This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Hamlet's tragic flaw? A) He doesn't understand love. B) He can't make up his mind. C) He's arrogant. D) His feelings for Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can't make up his mind. 2. Claudius: A) Is innocent of murder. B) Is guilty of murder. C) Begs Gertrude for mercy. D) Enjoyed the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is guilty of murder. 3. What do Horatio and the guards decide to do after the ghost leaves? A) Try to find it again. B) Shoot at it. C) Tell young Hamlet about it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell young Hamlet about it. 4. Which of the following characters cannot see the ghost? A) Marcellus. B) Hamlet. C) Gertrude. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gertrude. 5. What does the Queen believe to be the reason for Hamlet's odd behavior? A) Her marriage and his father's death. B) Claudius moved in too soon. C) Ophelia denied his love. D) Horatio has been away at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her marriage and his father's death. 6. Whom does Polonius plan to tell about Hamlet's visit to his (Polonius') house? A) King Claudius. B) Queen Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Claudius. 7. As Laertes prepares to leave, what are Polonius' parting words? A) If music be the food of love, play on. B) What's in a name? That which we call a rose would smell as sweet. C) To thine own self be true. D) To be or not to be, that is the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To thine own self be true. 8. Which flower represents both frailty and faithfulness in Hamlet? A) Daisies. B) Fennel. C) Rue. D) Violets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Violets. 9. There is a play performed for everyone at the castle. What is the name of the play? A) The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. B) The Murder of Gonzago. C) The Courtier's Tragedy. D) The Best king ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Murder of Gonzago. 10. What is Polonius going to do while Gertrude talks to Hamlet? A) Move the king to a secure location. B) Confront Opelia about her love for Hamlet. C) Write to Laertes that he must return to Denmark. D) Hide behind a tapestry and listen to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hide behind a tapestry and listen to them. 11. What was Yorick's job? A) The king's taster. B) The king's jester. C) The king's counselor. D) The king's butler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The king's jester. 12. What happened to King Hamlet? A) He is stabbed through an arras. B) Poison in the ear. C) Stabbing him with poisoned sword. D) Poison in his wine glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poison in the ear. 13. Who will likely be the new king ofDenmark? A) Fortinbras. B) Osric. C) Horatio. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortinbras. 14. Why is Hamlet surprised at Fortinbras's attempt to conquer a part of Poland? A) The land is worthless. B) No one has ever successfully defeated the Poles. C) Fortinbras is travelling in the wrong direction. D) The Poles have never had a disagreement with the Norwegians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land is worthless. 15. Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother? A) Because she married so soon after her husband's death. B) Because she won't let him go back to school in Wittenberg. C) Because she pays more attention to Claudius than him. D) Because she helped Claudius murder her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she married so soon after her husband's death. 16. Why did Ophelia take her own life? A) Her Brother died. B) Hamlet died. C) She had no men to control her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had no men to control her. 17. Complete this quote said by Hamlet: "Frailty thy name ..... " A) Is men. B) Is women. C) Is god. D) Is Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is women. 18. In Act I, what do the guards see outside the castle at night? A) The ghost of King Fortinbras. B) The ghost of King Claudius. C) The ghost of King Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ghost of King Hamlet. 19. At the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mother A) Not to tell Claudius that he killed Polonius. B) Not to tell Laertes who killed Polonius. C) Not to go to Claudius' bed that night. D) Not to send him to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to go to Claudius' bed that night. 20. Hamlet has the opportunity to kill Claudius, why doesn't he? A) Because he doesn't want him to go to heaven. B) Because he wants to torture him first. C) Because he doesn't want to get caught. D) He wants Claudius to know that he knows what happened to his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he doesn't want him to go to heaven. ← 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