Hamlet Test

A brief comment made by a character onstage directly to the audience.

• soliloquy

• aside

• blank verse

• paradox

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A play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end, possibly due to either that character’s weaknesses or events/circumstances outside of their control

• soliloquy

• blank verse

• conceit

• tragedy

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A long, rhetorical speech given by a character who is alone (or thinks they are alone) in which they reveal their inner thoughts or feelings

• soliloquy

• aside

• allusion

• irony

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A weakness in the character of a protagonist that contributes to their downfall

• soliloquy

• tragic flaw

• tragedy

• the unities

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Who killed King Hamlet?

• Hamlet

• Laertes

• Claudius

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What kind of play did Hamlet ask the players to play?

• a musical

• Hamilton

• A play where a king is poisoned

• Romeo and Juliet

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What does Hamlet wish for In Act 1 Scene 2,

• His father to be alive again.

• Ophelia's hand in marriage.

• To die

• To have a play.

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Did Gertrude want Hamlet to go back to school in Wittenberg? (Act 1 Scene 2)

• Yes

• No

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Who hid behind the curtain in Queen Gertrude's room when she was speaking with Hamlet?

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Who was repenting (regretting) of their awful sins in Act 3 Scene 3?

• Polonius

• Hamlet

• Claudius

• Gertrude

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