This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who killed Hamlet? A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Claudius. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes. 2. The setting for Hamlet is in: A) Norway. B) Germany. C) Denmark. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark. 3. Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he is praying in the church? A) He doesn't believe in shedding blood in church. B) He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven. C) He's worried about his mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven. 4. When Claudius asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is his first answer? A) At supper. B) In Heaven. C) In Hell. D) In a grave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At supper. 5. Hyperbole is a literary device that is characterized by ..... and is used extensively by Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet. A) Exaggeration. B) Rhyming. C) Understatement. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 6. Did Ophelia drown herself A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Before dying, Hamlet asks Horatio to ..... A) Tell everyone his story. B) Welcome Fortinbras. C) Give him a royal funeral. D) Give him his sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell everyone his story. 8. Laertes is the brother of ..... A) Hamlet. B) Polonius. C) Ophelia. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia. 9. What reason does Polonius offer for Hamlet's madness? A) He is upset about the marriage of Claudius and Gertrude. B) He loves Ophelia. C) He is distraught over his father's death. D) He's a moody teenager. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves Ophelia. 10. What does the Ghost remind Hamlet to do? A) Leave his mother alone. B) Go to England. C) Take a bath. D) Get revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get revenge. 11. Forced to "unfold" herself when she rereads Hamlet. A) Lulu. B) Emma. C) Gretchen. D) Wick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emma. 12. He says Polonius is "not where he eats but where he is eaten." He tells the King to look for him in Heaven and if he can't find him he should go to "the other place." (Hell) A) Hamlet. B) Horatio. C) Laertes. D) The Ghost of King Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 13. Finish the quote, "goodnight, ....., and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest" A) Loved one. B) Prince Hamlet. C) Sweet Prince. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet Prince. 14. Ophelia obeys Polonius A) Because she thinks Polonius is right. B) Even though she trusts Hamlet. C) Because Laertes' words were clear. D) Because Hamlet is a liar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even though she trusts Hamlet. 15. Claudius feels ashamed of his terrible deed and wants to pray for forgiveness, but he feels that he cannot do that because A) Hamlet will find out. B) His Queen won't let him do it. C) He still wants to be King and to be Gertrude's husband. D) Only heaven knows the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He still wants to be King and to be Gertrude's husband. 16. Where does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude? A) Between 2 statues. B) Behind a hanging tapestry. C) Under a bed. D) In a closet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind a hanging tapestry. 17. Laertes dies from: A) Drinking poison. B) Drowning. C) Suicide. D) Poison on a sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison on a sword. 18. When Gertrude meets with Hamlet, what does she promise to keep secret from Claudius? A) That she knows Claudius killed King Hamlet. B) That Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy to seek revenge on Claudius. C) That Hamlet killed Polonius. D) That Hamlet is going back to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy to seek revenge on Claudius. 19. Where does Young Fortinbras live? A) Norway. B) Denmark. C) UK. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Norway. 20. What does King Claudius tell Hamlet? A) He suggests Hamlet think about going to the University at Cambridge. B) He tells Hamlet to stop grieving for his father's death, and to think of him as his father. C) He tells Hamlet that he should go on a pilgrimage to honor his father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He tells Hamlet to stop grieving for his father's death, and to think of him as his father. ← 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