This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fortinbras is from which country? A) Germany. B) England. C) Norway. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norway. 2. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern think is the explanation for Hamlet's odd behaviour? A) They think he's really mad. B) They think he is too much in love with Ophelia. C) They think he is pretending to be mad in order to keep some secrets. D) They think he wants to have power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They think he is pretending to be mad in order to keep some secrets. 3. In Act III, Claudius and Gertrude question Rosencrantz and Guildenstern again regarding what topic? A) Whether or not Hamlet intends to marry Ophelia. B) Norway's plans to attack Denmark. C) Hamlet's grades in college. D) The reasons for Hamlet's insanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reasons for Hamlet's insanity. 4. Hamlet's plan will only work if ..... A) The actor's are skilled enough. B) The plot is kept secret until the end of the play. C) The queen understands what is going on. D) Claudius still has the capacity to feel guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claudius still has the capacity to feel guilt. 5. The Privy Council helped with: A) Gertrude's inability to plan a royal funeral. B) Ophelia's education needed to become a future Queen. C) Fortinbras' plans to invade Denmark. D) Claudius getting the throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claudius getting the throne. 6. Why does Claudius tell his courtiers that Hamlet must NOT be confined while in Denmark. A) The public would NOT approve because they adore Hamlet!. B) The public would harm Hamlet!. C) Hamlet could destroy Castle Elsinore!. D) Hamlet could commit suicide!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The public would NOT approve because they adore Hamlet!. 7. To where does Claudius order Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet? A) England. B) Denmark. C) Poland. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 8. My honor'd lord, you know right well you did, and with them words of so sweet breath compos'd as made the things more rich. Their perfume lost, take these again; A) Ophelia. B) Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ophelia. 9. Who does Hamlet think he stabbed? A) Polonius. B) Claudius. C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claudius. 10. Which of the following did Ophelia NOT observe when she saw him in Act 2, Scene 1? A) His clothing was askew (messed up). B) He didn't speak. C) He sighed heavily. D) He turned his back on her and walked away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He turned his back on her and walked away. 11. Who is Wick A) Stage manager in present time. B) Stage manager at The Globe Theater. C) Set designer. D) Actor playing Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage manager at The Globe Theater. 12. When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections A) Soliloquy. B) Metaphor. C) Monologue. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 13. Why doesn't Hamlet let Horatio drink the poison? A) He must live to keep Hamlet's memory alive. B) He must become King. C) He needs to warn the people of Denmark. D) He will serve as hand to the new king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He must live to keep Hamlet's memory alive. 14. What happens to Ophelia at the end of Act 4? A) She runs away. B) She has drown; it looks like a suicide. C) She is trying to kill Claudius. D) She begins to date Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has drown; it looks like a suicide. 15. Where does this story happen? A) England. B) Denmark. C) France. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 16. What kind of clothes is the ghost of King Hamlet wearing? A) Wedding clothes. B) Burial clothes. C) A suit of armor. D) Jorts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A suit of armor. 17. Who says, "His will is not his own, for he himself is subject to his birth, " and who does he say it to? A) Polonius to Ophelia. B) King Claudius to Ophelia. C) King Claudius to Queen Gertrude. D) Laertes to Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes to Ophelia. 18. Who says "Denmark's a prison" ? A) Laertes. B) Polonius. C) Rosencrantz. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 19. How did Hamlet attempt to discover whether or not Claudius was guilty? A) A letter. B) A play. C) A duel. D) A kidnapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A play. 20. Who is Gertrude? A) Hamlet's grandmother. B) Hamlet's girlfriend. C) Hamlet's mother. D) None of above. 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