Hamlet Act One

Who does Claudius refer to as, "Our sometime sister, now our Queen"?

• Ophelia

• Horatio

• Gertrude

• Sarah

Which quote shows Hamlet alluding to inherent weakness in women's character?

• 'O pernicious woman'

• 'Frailty, Thy name is woman!

• 'incestuous sheets'

• 'Like Niobe, all tears'

Who does critic, Michael Pennington, refer to as 'A bad parent'?

• Polonius

• Claudius

• Old Hamlet

• Gertrude

What is Laertes referring to when he states '[Hamlet's] choice be circumscribed/ Unto the voice and yielding of that body/ Whereof he is the head'?

• The Divine Right of Kings

• Social Hierarchy

• Kingship

• The Body Politic

Who does critic, Emi Hamana, believe “suffers a series of patriarchal oppressions”?

• Gertrude

• Hamlet

• Young Fortinbras

• Ophelia

In the exclamation 'Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd

His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!' what does Hamlet state is the reason he does not commit suicide?

• Reputation

• Fear

• Religion

• Love

Acting as Hamlet's foil, Young Fortinbras' actions are used to emphasises Hamlet's.....

• Uselessness

• Effeminate nature

• Weakness

• Inaction

The ghost manipulates Hamlet's feelings by discussing Hell. Which quotes (PLURAL!) show this?

• "Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin."

• "When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames

  Must render up myself."

• "confined to fast in fires."

• "No reckoning made."

When the ghost states, 'by a brother's hand

Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd', which critic do we agree with?

• '[Claudius] is a good and gentle king' - G Wilson Knight

• '[Claudius] loves Gertrude deeply and genuinely - Dawson

• '[Claudius] is not a monster, he is morally weak' - Amanda Mabillard

• '[Claudius is] clearly the antagonist' – Carla Stockton

Which quote is most supportive to Schofield's view that '[Claudius] has the persuasiveness and physical courage of a ruler, but is morally empty'?

• 'throw to earth this unprevailing woe, and think of us/ As of a father: for let the world take note, /You are the most immediate to our throne.'

• 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,/ To give these mourning duties to your father'

• 'Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death/ The memory be green, and that it us befitted/ To bear our hearts in grief.'

• 'For your intent/ In going back to school in Wittenberg,/ It is most retrograde to our desire: