Hamlet Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is Laertes going in Scene 3?

Correct Answer: C) To France as a diplomat for the King.

2. Theater Design King

Correct Answer: A) Stanley.

3. What will Hamlet determine during the play?

Correct Answer: A) If the ghost is an evil spirit or actually his father.

4. Hamlet is written by

Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare.

5. Who did Gertrude say, "all that lives must die" to?

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet.

6. Why has Laertes returned from France?

Correct Answer: D) To get revenge for Polonius's death.

7. What message does Act I send about the state of Denmark?

Correct Answer: A) Denmark is in an uncertain state.

8. Which is NOT part of the plan for Laertes' revenge?

Correct Answer: A) Poison in the ear.

9. The Ghost appears to Hamlet in order to

Correct Answer: C) Exact a promise of revenge from Hamlet.

10. What is Fortinbras' reason for going to Poland?

Correct Answer: D) Fight over useless land.

11. Why is Hamlet afraid to commit suicide?

Correct Answer: D) He is afraid of what eternity holds for him.

12. Laertes tells Ophelia to not trust Hamlet's love because he must consider ..... before choosing a wife.

Correct Answer: B) Denmark.

13. The king's counselor

Correct Answer: C) Polonius.

14. Synonym for distressed, troubled, dismayed, disturb, or unsettled.

Correct Answer: A) Upset.

15. Who accidentally kills Gertrude?

Correct Answer: B) Claudius.

16. According to Hamlet, what did they eat at the wedding feast?

Correct Answer: C) Funeral Leftovers.

17. Before the dueling match,

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet apologizes to Laertes.

18. Whom does the Ghost beckon to follow away from the others?

Correct Answer: C) Prince Hamlet.

19. What is seen as causing the fall of Denmark?

Correct Answer: D) Moral corruption.

20. Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand?

Correct Answer: C) Norway to ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle.