Hamlet Quiz 33 (20 MCQs)

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1. Claudius's prayer in Act III reveals what about his character?

Correct Answer: C) That his conscience is weighing on him.

2. Ophelia goes mad because .....

Correct Answer: C) Her father has been killed and Hamlet says he doesn't love her.

3. Whose funeral does Hamlet begin to watch without realizing who was being buried?

Correct Answer: A) Ophelia.

4. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew!

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet.

5. We added a type of comic relief to the play

Correct Answer: C) Gravediggers.

6. Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost?

Correct Answer: A) They want to tell Hamlet (King Hamlet's son).

7. Who said this: "Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love, /Make up my sum."

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet.

8. Ophelia's madness is blamed on

Correct Answer: A) Her father's sudden death.

9. What type of English did Shakespeare develop?

Correct Answer: C) Modern English.

10. The theme of Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy is:

Correct Answer: C) Death.

11. Finish this writers intention:To highlight the impact of .....

Correct Answer: A) Grief.

12. How does Emma get to The Globe?

Correct Answer: B) She falls through the trap door.

13. What is ironic about the death of Claudius?

Correct Answer: B) He died in the same way he plotted to kill Hamlet.

14. In what condition is Ophelia when she comes before Gertrude and Claudius at the start of Act IV?

Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct.

15. How are women generally viewed in Hamlet?

Correct Answer: D) They are viewed as manipulative and untrustworthy.

16. The last one to die in the castle is

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

17. ..... Who says, "I am but mad north-north west." ?

Correct Answer: D) Hamlet.

18. According to Claudius, why hasn't he restrained Hamlet up to this point?

Correct Answer: C) He loves Hamlet too much.

19. Who says "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff" ?

Correct Answer: B) Horatio.

20. Who said the following:Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Correct Answer: D) Polonius.