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Hamlet Part 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Hamlet's mother?

a)

Gertrude

b)

Ophelia

c)

Laertes

d)

Horatio

2.

How was King Hamlet REALLY killed?

a)

He fell off a bridge

b)

A snake bit him

c)

His brother poured poison in his ear

d)

He was old

3.

Where does this story happen?

a)

England

b)

Denmark

c)

France

d)

Germany

4.

What does the Ghost ask Hamlet to do?

a)

Kill himself

b)

Kill his mother

c)

Go to Germany

d)

Get revenge

5.

Who is Gertrude married to?

a)

Horatio

b)

Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Laertes

6.

What do Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia?

a)

To go to college

b)

To break up with Hamlet

c)

To marry Hamlet

d)

To go to France

7.

The ghost must leave

a)

when the rooster crows

b)

at night

c)

when people talk to him

d)

at lunchtime

8.

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

d)

Bert and Ernie

9.

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

10.

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

11.
Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
a)
a castle
b)
Russia
c)
a bakery
d)
a nunnery
12.
According to Hamlet, what did they eat at the wedding feast?
a)
Lots of food
b)
Danish Delacacies
c)
Funeral Leftovers
d)
Taco Bell
13.
Laertes' father is...
a)
Polonio
b)
King Hamlet
c)
Roderigo
d)
Claudio
14.
Who sees the ghost first?
a)
Marcelo and Bernardo
b)
Horacio
c)
Hamlet
d)
Ophelia
15.
Polonio's daughter is...
a)
Emilia
b)
Martin
c)
Ophelia
d)
Gertrudis
16.
At what time does the ghost arrive?
a)
at midnight 
b)
10:00pm
c)
at noon
d)
in the sunset 
17.
 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.
18.
Who says “The play is the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”
a)
Hamlet
b)
Horatio
c)
Rosencrantz
d)
Polonius
19.
According to Hamlet, what is one reason he doesn't commit suicide? 
a)
He must take over the throne of Denmark.
b)
He must be strong for Gertrude.
c)
What happens after death may be worse than life.
d)
Revenge must come before anything else.