Hamlet Quiz 45 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who says this: "A little more than kin, and less than kind."

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

2. Synonym for worried, anxious, troubled, agitated, rattled, or nervous.

Correct Answer: C) Uneasy.

3. What literary term best describes the quote, "Sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me." ?

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

4. Why does Hamlet denounce the drunken celebrations of Gertrude and Claudius?

Correct Answer: B) He believes it makes Denmark look silly to other countries.

5. Who is killed in Act 3?

Correct Answer: D) Polonius.

6. What words best describe Hamlet's character throughout the play?

Correct Answer: B) Mysterious, thoughtful, morose.

7. HAMLET And yet to me what is this quintessence of dust? -Here, Hamlet expresses that he thinks .....

Correct Answer: A) Humans have no meaning and serve no point.

8. Hamlet is an example of what type of hero?

Correct Answer: A) Tragic Hero.

9. What command does Polonius give Ophelia at the end of Scene 3?

Correct Answer: D) She should totally stop hanging out with Hamlet.

10. Who saves Hamlet's life?

Correct Answer: C) Pirates.

11. William Shakespeare died in this year .....

Correct Answer: C) 1616.

12. Hamlet's father appears in the form of .....

Correct Answer: B) A ghost.

13. Seventy one year old drama director

Correct Answer: D) Gretchen.

14. Who said, "when sorrows comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions? "

Correct Answer: B) Claudius.

15. What noise drives the ghost offstage?

Correct Answer: C) A cock's crow.

16. Who says, "Good night, sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." ?

Correct Answer: D) Horatio.

17. Hamlet's mother is married to his .....

Correct Answer: B) Uncle.

18. First, Hamlet get two hits against Laertes. Then, the third round is a draw.Next,

Correct Answer: D) Laertes strikes Hamlet's arm with the poisoned sword.

19. How does Claudius react to "The Murder of Gonzago" ?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

20. Gertrude telling Claudius Hamlet thought Polonius was a rat is an example of what?

Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony.