What does Hamlet contemplate while he holds the skull?

The consequences of his actions

What information does Hamlet find in Claudius' letter to the King of England?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are spies

Fortinbras' army approaches Poland

Why does the gravedigger say this person should not be buried there?

She was not old enough to be buried there

The ceremony has no more room for bodiest

Why doesn't Hamlet let Horatio drink the poison?

He must live to keep Hamlet's memory alive

He needs to warn the people of Denmark

He will serve as hand to the new king

What does it mean when Hamlet says "...he has my dying breath"?

He chooses who he feels should be the next king

Horatio is hearing his last words

Osric ran out of the room too quickly

What does Hamlet say will show Horatio’s true friendship to him?

living so that he can bear witness to what happened

drinking the poison to join Hamlet in death

killing those courtiers who helped Cluadius carry out his plans

becoming king of Denmark and ruling justly

What does Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

He replaced their letters (which called for Hamlet's execution) with letters which called for their executions.

He pays a group of thugs to beat them and leave them for dead.

He offers them money and reminds them that the three of them used to be friends. He asks them to stay with him.

He arranged for them to be kidnapped and taken to Poland.

What news does Osric bring Hamlet?

The King has made a wager on Hamlet's behalf in a contest between Laertes and Hamlet.

The King has forgiven him and offered him safe passage.

The King and Queen are expecting a child.

The King has confessed to the murder of King Hamlet, and has renounced the throne. Hamlet is the new King of Denmark

Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave?

He shows that his sorrow is as great as Laertes'.

He wants to make sure that she is really dead.

He wants everyone to think he is still mad.

He wants to be buried alive so he can be with her forever.

Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest's answer.

He says she is lucky to be getting as nice of a funeral as she is, considering the nature of her death

He says there is no one to pay for it, since Polonius is already dead.

He agrees and sets about preparing one.

He says that women are inferior beings and only deserve very simple funerals.

What is the order of deaths in Act V?

Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet

Ophelia, Laertes, Hamlet, Claudius

Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Laertes

Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, Laertes

Why didn't Ophelia get a traditional funeral with ALL of the funeral rites?

She may not have been a virgin.

Hamlet Act 5

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English

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9th - 12th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.10, RL.8.3

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This quiz focuses on Shakespeare's *Hamlet*, specifically Act 5, targeting high school students at the 9th through 12th grade level. The questions comprehensively assess students' understanding of the play's climactic final act, covering key plot events including the graveyard scene with Yorick's skull, Ophelia's funeral, the fatal duel between Hamlet and Laertes, and the multiple deaths that conclude the tragedy. Students need solid knowledge of character relationships, dialogue attribution, symbolic elements, and dramatic devices to succeed on this assessment. The quiz requires students to recall specific details about the poisoned weapons and wine, understand character motivations and actions, identify famous quotations and their speakers, and analyze literary elements such as dramatic irony and tragic flaws. Students must demonstrate comprehension of the complex political succession as Fortinbras claims the Danish throne, as well as Hamlet's manipulation of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's fate through the doctored letters. Created by an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This comprehensive quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student mastery of *Hamlet*'s final act and can be effectively used for unit review, formative assessment, or as a summative evaluation following classroom discussion and analysis of the play's conclusion. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a pre-reading check to gauge prior knowledge, incorporate it into station rotations for differentiated practice, or assign it as homework to reinforce key plot points and character development. The variety of question types, from factual recall to literary analysis, makes it valuable for both struggling students who need to solidify basic plot comprehension and advanced students who can demonstrate deeper understanding of Shakespeare's dramatic techniques. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3 for analyzing character development, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 for determining word meaning and analyzing author's choices.