Hamlet Review

What is the name of the castle where Hamlet resides?

• Elsinore

• Dunsinane

• Dover

• Arendelle

At the beginning of the play, who do Bernardo and Marcellus urge to stand watch with them due to their uneasiness?

• Laertes

• Hamlet

• Horatio

• Rosencrantz

How many times do the watchmen claim to have seen the ghost on previous occasions?

• four times

• thrice

• twice

• once

Who gives Laertes consent to sail to France?

• Hamlet

• Polonius

• Horatio

• Claudius

Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother?

• Her recent remarriage

• Her grief for his father

• Her revelry

• Her boastfulness

Why is Ophelia warned by Laertes about Hamlet?

• Laertes feels that Hamlet is going insane

• Laertes is forced to side with his father about Hamlet

• Laertes feels that Ophelia is being used

• Laertes knows Hamlet's secret

The ghost of King Hamlet makes his son promise...

• to kill those in Denmark who oppose him

• not to harm Gertrude--only Claudius

• to sail away to England

• to seek peace, not revenge

What does Polonius suggest is the cause of Hamlet's moodiness in Act 2, scene 2?

• lovesickness

• grief

• depression

• anger towards Ophelia

Who are summoned to try to cheer Hamlet up?

• Bernardo and Marcellus

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

• Horatio and Marcellus

• Voltimand and Cornelius

Impressed by the players, Hamlet asks if they can put on a certain play. What is the title?

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Murder of Gonzago

• The Trojan War

• A Tale of Two Cities