This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the soliloquy, "To be or not to be ..... ", Hamlet philosophizes on the nature of: A) Love & marriage. B) Poverty & wealth. C) Life & death. D) Revenge & acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life & death. 2. Who says "I will be brief" and then proceeds to talk a lot? A) Claudius. B) Polonius. C) Hamlet. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polonius. 3. Who delivers the news of Ophelia's death? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 4. In Scene 4, what message does Young Fortinbras send to Claudius? A) He is poised to attack Denmark. B) He wants to marry Ophelia. C) He wants safe passage through Denmark on his way to Poland. D) He wants Claudius to join him in his war on Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants safe passage through Denmark on his way to Poland. 5. Ophelia is ..... A) Hamlet's mom. B) Hamlet's girlfriend. C) Hamlet's aunt who married his father. D) Hamlet's cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet's girlfriend. 6. Who says "A bloody deed-almost as bad ..... as kill a king and marry with his brother" ? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Hamlet. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 7. Why does Hamlet request a specific play from the actors? A) He wants his mother to see the play. B) He wants Claudius to show his guilt. C) He wants Ophelia to be impressed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants Claudius to show his guilt. 8. To be or not to be-that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of trouble, and by opposing, end them. A) Hamlet. B) Gertrude. C) Ophelia. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 9. Hamlet wants to finish the fencing match before A) Killing the King. B) Drinking the wine that Claudius offers to the Prince. C) Poisoning his mother. D) Fortinbras returns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking the wine that Claudius offers to the Prince. 10. The Ghost asks Hamlet not to A) Harm his mother. B) Kill Claudius. C) Take back the crown of Denmark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harm his mother. 11. Who says "Goodnight sweet Prince" ? A) Osric. B) Horatio. C) Fortinbras. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horatio. 12. Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go. A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 13. How does Claudius find out that Hamlet has killed Polonius? A) Ophelia tells Claudius. B) Gertrude tells Claudius. C) Hamlet tells Claudius. D) Ghost tells Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude tells Claudius. 14. Who says education doesn't mean intelligence? A) Horatio. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 15. Who is instructed to bring Polonius's corpse into the chapel? A) Prince Hamlet. B) Queen Gertrude. C) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. D) Ophelia & Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. 16. What does the line Frailty thy name is woman, from Act I, scene ii translate to? A) Women are unintelligent. B) Women are weak. C) Women are strong. D) Women only use men to gain power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women are weak. 17. Claudius and Gertrude's marriage is considered A) Hateful. B) Incestuous. C) Acceptable. D) Mediocre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incestuous. 18. Who said it: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." A) Hamlet. B) Marcellus. C) Horatio. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcellus. 19. What did Polonius initially think caused Hamlet's madness? A) His dad's death. B) Gertrude's betrayal. C) Ophelia's rejection. D) Leaving college. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia's rejection. 20. Who comes rushing into the castle, demanding answers? A) Queen. B) Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laertes. ← 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