is the stage manager. D) She is an actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is the stage manager. 12. Who is in love with Hamlet? A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 13. Who does Hamlet kill in Gertrude's chamber? A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Polonius. D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 14. Hamlet agrees to a fencing match with Laertes because A) King Claudius won't let Hamlet say no. B) Hamlet has an uneasy feeling. C) Hamlet feels prepared to match Laertes' skill. D) Hamlet knows that someday he will die, even if he doesn't fight now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet knows that someday he will die, even if he doesn't fight now. 15. According to Polonius, why is Hamlet "mad? " A) His father's death. B) His mother's marriage. C) His unrequited love for Ophelia. D) He misses school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His unrequited love for Ophelia. 16. In Act I, the Ghost appears to Hamlet in order to ..... A) Tell Hamlet the truth about his birth. B) Say goodbye to him. C) Exact a promise of revenge from Hamlet. D) Warn Hamlet of the horrors of the afterlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exact a promise of revenge from Hamlet. 17. All of the following are characters we have read about in Hamlet Act 1 scene 1 so far EXCEPT: A) Ghost. B) Hamlet. C) Barnardo. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 18. What is Claudius's plan at the end of Act 4? A) He will drown Hamlet. B) Laertes will kill Hamlet in a duel. C) Laertes will kill Hamlet while he is sleeping. D) To let Hamlet ruin himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes will kill Hamlet in a duel. 19. It's appropriate that Fortinbras speaks the last line of the play because A) He has returned victorious from Poland. B) Only he knew the true chain of events. C) He will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark. D) He admires Hamlet more than anyone else in the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark. 20. But I am pigeon-liver'd and lack gall to make oppression bitter-or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites with this slave's offal! Bloody, bawdy villain! A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Horatio. D) Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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