This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What has happened to Ophelia? A) She has married another man, chosen by her father. B) She has gone to a convent in Norway. C) She has defied her father and announced that she is going to England to be with Hamlet. D) She has gone crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has gone crazy. 2. How was King Hamlet REALLY killed? A) He fell off a bridge. B) A snake bit him. C) His brother poured poison in his ear. D) He was old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His brother poured poison in his ear. 3. Who said, "his will is not his own, for he himself is subject to his birth? " A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Polonius. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 4. How long has Hamlet's father been dead? A) Three months. B) One month. C) Not quite two months. D) Not quite four months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not quite two months. 5. Polonius:Do not believe his vows. I would in plain terms from this time forth not have you speak to Lord Hamlet. Look to it, I charge you!The word charge in the above dialogue means which of the following? A) To demand a price. B) To accuse. C) An order. D) An accusation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An order. 6. Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he's praying? A) He realizes that Claudius didn't kill King Hamlet. B) Hamlet begins to pray with him. C) He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven. D) Hamlet doesn't want to go to Hell for murder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven. 7. In Hamlet's apology to Laertes before their duel, what does he say was to blame for the wrong he did to Laertes? A) His grief. B) His love. C) His anger. D) His madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His madness. 8. "He is dead and gone, lady, he is dead and gone." A) Hamlet. B) Laertes. C) Ophelia. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia. 9. When Hamlet hears of the ghost, he worries that A) His friends are lying. B) His mother will question it. C) Something awful caused his father's death. D) The ghost will kill him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something awful caused his father's death. 10. How do characters use language in Hamlet? A) As a means of personal enlightenment. B) As a manipulative political tool. C) As a way to express their desires. D) As a means of courtship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a manipulative political tool. 11. Hamlet's best bud A) Haratio. B) Francisco. C) Bernardo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haratio. 12. Hamlet followed the ghost because A) It waved for him to come. B) It called him. C) Horatio told him to follow it. D) It grabbed his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It waved for him to come. 13. What are two characteristics of a tragic hero? A) Strength and power. B) Honor and respect. C) Cold and lit. D) Heroic and flawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heroic and flawed. 14. After Hamlet and Laertes fight in Ophelia's grave. The queen makes an excuse for Hamlet's behavior. What is it? A) He was a prisoner of pirates. B) He is not himself (insane). C) He loved Ophelia. D) He has jet leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is not himself (insane). 15. Who killed Hamlet's father? A) Fortinbras. B) Claudius. C) Polonius. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 16. Why is Gertrude given the flower rue in Hamlet? A) Ophelia thought they were pretty. B) The color of the blooms is Gertrude's favorite color. C) Rue represents bitterness, sorrow, and repentance. D) It reminded Ophelia of her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rue represents bitterness, sorrow, and repentance. 17. Laertes demands to know A) One more reason for Ophelia's madness. B) How Polonius died. C) Why Hamlet has returned from Denmark. D) How Horatio got Hamlet's letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How Polonius died. 18. What time period is Hamlet set in? A) Anglo Saxon. B) Renaissance. C) Late Middle Ages. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late Middle Ages. 19. Who is the protagonist of our drama and Prince of Denmark? A) Horatio. B) Hamlet. C) Polonius. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 20. In Act IV, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent to find ..... A) A ship to sail to England. B) Polonius' body. C) Laertes to avenge Polonius' death. D) A doctor for Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius' body. ← 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