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WorksheetsHamlet
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Claudius?
a)
Hamlet's uncle.
b)
Hamlet's grandfather
c)
Hamlet's cousin
2.
Who is Gertrude?
a)
Hamlet's grandmother
b)
Hamlet's girlfriend
c)
Hamlet's mother
3.
Who is Horatio?
a)
The prince of Denmark
b)
Hamlet's best friend
c)
The prince of Norway
4.
Who is Ophelia?
a)
The daughter of Gertrude
b)
The daughter of Polonius
c)
The daughter of Claudius
5.
In Act I, what do the guards see outside the castle at night?
a)
The ghost of King Fortinbras
b)
The ghost of King Claudius
c)
The ghost of King Hamlet
6.
Why does Laertes warn Ophelia about her relationship with Hamlet?
a)
He believes Hamlet will never marry her.
b)
He believes Hamlet is cheating on her.
c)
He believes Hamlet loves another.
7.
Why does the ghost speak to Hamlet?
a)
He wants Hamlet to kill Polonius.
b)
He wants to warn Hamlet about Gertrude
c)
He wants his murder to be avenged
8.
What message does Act I send about the state of Denmark?
a)
Denmark is in an uncertain state
b)
Denmark is strong and ready to fight
c)
Denmark is full of ghosts
9.
What message does Act I convey about Claudius?
a)
Claudius is a strong, dependable king
b)
Claudius is a loving man
c)
Claudius is a drunk and unreliable
10.
The king sends for two of Hamlet's old school friends. Who are they?
a)
Remy and Martin
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c)
Reynaldo and Gerardo
11.
Hamlet's erratic behavior is caused by___________
a)
His distress over Ophelia
b)
His distress over the murder and the marriage
c)
His distress over Horatio
12.
Hamlet pretends to be "mad"
a)
False
b)
True
13.
Why does Hamlet request a specific play from the actors?
a)
He wants his mother to see the play
b)
He wants Claudius to show his guilt
c)
He wants Ophelia to be impressed
14.
What is the main idea behind Hamlet's famous speech, "To be or not to be?"
a)
He is thinking about marrying Ophelia
b)
He is thinking about killing himself
c)
Hi sis thinking about his mother's marriage
15.
Why does Hamlet say to Ophelia "Get thee to a nunnery"?
a)
He's trying to tell her he will never marry her
b)
He's trying to tell her she's ugly
c)
He's trying to tell her no one will marry her
16.
Who is instructed to take Hamlet to England?
a)
Horatio
b)
Remy and Martin
c)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
17.
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he is praying in the church?
a)
He doesn't believe in shedding blood in church
b)
He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven
c)
He's worried about his mother
18.
What are two characteristics of a tragic hero?
a)
strength and power
b)
honor and respect
c)
nobility and virtue
19.
What happens to Polonius?
a)
Hamlet murders him
b)
Claudius murders him
c)
Fortinbras murders him
20.
Who takes Hamlet to England?
a)
Fortinbras
b)
Horatio
c)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
21.
What happens to Ophelia?
a)
She drowns
b)
She takes poison and dies
c)
She stabs herself
22.
Who wants to kill Hamlet?
a)
Claudius
b)
Claudius and Laertes
c)
Laertes
23.
Who kills Hamlet?
a)
Laertes
b)
Claudius
c)
Fortinbras
d)
Horatio
24.
Who kills Laertes?
a)
Claudius
b)
Hamlet
c)
Horatio
d)
Fortinbras
25.
Who kills Claudius?
a)
Laertes
b)
Fortinbras
c)
Hamlet
26.
Who accidentally kills Gertrude?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Claudius
c)
Laertes
d)
Polonius
27.
Who is alive at the end of the play?
a)
Yorick
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c)
Horatio
28.
What is Hamlet's tragic flaw?
a)
kindness
b)
inaction
c)
madness
29.
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" represents
a)
the stink of all the dead people
b)
the idea that a corrupt ruler corrupts the state of the country
c)
the idea that Denmark can't survive without a ruler
30.
Yorick's skull symbolizes.....
a)
his past friends
b)
the inevitability of death
c)
the rotten state of Denmark
31.
Claudius's final plan to get rid of Hamlet relies on what?
a)
Poison on a foil
b)
Poison in a cup
c)
Poison in a cup and poison on a foil
32.
Ophelia goes mad because......
a)
her father has been killed
b)
Laertes has left her
c)
Her father has been killed and Hamlet says he doesn't love her
33.
Hamlet isn't truly mad
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Hamlet is a revenge play.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Gertrude believes Hamlet is going to harm her, so she screams, which leads to Polonius's death.
a)
True
b)
False
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