This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the ghost of King Hamlet appears, what does he do? A) He says that something is going to happen. B) He walks closer to the men. C) He motions for Hamlet to follow him. D) He acts the same way he always have; trying to say something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He motions for Hamlet to follow him. 2. A reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he A) Likes Claudius. B) Knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth. C) Is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity. D) Does not want to become king himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity. 3. How do the people of Denmark think King Hamlet died? A) Scorpion sting. B) Serpent (snake) bite. C) Aneurysm (stroke). D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serpent (snake) bite. 4. Why does Polonius send his servant, Reynaldo, to France? A) To spy on & spread rumors about his son, Laertes. B) To spy on Ophelia. C) To find out what is wrong with Hamlet. D) To beg a favor from King Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To spy on & spread rumors about his son, Laertes. 5. Who comes in and claims the throne after all have died the Danish court have died? A) Horatio. B) Fortinbras. C) Osric. D) William. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortinbras. 6. What did Marcellus, Bernardo, Francisco, and Horatio see outside the castle? A) A statue. B) The ghost of Hamlet Jr. C) A soldier. D) The ghost of Hamlet Sr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ghost of Hamlet Sr. 7. Hamlet questions Ophelia's honesty when he encounters her in Act 3, Scene 1 because A) He is disillusioned with his mother. B) She had lied to him before. C) He knows her purpose in talking to him. D) He can no longer tell truth from lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He can no longer tell truth from lies. 8. Who says "the lady doth protest too much, methinks" ? A) Gertrude. B) Ophelia. C) Claudius. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gertrude. 9. Who says "To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream" ? A) Hamlet. B) Claudius. C) Laertes. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 10. Gertrude dies from: A) Drinking poison. B) Drowning. C) Suicide. D) Old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking poison. 11. What kind of writing does Shakespeareuse to indicate Hamlet's "crazy" moments? A) Blank verse. B) Bob and wheel verse. C) Prose. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 12. Who is Ophelia? A) The daughter of Gertrude. B) The daughter of Polonius. C) The daughter of Claudius. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The daughter of Polonius. 13. By the end of Act II, Hamlet plans to: A) Use Horatio as bait to catch the King doing something illegal. B) Use the actors to set up the King. C) Kill Ophelia and Polonius. D) Speak to his mother about her embarrassing behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use the actors to set up the King. 14. When Claudius shouts for the lights before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced that A) The ghost lied to him. B) Claudius is really angry with Gertrude. C) Claudius murdered Hamlet's father. D) The ghost was NOT his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius murdered Hamlet's father. 15. What does young Fortinbras want to do? A) Conquer Denmark. B) Receive payment from Hamlet. C) Avenge his father's death by killing Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conquer Denmark. 16. What literary device is used in the Hamlet quote, "His beard was white as snow." ? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 17. What does everyone think killed old King Hamlet? A) Old Age. B) A snake. C) A stroke. D) An assassin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A snake. 18. What does Hamlet's first soliloquy reveal about him? A) That he is happy. B) That he loves his mother but dislikes his stepdad. C) That he feels unhappy with life and disgusted by his mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he feels unhappy with life and disgusted by his mother. 19. One of the main themes in the play, introduced in the first acts is that of: A) Redemption. B) Conflict. C) Rot. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rot. 20. Where does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet? A) Poland. B) Norway. C) Scotland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. ← 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