Hamlet Act 1 Matching Quiz

Match the following characters with their description.

• Dead King of Denmark

• King Hamlet

• Prince of Norway

• Polonius

• Chief counselor to the King of Denmark

• Hamlet

• Prince of Denmark

• Fortinbras

• Alive King of Denmark

• Claudius

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following characters to their descriptions

• Son of Polonius

• Ophelia

• Queen of Denmark

• Gertrude

• Daughter of Polonius

• Laertes

• Hamlet's good friend

• Horatio

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following settings to their descriptions

• Where Laertes is going

• Wittenburg

• Where Hamlet goes to School

• France

• Where Gertrude asks Hamlet to stay

• Denmark

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following quotes to their meanings

• Stop whining, Hamlet.

• "Such was the very armor he had on when the ambitious Norway he combated"

• King Hamlet is dressed for battle.

• "Good Hamlet, cast thy knighted color off and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark"

• Hamlet would rather be dead

• "O that this too, too solid flesh would melt..."

• Hamlet intends to act insane

• "I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on"

• Hamlet knew something was wrong

• "O my prophetic soul!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the following questions about the plot to their answers.

• That it is really his father's spirit

• What does Hamlet ask of Horatio and Marcellus?

• His own brother killed him

• What does the Ghost tell Hamlet about his death?

• Avenge his death

• What does the Ghost ask Hamlet to do?

• Keep this all a secret

• What doubts does Hamlet have about the ghost?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1