This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Hamlet – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hamlet Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the two subjects of Ophelia's songs that she sings to Claudius and Gertrude? A) Death and lost love. B) Death and religion. C) Religion and lost love. D) Regret and sickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death and lost love. 2. What errand does Claudius decide tosend Hamlet to do (so he can get him out of the way)? A) Take care of some political responsibilities. B) Take out the trash. C) Go to Norway to confront Fortinbras Jr. D) Put flowers on King Hamlet's grave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take care of some political responsibilities. 3. Before dying, Laertes ..... A) Vows to haunt Hamlet. B) Forgives Hamlet. C) Tells Hamlet he will never forgive him. D) Says he slept with Hamlet's mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgives Hamlet. 4. How can you tell that hamlet is only acting crazy A) His lines make no sense. B) His lines break traditional form. C) His lines make no sense only when others are around. D) His lines break traditional form only when others are around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His lines break traditional form only when others are around. 5. Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius in scene 9? A) He is afraid he will be caught. B) He wants to get revenge on his mom and Claudius at the same time. C) He does not have a sword on him. D) He does not want Claudius to go to heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He does not want Claudius to go to heaven. 6. Polonius gives advice to Laertes in Act I. He tells him how to be honorable while away at college. This is ..... because he tells Reynaldo to go to Paris and spread some pretty nasty rumors that would dishonor Laertes. A) Metaphorical. B) Symbolic. C) Ironic. D) Hyperbolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ironic. 7. In the famous quote, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" , from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the word 'rotten' has a double meaning:decayed and ..... A) Dead. B) Sour. C) Evil. D) Old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil. 8. Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England? A) Cornelius and Voltimand. B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) Horatio. D) Captain Jack Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 9. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, " was said by who? A) Horatio. B) Marcellus. C) Hamlet. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcellus. 10. Who said the following:A little more than kin, and less than kind. A) Polonius. B) Horatio. C) Hamlet. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 11. What happens to Hamlet after he runs into Fortinbras's army? A) He ditches his guards and comes back to Denmark. B) He convinces Rosencrantz to help him and they come back to Denmark. C) Hamlet's boat gets attacked by pirates and they bring him back to Denmark. D) He drowns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet's boat gets attacked by pirates and they bring him back to Denmark. 12. What is the first step of Claudius' plan going awry? A) Laertes' choice of sword. B) Laertes' poor aim. C) Hamlet drinks the wine. D) Gertrude drinks the wine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gertrude drinks the wine. 13. Claudius has a backup plan to kill Hamlet. Which of these is the backup plan? A) Having Laertes stab Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword. B) Poison. C) Cutting off Hamlet's food supply when he's been sent away. D) Hiring soldiers to kill Hamlet while he's on the run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poison. 14. Murdered prior to the beginning of play. A) Bernardo. B) Marcellus. C) King Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Hamlet. 15. Who said, "a little more than kin, and less than kind? " A) Claudius. B) Marcellus. C) Hamlet. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 16. What does the ghost's armor symbolize? A) He is ready for war. B) His previous battles. C) Peace. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is ready for war. 17. Who dies first from the poison? A) The Queen. B) Hamlet. C) King Hamlet. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Queen. 18. Who arrives to express their anger at the death of Polonius? A) Laertes. B) Fortinbras. C) King Hamlet's ghost. D) Ophelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laertes. 19. Hamlet says his kidnappers have been A) Asking him for money. B) Very kind to him. C) Fooled into believing he is not Hamlet. D) All killed by a mysterious force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very kind to him. 20. What does Horatio almost do, as Hamlet is dying? A) Kills himself with poison. B) Stabs himself. C) Kills the King. D) Runs out of the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kills himself with poison. ← 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