Hamlet Folger Video Intro Questions

Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

• self defense

• to avenge his mother's death

• to become king

• he thought he was the killer of his father

Who is Ophelia?

• Hamlet's sister

• Hamlet's mother

• Hamlet's girlfriend

• Hamlet's wife

Hamlet's "play within a play" convinces him that the killer of his father is who?

• Claudius

• Ophelia

• Gertrude

• Polonius

Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

• Hamlet's brothers

• Hamlet's childhood friends

• assassins hired by Polonius

• soldiers from Norway

What is Polonius' relationship to Claudius?

• advisor

• son

• heir

• father

Why is Hamlet bothered by Gertrude's marriage to Claudius?

• Claudius is his uncle

• Gertrude is his girlfriend

• Gertrude is his wife

• Claudius is a foreign king

How does Ophelia die?

• poison

• falling off a cliff

• sadness

• drowning

What disturbing information does Horatio tell Hamlet at the beginning of the play?

• King Claudius has died

• a ghost of his father has appeared

• Ophelia is fatally ill

• Gertrude is in love with his uncle

Which important character died before the play opens?

• King Hamlet

• Gertrude

• Claudius

• Polonius