This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What would Hamlet have his mother do? A) He wants her to go to England. B) He wants her to stop sleeping with the King. C) He wants her to have the marriage annulled by the Church. D) He wants her to poison the King at dinner the next night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants her to stop sleeping with the King. 2. Where is Scene 1 taking place? A) Outside the palace gates. B) In the castle. C) In the woods. D) At a pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside the palace gates. 3. What is a recurring subject, theme, idea. Especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work. A) Alitteration. B) Motifs. C) Caesura. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motifs. 4. What is Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship in the beginning of the paly? A) They're in love. B) They are enemies. C) They have never met. D) They are brother and sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're in love. 5. O thou vile king, give me my father! A) Laertes. B) Hamlet. C) Claudius. D) Hamlet Sr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 6. Why is Ophelia so upset in Scene 1? A) She misses her brother. B) She misses Hamlet. C) Hamlet has visited her & seemed out of his mind. D) Gertrude refused to hire her as a lady's maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet has visited her & seemed out of his mind. 7. In Scene 7, what news does Gertrude bring? A) Ophelia has run away. B) Ophelia has drowned. C) Ophelia leapt from the castle walls. D) Ophelia has married Young Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia has drowned. 8. Who is the first character to see the ghost? A) Hamlet. B) Marcellus. C) Ophelia. D) Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcellus. 9. Which of the following is NOT something that Hamlet says in his final soliloquy? A) He resolves to get vengeance. B) He regrets hurting Ophelia. C) He compares himself to Fortinbras. D) He uses Fortinbras as motivation to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He regrets hurting Ophelia. 10. King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals A) The heavy guilt of his conscience. B) The guilt of what to do with Hamlet. C) The guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude. D) The guilt of not praying more often. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The heavy guilt of his conscience. 11. Where was Dracula set? A) Denmark. B) Transylvania. C) Scotland. D) Barcelona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transylvania. 12. What length of time elapses between the King's death and the Queen remarriage? A) One year. B) A decade. C) Less than 2 months. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less than 2 months. 13. Why does the gravedigger believe England is a good place for Hamlet? A) Everyone is crazy in England!. B) There are many people in England to treat Hamlet's craziness. C) Hamlet will be safe from Claudius in England. D) Hamlet has always loved England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyone is crazy in England!. 14. Who kills Hamlet? A) Laertes. B) Claudius. C) Fortinbras. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 15. What literary term best describes the quote, "Words, words, words!" ? A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 16. Where does Laertes attend college? A) England. B) France. C) Germany. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 17. Why does Laertes burst into the King's court room in Scene 5? A) He wants to stop Claudius from killing Hamlet, his friend. B) He wants to take Ophelia back home with him. C) He wants revenge for his father's death. D) There's an angry mob outside trying to kill the King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants revenge for his father's death. 18. We agreed to spy on Hamlet A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. B) Horatio. C) Caludius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 19. What is the order of deaths in Act V? A) Ophelia, Laertes, Hamlet, Claudius. B) Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet. C) Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Laertes. D) Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet. 20. What message does Act I convey about Claudius? A) Claudius is a strong, dependable king. B) Claudius is a loving man. C) Claudius is a drunk and unreliable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius is a drunk and unreliable. ← 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