Hamlet Whole Play

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    How does Ophelia die?

    • Hamlet kills her
    • She drowns in the river
    • She kiils herself in her room
    • Claudius kills her
    • Gertrude sends her to France to be killed
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This is a short answer quiz on plot details from the whole play.

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  • 2. 

    What happens to Gertrude?

    • Claudius kills her with a dagger when she tries to reveal his secret

    • Hamlet kills her as revenge for marrying Claudius

    • Laertes accidentally stabs her with the poisoned sword

    • She drinks the poisoned wine by mistake

    • Fortinbras kills her when he arrives at the palace

    Correct Answer
    A. She drinks the poisoned wine by mistake
  • 3. 

    Polonuis sends Reynaldo to Paris to

    • Give Laertes some new clothes

    • Give Laertes some advice

    • Spy on Laertes

    • Find Laertes a house

    • Tell Laertes friends to spread rumours about him

    Correct Answer
    A. Spy on Laertes
  • 4. 

    Why does the ghost appear when Hamlet goes to his mother and tells her about Claudius killing his father?

    • Because he misses Gertrude

    • To remind Hamlet of his promise to him in avenging his murder

    • To warn Hamlet that Claudius is going to kill him

    • To warn Hamlet that Rosecrantz and Guildenstern are going to kill Hamlet

    Correct Answer
    A. To remind Hamlet of his promise to him in avenging his murder
  • 5. 

    In rejecting Ophelia Hamlet tells her to

    • Go back to her father

    • Go to school

    • Go and marry someone else

    • Go to France to be with her brother Laertes

    • Go to a nunnery

    Correct Answer
    A. Go to a nunnery
  • 6. 

    Laertes agrees to do what with Claudius regarding Hamlet?

    • Kill him when he is asleep

    • Kill him with poison at dinner

    • Poison him during the fencing match

    • Have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern kill him in England

    Correct Answer
    A. Poison him during the fencing match
  • 7. 

    Polonius has decided that Hamlet's "mad" behaviour is because 

    • He has so recently lost his father

    • He has been told he can not go back to the university

    • He is lovesick for Ophelia

    • He has no friends he can trust

    • He hates his mother

    Correct Answer
    A. He is lovesick for Ophelia
  • 8. 

    What happens to Horatio at the end of the play?

    • He drinks the poisoned wine and dies

    • Laertes kills him because he was Hamlet's ally

    • He is made king

    • He lives to tell Hamlet's story

    • Claudius poisons him

    Correct Answer
    A. He lives to tell Hamlet's story
  • 9. 

    What does King Hamlet tell Hamlet to do regarding his mother.

    • Tell her that Claudius killed the king

    • Kill Gertrude

    • Persuade Gertrude to reject Claudius

    • Leave his mother for heaven to judge

    Correct Answer
    A. Leave his mother for heaven to judge
  • 10. 

    Who becomes King at the end of the play?

    • The prince of Poland

    • The prince of England

    • Horatio

    • The prince of France

    • The prince of Norway

    Correct Answer
    A. The prince of Norway
  • 11. 

    What is the name of the play that Hamlet gets the players to perform, showing the killing of a king?

    • Cat and Mouse

    • The Rat Trap

    • Catch the Guilty One

    • The Mouse Trap

    • Guilty or Not?

    Correct Answer
    A. The Mouse Trap
  • 12. 

    Elsinore is being guarded because

    • The ghost has scared everyone in the court

    • The palace is expecting England to invade them

    • Poland is about to declare war

    • Laertes is about to storm the palace

    • Norway is about to declare war

    Correct Answer
    A. Norway is about to declare war
  • 13. 

    When Ophelia tries to give Hamlet back his love notes he

    • Is very sad

    • Is happy

    • Tells her he never gave her anything in the first place

    • Hits her to the ground

    Correct Answer
    A. Tells her he never gave her anything in the first place
  • 14. 

     Hamlet compares Claudius to King Hamlet as

    • Goliath to David

    • A donkey to a stallion

    • A satyr to Hyperion

    • A monster to a sun god

    • A snake to an eagle

    Correct Answer
    A. A satyr to Hyperion
  • 15. 

    Who hears what the ghosts reveals?

    • Horatio and Hamlet

    • Marcellus, Horatio and Hamlet

    • Marcellus and Hamlet

    • Hamlet

    • Hamlet, Barnardo, Horatio, and Marcellus

    Correct Answer
    A. Hamlet
  • 16. 

    Something is rotten in the state of Denmark is said by whom?

    • Hamlet

    • Horatio

    • Barnardo

    • Marcellus

    • Guildenstern

    Correct Answer
    A. Marcellus
  • 17. 

    Polonius tells Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet because

    • He knows Hamlet does not love her

    • He has someone else for her to marry

    • He realises she is out of Hamlet's league

    • He has seen Hamlet with someone else in the court

    Correct Answer
    A. He realises she is out of Hamlet's league
  • 18. 

    Claudius can not pray in the church for killing King Kamlet because

    • He believes he did not sin

    • He knows his sin is too great

    • He knows he will sin again and kill someone else

    • He is not prepared to give up what he gained

    Correct Answer
    A. He is not prepared to give up what he gained

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