Hamlet Act 1 Quiz

According to Hamlet, what did Claudius and Gertrude eat at the wedding feast?

• Lots of food

• Danish Delacacies

• Funeral Leftovers

• Taco Bell

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How does the ghost say he died?

• He was murdered by Claudius

• He died of a heart attack

• He was killed by Young Fortinbras

• He was bitten by a snake

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When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• metaphor

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The ghost will only speak to

• Horatio

• Barnardo

• Claudius

• Hamlet

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Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they?

• To promise to protect his

  mother, and to defend the

  country against Fortinbras.

• To not reveal the events of the

  evening, and to go along with him (Hamlet) if he pretends to be crazy.

• To promise to attend mass for him everyday for a year if he dies, and to marry Opheila.

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a character or force against which another character struggles.

• protagonist

• catharsis

• antagonist

• hubris

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Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand?

• England to ask for money

• To Elisnore to get revenge

• Norway to ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle

• Sweden for reinforcements

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What does King Claudius tell Hamlet?

• He suggests Hamlet think

  about going to the University at Cambridge.

• He tells Hamlet that he should go on a pilgrimage to honor his father.

• He tells Hamlet to stop grieving for his father's death, and to think of him as his father.

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Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they?

• His mother has been ignoring

  him, and his fiancee has

  cancelled the wedding plans.

• His father died, and his uncle

  married his mother less than two months after his father's death.

• His father died, and his uncle declared war on Fortinbras.

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Where is Hamlet in school?

• France

• Fortinbras

• Wittenburg

• Elsinore

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