This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before he dies, Laertes A) Curses Hamlet for murdering his father. B) Welcomes Fortinbras to Denmark. C) Confesses and asks for Hamlet's forgiveness. D) Attempts to kill Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confesses and asks for Hamlet's forgiveness. 2. In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is A) Fearful of revenge. B) Fearful of going insane. C) Fearful of the unknown after death. D) Fearful of being alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fearful of the unknown after death. 3. The ghost is actually ..... A) Hamlet from the future. B) King Hamlet. C) The devil. D) A bat stuck in a bedsheet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hamlet. 4. How many times before have the guards seen the ghost? A) Three times. B) Once. C) None. D) Twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twice. 5. Hamlet thinks Ophelia should ..... A) Never listen to her father. B) Never speak. C) Never leave home. D) Never have children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never have children. 6. The real reason why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are visiting Hamlet is that A) They are his good friends. B) They want to see the actors. C) The King and Queen asked them to come. D) They will perform a play at Elsinore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The King and Queen asked them to come. 7. What is Hamlet's meaning when he tells Ophelia to get to a "nunnery? " A) She should become a nun. B) She should focus on her studies. C) She should become a prostitute. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C. 8. How does Gertrude meet her death? A) She tries to stop the fight between Hamlet & Laertes. B) Claudius kills her, suspecting her of helping Hamlet. C) She kills herself after Hamlet's death. D) She drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Hamlet. 9. What is Claudius's plan for Hamlet early in Act III? A) To have Hamlet put to death. B) To ship Hamlet out of the country to England. C) To have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern kill him. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To ship Hamlet out of the country to England. 10. What does Claudius place in the cup as Laertes and Hamlet duel? A) A necklace. B) A pearl. C) More wine. D) A Coin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pearl. 11. Who says, " ..... you are most immediate to our throne!" ? A) Queen Gertrude. B) Polonius. C) King Claudius. D) The ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Claudius. 12. What do Laertes and Claudius plot against Hamlet? A) To have Laertes kill him with a poisoned sword. B) To have Hamlet arrested and thrown in a dungeon. C) To have Hamlet sent to England in chains this time. D) To banish Hamlet from Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have Laertes kill him with a poisoned sword. 13. Hamlet's erratic behavior is caused by ..... A) His distress over Ophelia. B) His distress over the murder and the marriage. C) His distress over Horatio. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His distress over the murder and the marriage. 14. Gertrude: A) Is labeled an adulterer. B) Is labeled a liar. C) Witnesses a suicide. D) Ran away to Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is labeled an adulterer. 15. What was Hamlets title? A) Pope. B) King. C) Prince. D) Queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince. 16. Hamlet visits Ophelia "with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head" to A) Ask her how she feels about him. B) Declare his love for her. C) Convince her of his madness. D) Tell her about the ghost of his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convince her of his madness. 17. Which character is NOT dead by the of Act 4? A) King Hamlet. B) Ophelia. C) Horatio. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio. 18. Who said "Brevity is the soul of wit" ? A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Claudius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polonius. 19. What is a reason Horatio is asked to witness the ghost? A) He is Hamlet's trusted friend. B) He is Hamlet's schoolmate. C) He is from Wittenburg. D) He has good hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is Hamlet's trusted friend. 20. What does the gravedigger think about many people? A) They are clever. B) They are rotten. C) They have feelings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are rotten. ← 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