WorksheetsHamlet Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
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1.
By saying that the outer signs of grief are "actions that a man might play," Hamlet is implying that
a)
sadness remains long after a person seems to be mourning
b)
Hamlet will wear black until he stops feeling grief
c)
He knows that Claudius killed his father
d)
Claudius and Gertrude are only pretending to grieve
2.
What does the ghost ask of Hamlet?
a)
He would like Hamlet to swiftly seek revenge for his murder.
b)
He would Hamlet to protect his mother.
c)
Hamlet needs to marry Ophelia
d)
The kingdom is going to be attacked.
3.
What does the Queen believe to be the reason for Hamlet’s odd behavior?
a)
Her marriage and his father's death
b)
Claudius moved in too soon
c)
Ophelia denied his love
d)
Horatio has been away at school
4.
Polonius has a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. Because of this letter he is attempting to prove what?
a)
Hamlet's odd behavior is because of his father's death
b)
Hamlet is crazy
c)
The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy.
d)
Hamlet is a gifted poet.
5.
After Hamlet has his proof that Claudius killed his father, why doesn’t he kill him when he has the chance in the Chapel?
a)
He thinks Claudius is sorry
b)
He still isn't completely sure
c)
He doesn't have the courage
d)
Hamlet wants to kill Claudius while he is sinning.
6.
Why is Claudius really sending Hamlet to England?
a)
He is to collect money
b)
He is to die
c)
He is supposed to marry a princess
d)
He is supposed to get well
7.
After finding out Hamlet is being returned to Elsinore, what is the plan to end his life?
a)
Beheading
b)
Sword fight
c)
Starvation
d)
Banishment
8.
If Laertes does not kill Hamlet, what is the back up plan?
a)
Horatio kills him
b)
Send him back to England
c)
Claudius kills him with a drink
d)
Laertes drowns him
9.
What happens to Polonius?
a)
Hamlet kills him thinking he was Claudius
b)
Claudius murders him
c)
Fortinbras murders him
d)
Hamlet kills him because he got in the way of relationship with Ophelia
10.
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
d)
The Purge
11.
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
d)
He is high maintenance
12.
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
d)
He figures out what he is going to be for Halloween
13.
Which is NOT a reason Hamlet is so rude to Ophelia in Act III?
a)
He knows Claudius and Polonius are watching.
b)
He wants to separate himself further from her
c)
He hates all women because of his mother
d)
Ophelia cheated on him
14.
Hamlet and Laertes are like characters, yet they are opposite in qualities. What term describes that?
a)
Opposite
b)
Dramatic Foils
c)
protagonists
d)
antagonists
15.
Why won’t the priest give Ophelia all her burial rights?
a)
She has taken her own life
b)
The queen wouldn't allow it
c)
She was unwed
d)
The funeral was too rushed
16.
Who says: "The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king."
a)
Horatio
b)
Hamlet
c)
Ophelia
d)
Claudius
17.
Who speaks the lines, "This above all, to thine own self be true"?
a)
Hamlet
b)
The Ghost
c)
Polonius
d)
Horatio
18.
What is Hamlet's tragic flaw?
a)
kindness
b)
inaction
c)
madness
d)
jealousy
19.
Who is alive at the end of the play?
a)
Yorick
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c)
Horatio
d)
Hamlet
20.
What happens to Ophelia?
a)
She drowns
b)
She takes poison and dies
c)
She stabs herself
d)
She joins a convent
21.
Laertes warns Ophelia against Hamlet because
a)
their father disapproves of the relationship
b)
he distrusts Hamlet's constancy
c)
he knows Hamlet is depressed
d)
She is too young
22.
The Ghost’s speech affects Hamlet’s view of his mother because he learns that she was
a)
forced to marry Claudius
b)
unfaithful to his father
c)
a participant in Claudius' plot
d)
a loving a loyal wife to Hamlet's father
23.
A major reason for Hamlet’s dilemma is that he
a)
likes Claudius
b)
knows his mother will be sad to learn the truth
c)
is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity
d)
does not want to become king himself
24.
After Hamlet kills Polonius, the queen immediately tells Claudius. This shows that she
a)
no longer trusts Claudius
b)
is anxious that Hamlet might harm her next
c)
maintains her greater allegiance to Claudius
d)
knows that Hamlet will need help burying the body
25.
After the demented Ophelia departs, Claudius laments the tragedies that have occurred and the confusion felt by the people. This attitude is ironic because
a)
he feels especially sorry he did not give Polonius a better burial
b)
his act of killing his brother started everything
c)
his major worry is what Laertes will do
d)
he genuinely seems to feel sorry for Ophelia
26.
A major difference between Laertes and Hamlet is that Laertes
a)
has more military experience
b)
loved his father more than Hamlet loved his
c)
finds solace for his grief in action
d)
knows exactly whom is to blame for his father's murder
27.
