Hamlet Test Review-Acts 1-5

Where does the ghost appear during the play?    

• The castle ramparts and the great hall of Elsinore
• The castle ramparts and Gertrude’s bedchamber
• Gertrude’s bedchamber and the great hall of Elsinore
• The great hall and the cemetery

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What happened to King Hamlet?

• He is stabbed through an arras
• Poison in the ear
• Stabbing him with poisoned sword
• Poison in his wine glass

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Which of the following characters did not see the ghost? 

• Marcellus
• Hamlet
• Gertrude
• Horatio

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What does Hamlet call Denmark and the whole world? 

• Paradise
• The only place to live
• Heaven
• Prison

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Who is NOT ACCUSED of spying?

• Polonius
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
• Hamlet
• Reynaldo

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What is a soliloquy?

• Speech given to the audience with other actors onstage
• Speech given to the audience with no other actors on stage
• Comment give to the audience
• None of these

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Who is stabbed through an arras?

• Claudius
• Fortinbras
• Polonius
• King Hamlet

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Who said "Brevity is the soul of wit"?

• Polonius
• Laertes
• Claudius
• Hamlet

What is an aside?

• A speech given to the audience with other actors onstage
• A speech given to the audience with no other actors on stage
• Neither Answer
• Both Answers

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Who knows that Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy? 

• Polonius
• Gertrude
• Both Answers
• Neither Answer

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