This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Polonius think is wrong with Hamlet? A) He thinks Hamlet is lovesick. B) He thinks Hamlet is upset about his mother's wedding. C) He thinks Hamlet is upset about his father's death. D) He thinks Hamlet is upset because Laertes gets to return to college and he doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thinks Hamlet is lovesick. 2. After the death of her father, Ophelia only communicates through ..... A) Writing. B) Sign language. C) Songs. D) Blinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Songs. 3. Act 3 Scene 4:Why does Polonius hide behind the arras (curtains)? A) To eavesdrop on the conversation between Hamlet and the Queen. B) To scare Hamlet while he talks to the Queen. C) Because Polonius is scared of Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To eavesdrop on the conversation between Hamlet and the Queen. 4. The Ghost's reference to the "sulf'rous and tormenting flames" reveals that: A) He is an emissary from the devil. B) He must atone for sins committed in his life. C) Claudius will suffer the same fate. D) The Danish view the afterlife as eternal torment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He must atone for sins committed in his life. 5. What does "dirge" mean? A) Joyous celebration. B) Somber grief. C) A big boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somber grief. 6. King Claudius thinks that A) Hamlet is really lovesick, as Polonius says. B) Hamlet is surely mad. C) Hamlet might be dangerous. D) Queen Gertrude should send Hamlet to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet might be dangerous. 7. "Get thee to a nunnery:why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me. "To whom is Hamlet speaking? A) Gertrude. B) Claudius. C) Ophelia. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia. 8. In a letter to Horatio, Hamlet claims to have been captured by ..... A) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. B) Fortinbras. C) Claudius. D) Pirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pirates. 9. What is Laertes mean when he says "What ceremony else" to the priest? A) The funeral prayer was not long enough. B) The coffin should be lowered later. C) The priest should give Ophelia last rites. D) Ophelia should have been married. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The priest should give Ophelia last rites. 10. I lov'd Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum! A) Hamlet. B) Laertes. C) Gertrude. D) Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 11. Who wants his father's land back? A) Fortinbras. B) Prince Hamlet. C) Laertes. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortinbras. 12. Out of the following, what is indicated as afavorite pastime of Claudius? A) Drinking alcohol and feasting. B) Watching plays. C) Fencing. D) Praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking alcohol and feasting. 13. After finding out Hamlet is being returned to Elsinore, what is the plan to end his life? A) Beheading. B) Sword fight. C) Starvation. D) Banishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sword fight. 14. Who says, "Not a mouse stirring." ? A) Horatio. B) Hamlet. C) Mercellus. D) Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Francisco. 15. Who says "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" ? A) The ghost. B) Horatio. C) Hamlet. D) Marcellus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marcellus. 16. Gertrude informs Claudius that Ophelia has ..... A) Jumped over the castle walls to her death. B) Stabbed herself in the heart with a dagger. C) Fallen into a pond and drowned. D) Purposefully letting venomous snakes bite her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fallen into a pond and drowned. 17. What can we notice in the third act? A) New play. B) Dead play. C) Play-within-the-play. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Play-within-the-play. 18. What does Hamlet get excited about near the end of Act 2? A) The actors. B) The party. C) The wedding. D) Travelling to France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The actors. 19. Who says, "brevity is the soul of wit ..... "? A) King Claudius. B) Ophelia. C) Polonius. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 20. Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard? A) The former court jester's. B) Ophelia's. C) Reynaldo's. D) His father's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The former court jester's. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesHamlet Quiz 1Hamlet Quiz 2Hamlet Quiz 3Hamlet Quiz 5Hamlet Quiz 6Hamlet Quiz 7Hamlet Quiz 8Hamlet Quiz 9Hamlet Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books