Hamlet AO3 revision

Hamlet was written in which year, approximately...

• 1564

• 1581

• 1599

• 1605

Shakespeare was writing a REVENGE tragedy modelled on which Roman/Latin dramatist?

• Oedipus

• Sophocles

• Senokot

• Seneca

Shakespeare's audience were of which faith or religion?

• Protestant

• Humanist

• Catholic

• Jewish

During the sixteenth century there had been THREE female monarchs on the throne - which of the following was NOT a Queen in Britain?

• Mary Queen of Scots

• Queen Isabella

• Queen Elizabeth 1

• Mary Tudor

The era of "rebirth" in art, literature and culture was called ...?

• the New Enlightenment

• The Dark Ages

• the Renaissance

• the Classical era

Shakespeare worked in which profession before writing his plays?

• a glovemaker

• a farmer

• a soldier

• an actor

Shakespeare was inspired by other Elizabethan dramatists - which one from the list wrote FAUSTUS?

• Edmund Blunden

• Christopher Marlowe

• John Donne

• Walter Raleigh

Shakespeare added WHAT Quality to Hamlet's character linked to his study at Wittenberg, making him ...?

• mad

• an intellectual

• a soldier

• a Prince

The teachings of which school of thinking suggested the idea of rational thought over impulsive action?

• Arsonist

• Aristotle

• Humanist

• Atheist

A ruthless political leader who acted for his own power would be called...?

• Putin

• Muskian

• Rasselas

• Machiavellian