Hamlet Act 1

Hamlet is prince of

• Denmark

• Norway

• Italy

• England

What do Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio see in Scene 1 (which Bernardo had also seen at a prior watch)?

• Hamlet was crying and acting crazy

• King Hamlet's ghost

• The Queen in the arms of an unknown man

• Horatio and Marcellus meeting secretly

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Whom did King Hamlet kill (causing that person to lose his lands)?

• King Fortinbras

• Claudius

• Prince Fortinbras

• Voltemand

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What does King Claudius tell Hamlet?

• Go study at the University of Cambridge in England.

• Stop grieving for your father's death and think of me as a father.

• Go on a pilgrimage to honor your father.

• Gertrude never really loved your father; she is only pretending to grieve for him.

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What is upsetting Hamlet (which he discusses in his first soliloquy)?

• His father is appearing to the guards as a ghost.

• His mother, the Queen, has been excommunicated.

• Fortinbras is on the way with his army.

• His mother has very quickly remarried a man very unlike his father.

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What is Laertes's advice to Ophelia?

• Marrying Hamlet would make you Queen.

• Consider all young suitors before you marry.

• Stay away from Hamlet and protect your virtue.

• She would be better off going to a convent than marrying Hamlet.

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Which of the following is NOT advice that Polonius gives to Laertes?

• Spend all that you can afford.

• Be true to yourself.

• Don't borrow or lend out money.

• Be fearful and wary of strangers.

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At the end of Scene 3, Ophelia agrees to obey her father's wishes. What will she do?

• marry Fortinbras

• go to a convent for a year of prayer

• stay away from Hamlet and reject his affections

• befriend the Queen in order to spy on her and Claudius

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The Ghost tells Hamlet to (choose 2)

• avenge his death

• tell Denmark the truth about his death

• leave his mother to Heaven

• Got to Norway and conquer more land

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How do the people of Denmark think King Hamlet died?

• Scorpion sting

• Serpent (snake) bite

• Aneurysm (stroke)

• Poison

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