Hamlet Quiz

What situation sets off the events of the play?

• Gertrude's and Claudius' marriage

• Ophelia' death

• King Laertes' death

• King Hamlet's death

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Why is Hamlet angry before he meets the ghost?

• He isn't allowed to go back to school

• Ophelia rejected him

• His mom married his uncle right after his father died

• his uncle killed his father by putting poison in his ear in order to take the kingdom and marry his mother

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are hired by Claudius...

• to be Hamlet's friends because he's an angsty teen and needs some human companionship cause all he does is muse about death.

• to kill Hamlet

• to escort Hamlet on his vacation to England.

• to spy on Hamlet because they are his childhood friends and he should trust them

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Why does Claudius decide to Kill Hamlet

• Gertrude actually is the one who wants Hamlet dead

• He just likes killing people

• He thinks Hamlet has gone crazy

• He knows Hamlet is on to him

What is Hamlet's big problem?

• Inaction

• He wants the crown

• His mom forgot who he was

• Ophelia doesn't love him back

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Before dying, Laertes ...

• Vows to haunt Hamlet.
• Forgives Hamlet.
• Tells Hamlet he will never forgive him.
• Says he slept with Hamlet's mom.

The Queen tells Laertes that Ophelia is dead. How did she die?

• She has been poisoned

• She died of a broken heart

• She has stabbed herself

• She has drowned

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What is Hamlet debating when he gives his “To be, or not to be” soliloquy?

• marrying Ophelia

• killing Claudius

• committing suicide

• telling Gertrude about the ghost

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Women in Hamlet are generally viewed as:

• manipulative and untrustworthy

• heroines and nurturers

• inspirational muses

• sexual objects

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A character speaking his/her thoughts aloud, when no other characters can hear, is called a:

• speech

• stanza

• soliloquy

• flashback

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