Hamlet Test

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

• soliloquy

• aside

• blank verse

• paradox

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

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

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

• soliloquy

• tragic flaw

• tragedy

• the unities

Who killed King Hamlet?

• Hamlet

• Laertes

• Claudius

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

• a musical

• Hamilton

• A play where a king is poisoned

• Romeo and Juliet

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.

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

• Yes

• No

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

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

• Polonius

• Hamlet

• Claudius

• Gertrude