The Ghost appears when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude to
a)
Make Hamlet appear even more insane
b)
mitigate Hamlet's cruel treatment of his mother
c)
symbolize Hamlet's guilt over the killing of Polonius
d)
warn Hamlet that Claudius is going to try and kill him
28.
What does Hamlet say will show Horatio’s true friendship to him?
a)
drinking the poison to join Hamlet in death
b)
killing those courtiers who helped Cluadius carry out his plans
c)
becoming king of Denmark and ruling justly
d)
living so that he can bear witness to what happened
29.
When Hamlet says that Fortinbras has his “dying voice,” he means that
a)
Fortinbras has his endorsement to be the ruler
b)
Fortinbras will need to carry out the instructions that Hamlet has left
c)
the arrival of Fortinbras has hastened Hamlet's death
d)
the last memory Fortinbras will have of Hamlet is the sound of his voice
30.
Why does Hamlet ask the player to recite the tale of Priam’s slaughter?
a)
it has a theme of revenge
b)
it is familiar to him
c)
he knows it is popular with audiences
d)
he is sending Claudius a warning
31.
In Scene 1, Hamlet visits Ophelia “with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head” to
a)
ask how she feels about him
b)
declare his love for her
c)
convince her of his madness
d)
tell her about the ghost of his father
32.
In Scene 2, Hamlet’s aside “A little more than kin and less than kind” reveals his
a)
Confusion over the way in which he is now related to Claudius
b)
Respect for Claudius' new rank
c)
Disgust at being called son by Claudius
d)
Intention to pursue revenge against Claudius
33.
Why does Hamlet say that the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern "are not near [his] conscience"?
a)
He takes no responsibility for their deaths.
b)
He feels they deserve their fates for taking the king's commission.
c)
He cannot be sure the orders will be carried out.
d)
He has much darker deeds on his conscience.
34.
While Hamlet lies dying, Horatio tries to
a)
save Hamlet's life by removing the poison
b)
kill Claudius to avenge Hamlet's murder
c)
kill himself by drinking the poisoned wine
d)
flee so he isn't blamed for all the murders
35.
Before he dies, Laertes
a)
curses Hamlet for murdering his father
b)
welcomes Fortinbras to Denmark
c)
confesses and asks for Hamlet's forgiveness
d)
attempts to kill Claudius
36.
Hamlet suggests that Ophelia go to
a)
her father's house and stay there
b)
take a swim in the nearby stream
c)
Paris to stay with her brother
d)
a "nunnery" which may mean a convent or a brothel
37.
What does Claudius tell Hamlet in Act I?
a)
He suggest Hamlet attend the University of Cambridge in England.
b)
He tells Hamlet to stop mourning and to think of him as his father.
c)
He tells him that he should marry Ophelia and settle down.
d)
He brags that Gertrude never loved Hamlet's father.
38.
According to Hamlet, what prevents people from committing suicide when life is difficult?
a)
Angels prevent them and ease their suffering.
b)
They don't want to become ghosts wandering the earth.
c)
They are afraid of what the afterlife might be like.
d)
They are afraid of the physical pain of dying.
39.
Who says "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff"?
a)
Polonius
b)
Horatio
c)
Osric
d)
Reynaldo
40.
Who says "I doubt it is no other but the main...his father's death and our o'erhasty marriage"?
a)
Claudius
b)
Gertrude
c)
Ophelia
d)
Hamlet
41.
Who says "To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream"?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Claudius
c)
Laertes
d)
Ophelia
42.
Who says "I will speak daggers to her but use none"?
a)
Laertes
b)
Fortinbras
c)
Hamlet
d)
Claudius
43.
Who admits "My lord, we were sent for"?
a)
Laertes
b)
Ophelia
c)
Cornelius
d)
Rosencrantz
44.
Who says "Denmark's a prison"?
a)
Laertes
b)
Polonius
c)
Rosencrantz
d)
Hamlet
45.
Who says "I have remembrances of you that I have longed long to redeliver"?
a)
Gertrude
b)
Horatio
c)
Laertes
d)
Ophelia
46.
Who says "A bloody deed - almost as bad...as kill a king and marry with his brother"?
a)
Claudius
b)
Gertrude
c)
Hamlet
d)
Polonius
47.
Who says "In heaven, send thither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i'the other place yourself"?
a)
Claudius
b)
Polonius
c)
Hamlet
d)
Rosencrantz
48.
Who says "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown"?
a)
Horatio
b)
Fortinbras
c)
Claudius
d)
Ghost
49.
Who says "Brevity is the soul of wit"?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Gertrude
c)
Polonius
d)
Claudius
50.
Who says "the lady doth protest too much, methinks"?
a)
Gertrude
b)
Ophelia
c)
Claudius
d)
Polonius
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