Hamlet Act 1 - 3

According to Hamlet, what is one reason he doesn't commit suicide? 

• He must take over the throne of Denmark.
• ^He must be strong for Gertrude.
• What happens after death may be worse than life.
• Revenge must come before anything else.

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Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he's praying?

• He realizes that Claudius didn't kill King Hamlet.
• Hamlet begins to pray with him.
• He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven.
• Hamlet doesn't want to go to Hell for murder.

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Hamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father's killing,so that

• the ghost will not be upset.
• Hamlet will remember what happened.
• Hamlet can watch how King Claudius acts when he sees it performed.
• the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happend

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At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to

• have Hamlet put to death in Denmark
• ship Hamlet out of the country to England
• have Rosencrantz and Guidenstern kill Hamlet
• have Fortinbras kill Hamlet

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In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is

• Fearful of revenge
• Fearful of going insane
• Fearful of the unknown after death
• Fearful of being alone

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King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals

• the heavy guilt of his conscience
• the guilt of what to do with Hamlet
• the guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude
• the guilt of not praying more often

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The characteristics of Polonius that has most directly lead to his death is

• his nosiness and meddling
• his poor judgment
• his shallowness
• his arrogance and pride

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The difference between the ghost in Act I of the play and the ghost in Act III, is that

• only Hamlet sees the ghost in Act III; in Act I, others did
• Act I's ghost did not look like the old King; this one does
• Gertrude sees this ghost; she did not see the one in Act I
• Hamlet can only see the ghost, he cannot hear it

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When Claudius shouts for the lights before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced that

• the ghost lied to him
• Claudius is really angry with Gertrude
• Claudius murdered Hamlet's father
• the ghost was NOT his father

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Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?

• a nunnery 
• a hospital
• a tavern
• an inn

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