William Shakespeare's Hamlet Story Quiz
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Hamlet shows us the story of Prince Hamlet, who learns of his mother’s betrothal to her uncle even before he gets to bury his dead father. This causes a chain of events that leaves the reader of a watcher of the play glued to the book. Do you know the story well? Take the quiz below and see how much you remember of the story.
- 1.Who does Barnardo describe as the 'rivals of his watch'?
- A.
Horatio and Marcellus
- B.
Hamlet and Francisco
- C.
Horatio and Francisco
- D.
Marcellus and Francisco
- 2.Who says 'This bodes some strange eruption to our state'?
- A.
Marcellus
- B.
The ghost
- C.
Horatio
- D.
Hamlet
- 3.Who says in Act 1 Scene 2, 'In that and all things will we show our duty'?
- A.
Hamlet and Laertes
- B.
Barnardo and Francisco
- C.
Voltemand and Cornelius
- D.
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz
- 4.Who says 'Not so my lord, I am too much i'th'sun'?
- A.
Claudius
- B.
Gertrude
- C.
Ophelia
- D.
Hamlet
- 5.Who tells Hamlet that he is showing 'impious stubbornness' and 'unmanly grief'?
- A.
Gertrude
- B.
Claudius
- C.
Horatio
- D.
Ophelia
- 6.Which mythical figure does Hamlet compare Gertrude to in Act 1 Scene 2?
- A.
Niobe
- B.
Hecuba
- C.
Zeus
- D.
Hercules
- 7.Who says 'I doubt some foul play'?
- A.
Gertrude
- B.
Horatio
- C.
Marcellus
- D.
Hamlet
- 8.What sort of character does Ophelia tell Laertes not to be like?
- A.
'a reckless libertine'
- B.
'a sorrowful brother'
- C.
'a double blessing'
- D.
'a jealous infant'
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