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WorksheetsHamlet Acts 1 & 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the protagonist of our drama and Prince of Denmark?
a)
Horatio
b)
Hamlet
c)
Polonius
d)
Claudius
2.
Who is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother?
a)
Ophelia
b)
Gertrude
c)
Elsinore
d)
Rosencrantz
3.
Who is the current King of Denmark?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Polonius
c)
Claudius
d)
Laertes
4.
Who murders the original King of Denmark to take his throne?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Polonius
c)
Claudius
d)
Gertrude
5.
Who is Horatio?
a)
The prince of Denmark
b)
Hamlet's best friend
c)
The prince of Norway
6.
In which country is the play Hamlet set?
a)
Sweden
b)
England
c)
Denmark
d)
Scotland
7.
In the first scene, what drives the Ghost away?
a)
The sound of cannons.
b)
A rooster crowing at the break of dawn
c)
Marcellus throwing his partisan.
d)
The sound of trumpets.
8.
For what reason is Horatio asked to witness the ghost?
a)
He is a scholar and is trustworthy
b)
He is known for his sanity
c)
He is the king's nephew
d)
He is the first person the guards encounter.
9.
Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they?
a)
His mother has been ignoring him and his uncle is annoying
b)
His father died and his uncle declared war on Fortinbras.
c)
His father died and his uncle married his mother soon after his father's death.
d)
He misses university life and isn't allowed to return
10.
Which character is contemplating suicide?
a)
Gertrude
b)
Ophelia
c)
Hamlet
d)
Polonius
11.
When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
a)
soliloquy
b)
metaphor
c)
monologue
d)
aside
12.
What actual fact do we learn from Hamlet's first soliloquy?
a)
He is depressed and has suicidal thoughts.
b)
He likes being home and doesn't to return to college.
c)
He is in love with Ophelia.
13.
Polonius believes that the “very cause of Hamlet's lunacy” is his
a)
father's death.
b)
mother's overhasty marriage.
c)
rejection by Ophelia
d)
obsession with revenge.
14.
Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses
a)
frustration with his weak and indecisive nature.
b)
anticipation of how he will feel if his plan works.
c)
satisfaction with the plan he has made.
d)
anxiety over the action he must take.
15.
A major reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he
a)
likes Claudius.
b)
knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth
c)
is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity.
d)
does not want to become king himself.
16.
In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to
a)
determine Laertes's behavior indirectly
b)
supervise Laertes to keep him out of trouble.
c)
spread damaging rumors about Laertes.
d)
help Laertes make friends and learn the language.
17.
What is Hamlet's plan at the end of Act II?
a)
To go back to college
b)
To kill Claudius
c)
To figure out who is spying on him
d)
To create a play that matches his father's murder
18.
The name of the royal castle of Denmark?
a)
Copenhagen
b)
Dunsinane
c)
Elisinore
d)
Camelot
19.
When Ophelia saw Hamlet, what was his appearance like?
a)
He was all disheveled and looked like he'd seen a ghost.
b)
Nice and tidy
c)
He was ready for battle
d)
He looked like a Prince
20.
What does Hamlet ask the players to add their play?
a)
scenery
b)
another character
c)
extra lines
d)
a song
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