Hamlet Final Six Weeks Exam

The ghost in the first scene of ACT One is the spirit of

• Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius.

• Hamlet’s older brother, who was meant to become King of Denmark.

• Hamlet’s father, former King of Denmark.

• the King of Norway, who has come to warn Hamlet of impending war.

• Horatio, Hamlet’s former tutor, who has come to warn him of corruption within the kingdom.

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The ghost reveals to Hamlet that

• England plans to attack Denmark.

• Claudius killed Hamlet’s brother, heir to the throne.

• Hamlet’s mother killed his father to marry Claudius

• Claudius killed his father

• Ophelia, his fiancée, plans to break their engagement

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Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

• Polonius has forbidden Hamlet from marrying Ophelia

• Polonius killed Hamlet’s father, and he kills Polonius to avenge his father’s death

• Hamlet has discovered that Polonius is secretly allied with Norway

• Polonius has advised Claudius to send Hamlet away

• Polonius is hidden by a curtain, and Hamlet thinks he is killing Claudius

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Why does Hamlet have the Player King die by poison?

• Hamlet wants to make his mother feel guilty

• Hamlet wants to reveal the truth to his mother

• Hamlet wants to gauge Claudius’s response

• Hamlet wants to anger Polonius

• Hamlet wants the general public to know how his father died

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Who is the only character to remain entirely loyal to Hamlet?

• Polonius

• Gertrude

• Horatio

• Rosencrantz

• Ophelia

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What drives Ophelia to madness?

• Her father is killed

• Hamlet does not love her

• Her fiancé has gone to war

• Hamlet is exiled to England

• Her brother is killed

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To what does the following quotation refer: “The foul plan backfired on me."?

• Polonius realizes that his spying has brought about his own death

• Laertes realizes that he is about to die by his own poisoned sword

• Claudius discovers that his murder of the king is about to result in his own murder

• Hamlet is decrying the corrupt state of Denmark that is bringing him down

• Rosencrantz discovers the trick that Hamlet has played on him as he is about to die

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What is the significance of Yorick’s skull?

• Hamlet turns away from it, signifying the repulsion he feels for death

• The gravediggers are tossing it back and forth, making a mockery of death.

• It rolls into Ophelia’s grave when Laertes jumps in, symbolizing his impending death

• Hamlet studies the former court jester’s skull closely, symbolizing Hamlet’s obsession with

  death.

• Hamlet leaves it on Claudius’s throne to indicate that death is near

Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius while he is in a state of prayer?

• Hamlet would suffer eternal damnation for killing Claudius while he is speaking to God

• Claudius would be sent to heaven since he was killed while praying

• Polonius walks in, interrupting Hamlet’s plan

• Hamlet is sickened that a man as corrupt as Claudius still tries to communicate with God,

  and he stomps out

• Gertrude calls Hamlet away just as he is about to do the deed, and Hamlet concludes that

  fate wants him to delay a little longer

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Today, Claudius would be best suited to a career as

• an entrepreneur, because he believes that wealth will secure his position

• a philosopher, because he likes to ponder moral questions

• a military adviser, because he believes war is the source of power

• a corrupt politician, because he is a strategic thinker who manipulates others

• a judge, because he wants to create a more moral and just society.

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