Hamlet Quiz 39 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Queen tells Laertes that Ophelia is dead. How did she die?

Correct Answer: D) She has drowned.

2. Who didn't believe in the ghost at first?

Correct Answer: C) Horatio.

3. How does King Claudius kill King Hamlet?

Correct Answer: B) Poison poured into his ear while sleeping.

4. Which of the following characters did not see the ghost?

Correct Answer: C) Gertrude.

5. Hamlet's girlfriend

Correct Answer: B) Ophelia.

6. "If it assume my noble father's person, I'll speak to it though hell itself should gape and bid me hold my peace!"

Correct Answer: C) Hamlet.

7. What is the subject of the "To be or not to be" soliloquy?

Correct Answer: B) Death.

8. What town was Shakespeare born in?

Correct Answer: C) Stratford-Upon-Avon.

9. What does the "To be or not to be" speech contemplate?

Correct Answer: D) Suicide.

10. What do Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia?

Correct Answer: B) To break up with Hamlet.

11. ..... of the car sale reached Bobbi too late.

Correct Answer: C) News.

12. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, though the title character is seeking revenge, he is reluctant to kill Claudius while the king is .....

Correct Answer: C) Praying.

13. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio's news?

Correct Answer: C) Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio's news.

14. Hamlet's uncle/step-father

Correct Answer: C) Claudius.

15. Who poisoned the tip of his sword in order to kill Hamlet?

Correct Answer: B) Laertes.

16. What is NOT a theme in Hamlet?

Correct Answer: D) Life is happiness.

17. What does Polonius demand of Ophelia?

Correct Answer: B) Stop seeing Prince Hamlet.

18. What does Polonius say Hamlet is doing?

Correct Answer: A) Writing Ophelia love letters.

19. In Scene 1, Marcellus's comment that "Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy" foreshadows the:

Correct Answer: B) Appearance of the Ghost.

20. A coloring book nightmare with deep blue, red, and greed colors on every post, mask, and beam.

Correct Answer: A) The Globe Theater.