HAMLET, Act 5 Quiz

What happens at the beginning of Act 5?

• Gravediggers make fun of burying a suicide in holy ground.

• Laertes & Hamlet fight & struggle at Ophelia's grave.

• Hamlet picks up & contemplates the skull of Yorrick.

• Gertrude scatters flowers & says, "Sweets to the sweet."

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What happens at Ophelia's funeral?

• Laertes challenges Hamlet to a fencing duel over the grave.

• Hamlet & Laertes fist fight in her grave.

• The king & queen comfort Hamlet, overcome with grief.

• Ophelia's ghost visits them & warns of impending doom.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

• become heirs to Denmark's throne.

• escort Hamlet back to Denmark & apologize to the king.

• are killed by pirates before they return from England.

• are beheaded by the English instead of Hamlet.

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How does Gertrude meet her death?

• She tries to stop the fight between Hamlet & Laertes.

• Claudius kills her, suspecting her of helping Hamlet.

• She kills herself after Hamlet's death.

• She drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Hamlet.

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What happens to Laertes in Act 5?

• Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword.

• He runs away with Gertrude after Hamlet kills Claudius.

• He drinks of the poisoned goblet.

• He kills Hamlet and flees.

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What happens to Laertes in Act 5?

• Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword.

• He runs away with Gertrude after Hamlet kills Claudius.

• He drinks of the poisoned goblet.

• He kills Hamlet and flees.

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What does Laertes "confess" to Hamlet just before his death?

• that he killed Ophelia

• that he conspired with the King to murder Hamlet

• that he never would have allowed Hamlet to marry Ophelia

• that he helped Fortinbras murder Hamlet

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It's appropriate that Fortinbras speaks the last line of the play because

• he has returned victorious from Poland

• only he knew the true chain of events.

• he will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark

• he admires Hamlet more than anyone else in the play

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In Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1, Hamlet comes to realize the gravediggers are digging a grave for Ophelia who has drowned.

• True

• False

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What is the controversy surrounding Ophelia's death?

• whether or not she committed suicide

• whether she should be buried or not

• whether she is a man or a woman

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