Hamlet Quiz 49 (20 MCQs)

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1. How does Queen Gertrude die?

Correct Answer: D) Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup.

2. Who does Hamlet call "a gentleman of infinite jest" ?

Correct Answer: C) Yorick.

3. When a character speaks while or as if they are alone, what is it called?

Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy.

4. How does Hamlet really feel about Ophelia?

Correct Answer: A) He truly loves her.

5. A group of ..... comes to the castle.

Correct Answer: A) .

6. Yorick was:

Correct Answer: A) A jester.

7. Who is best associated with this image?

Correct Answer: A) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

8. According to Hamlet, for Polonius to treat the players extremely well would be .....

Correct Answer: D) To Polonius' benefit.

9. What does Claudius tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare for?

Correct Answer: B) They will accompany Hamlet to England.

10. Everyone in the castle thinks Hamlet is .....

Correct Answer: C) Crazy.

11. Who makes the first hit in the duel?

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet.

12. Hamlet was written by:

Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare.

13. How does the ghost say he died?

Correct Answer: A) He was murdered by Claudius.

14. Lord who arranges the duel between Hamlet and Laertes

Correct Answer: B) Osric.

15. Hamlet says, "The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse" (1.4.9). What is the meaning of "rouse" ?

Correct Answer: B) An alcoholic beverage.

16. Hamlet calls Denmark a prison because

Correct Answer: C) He feels trapped.

17. When talking to Polonius, Hamlet, yet again, reveals that he wishes he were .....

Correct Answer: C) Dead.

18. Who is Gertrude truly loyal to?

Correct Answer: B) Claudius.

19. Why is Gertrude angry with Hamlet after the play?

Correct Answer: A) He sat next to Ophelia instead of her.

20. What is Claudius asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?

Correct Answer: B) Spy on Hamlet.