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Hamlet Test Review-Acts 1-5

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following characters did not see the ghost? 
a)
Marcellus
b)
Hamlet
c)
Gertrude
d)
Horatio
2.
What does Hamlet call Denmark and the whole world? 
a)
Paradise
b)
The only place to live
c)
Heaven
d)
Prison
3.
What is a soliloquy?
a)
Speech given to the audience with other actors onstage
b)
Speech given to the audience with no other actors on stage
c)
Comment give to the audience
d)
None of these
4.
Who is stabbed through an arras?
a)
Claudius
b)
Fortinbras
c)
Polonius
d)
King Hamlet
5.
What is an aside?
a)
A speech given to the audience with other actors onstage
b)
A speech given to the audience with no other actors on stage
c)
Neither Answer
d)
Both Answers
6.

What does the king say to stop Hamlet's play?

a)

A sword

b)

Help

c)

Polonius

d)

Light

7.
Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England? 
a)
Cornelius and Voltimand
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c)
Horatio
d)
Captain Jack Sparrow
8.
What is Polonius' explanation for Hamlet's madness?
a)
He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude
b)
He grieves too much for his father
c)
He is in love with Ophelia
d)
He hates his mother
9.
Who once played Julius Caesar? 
a)
Gertrude
b)
Hamlet
c)
Claudius
d)
Polonius
10.
Who is Reynaldo
a)
Hamlet's Best Friend
b)
One of the King's Guards
c)
Polonius' Spy
d)
One of the gravediggers
11.
What does Hamlet say that his play is called? 
a)
The Rape of Lucrece
b)
The Mousetrap
c)
To Catch A King
d)
The Murder of Gonzago
12.

Who does Hamlet think he stabbed?

a)

Polonius

b)

Claudius

c)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

d)

Horatio

13.
Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go? 
a)
To a doctor
b)
To the grocery store
c)
To her brother in Paris
d)
To a nunnery
14.
Hamlet has the opportunity to kill Claudius, why doesn’t he? 
a)
Because he doesn’t want him to go to heaven
b)
Because he wants to torture him first
c)
Because he doesn’t want to get caught
d)
He wants Claudius to know that he knows what happened to his father
15.
Who enters the room as Hamlet is speaking to his mother? 
a)
Polonius
b)
King Hamlet's Ghost
c)
Claudius
d)
Horatio
16.
Where is the king sending Hamlet?
a)
Norway
b)
Sweden
c)
England
d)
France
17.
Who cautions Hamlet against the fencing match?
a)
Horatio
b)
Gertrude
c)
Laertes
d)
Polonius
18.
What does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to? 
a)
A worm
b)
A fishmonger
c)
A sponge
d)
A sucker
19.
Who is the last person to die?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Gertrude
c)
Claudius
d)
Horatio
20.

What poisons the drink?

a)

The sword

b)

A snake

c)

The pearl

d)

Powder

21.

Whose funeral does Hamlet begin to watch without realizing who was being buried?

a)

Ophelia

b)

Polonius

c)

Osric

d)

King Hamlet

22.
What is Laertes mean when he says “What ceremony  else” to the priest? 
a)
The funeral prayer was not long enough
b)
The coffin should be lowered later
c)
The priest should give Ophelia last rites
d)
Ophelia should have been married
23.

Why does the gravedigger say this person should not be buried there?

a)

She is not of royal blood

b)

Because of her suspicious death

c)

She was not old enough to be buried there

d)

The ceremony has no more room for bodiest

24.
Who serves as referee at the fencing match? 
a)
Osric
b)
Horatio
c)
Claudius
d)
Reynaldo
25.
Who says “The drink, the drink! I am poisoned!” 
a)
Gertrude
b)
Claudius
c)
Hamlet
d)
Laertes
26.
How does Ophelia die?
a)
She stabs herself
b)
She drowns
c)
She is stabbed by Gertrude on accident
d)
She is buried alive by Gertrude
27.
Why doesn't Hamlet let Horatio drink the poison?
a)
He must live to keep Hamlet's memory alive
b)
He must become King
c)
He needs to warn the people of Denmark
d)
He will serve as hand to the new king
28.
Who takes over Denmark?
a)
Osric
b)
Horatio
c)
Hamlet
d)
Fortinbras
29.
Who says "Goodnight sweet Prince"?
a)
Osric
b)
Horatio
c)
Fortinbras
d)
None of these
30.
What happened to King Hamlet?
a)
He is stabbed through an arras
b)
Poison in the ear
c)
Stabbing him with poisoned sword
d)
Poison in his wine glass
31.

What does the Ghost remind Hamlet to do?

a)

Leave his mother alone

b)

Go to England

c)

Take a bath

d)

Get revenge

32.

What type of English did Shakespeare develop?

a)

Old English

b)

Middle English

c)

Modern English

d)

Slang

33.

What type of play is Hamlet?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

Romance

d)

History

34.

What does everyone think killed old King Hamlet?

a)

Old Age

b)

A snake

c)

A stroke

d)

An assassin

35.

Claudius and Gertrude's marriage is considered

a)

Hateful

b)

Incestuous

c)

Acceptable

d)

Mediocre

36.

What is ironic about the death of Claudius?

a)

He died just before Hamlet died

b)

He died in the same way he plotted to kill Hamlet

c)

He prayed for forgiveness before he was killed

d)

He was not arrested

37.

How does Hamlet really feel about Ophelia?

a)

He truly loves her

b)

He never loved her

c)

He kinda liked her

d)

She alright

38.

During the fencing match, what does Claudius encourage Hamlet to do?

a)

Drink the poison drink

b)

Stab Laertes

c)

Get it together man

d)

Dance, dance, dance, dance

39.

What reason does Claudius give for the queen falling down after she is poisoned?

a)

She tripped

b)

She wanted to sit down

c)

She fainted at the site of blood

d)

She just kiddin'

40.

Who says, "The king, the king's to blame"?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Gertrude

c)

Laertes

d)

Osric

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