This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Claudio kills ..... A) His cousin. B) His brother. C) His brother in law. D) His best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His brother. 2. Who is the following statement about-" He raised a sigh so piteous & profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk & end his being." A) Polonius. B) Laertes. C) Hamlet. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 3. What does it mean when Hamlet says " ..... he has my dying breath" ? A) Horatio is hearing his last words. B) He chooses who he feels should be the next king. C) Laertes has killed him. D) Osric ran out of the room too quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He chooses who he feels should be the next king. 4. Hamlet's father reappears to him because ..... A) He wants Hamlet to be King. B) He wants Hamlet to avenge his death. C) He wants Hamlet to stop biting his nails. D) He wants Hamlet to continue paying for his Netflix subscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants Hamlet to avenge his death. 5. What is the play Hamlet requests of the players? A) The Murder of Gonzago. B) Macbeth. C) Julius Ceasar. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Murder of Gonzago. 6. Horatio: A) Kills himself. B) Lives to tell Hamlet's story. C) Becomes the King of Denmark. D) Murders Fortinbras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lives to tell Hamlet's story. 7. Hamlet and Laertes are like characters, yet they are opposite in qualities. What term describes that? A) Opposite. B) Foils. C) Protagonists. D) Antagonists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foils. 8. HAMLET I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.-Here, Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ..... A) That he is only acting mad. B) That he is good with handsaws. C) That he is into falconry. D) That he broke wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he is only acting mad. 9. Who was Yorick? A) A soldier. B) A prince. C) A clown. D) A poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A clown. 10. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." Who said it? A) Laertes. B) Marcellus. C) Polonius. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polonius. 11. Who does Gertrude tell about the murder of Polonius? A) Rosencrantz. B) Guildenstern. C) Claudius. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claudius. 12. What do Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio see in Scene 1 (which Bernardo had also seen at a prior watch)? A) Hamlet was crying and acting crazy. B) King Hamlet's ghost. C) The Queen in the arms of an unknown man. D) Horatio and Marcellus meeting secretly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hamlet's ghost. 13. ..... is Hamlet's tone when he speaks to Ophelia. A) He crazy in love with her and asks her to marry him. B) He respectfully asks her to come with him after the play. C) He's angry & tells her to become a nun & not have children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's angry & tells her to become a nun & not have children. 14. Who said the following:Something is wrong in the state of Denmark. A) Marcellus. B) Bernardo. C) Ophelia. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcellus. 15. Who says: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." A) Horatio. B) Hamlet. C) Ophelia. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 16. How does Denmark think King Hamlet died? A) Stab wound. B) Natural causes. C) Snake bite. D) In battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snake bite. 17. Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want? A) He wants to marry Ophelia. B) He wants to kidnap the Queen and hold her for ransom. C) He wants to avenge his father's death. D) He wants to be given the title to his father's lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to avenge his father's death. 18. How did Claudius kill King Hamlet? A) Stabbed him. B) Choked him. C) He didn't kill him. D) Poured poison in his ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poured poison in his ear. 19. Define foreshadowing. A) A flashback of what happened previously. B) A hint at something that will happen later. C) Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things. D) Comparing two unlike things using like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hint at something that will happen later. 20. Act 3 Scene 4:How does the Queen react to the ghost appearing? A) She cannot see or hear the ghost. B) She is terrified of the ghost. C) She is heartbroken about the ghost of her dead husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She cannot see or hear the ghost. ← 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