WorksheetsHamlet Act IV Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
In Act IV, Claudius modifies his plans to send Hamlet to England. What has changed?
He wants Hamlet to conquer England for Denmark.
He wants Hamlet to bring back some of that delicious tea.
He wants England to kill Hamlet upon arrival.
He wants Hamlet to act as a peaceful ambassador to England. They are at war with Denmark.
In Act IV, what has caused Ophelia to act strangely?
She misses Laertes. He is away in Paris.
Her father has been killed by Hamlet and she feels some guilt associated with Hamlet's madness and her father's death.
She doesn't want to help the king and queen anymore.
She realizes that Hamlet does not love her and will never marry her.
How does Ophelia die?
She drowns.
She starves herself.
She stabs herself.
She is poisoned.
What is NOT one of the reasons why Claudius doesn't imprison Hamlet after the death of Polonius.
It was against the law to throw a royal in prison
He is the prince so the public will not approve because they love Hamlet
He is worried that the public will blame him for letting Hamlet run around, while insane
Gertrude would never be able to forgive him
Who arrives with an angry mob to express their anger at the death of Polonius?
Laertes
Fortinbras
King Hamlet's ghost
Ophelia
What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?
They will go to see him, disguised as beggars. Then they will rob him and kill him.
They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet. Either Laertes will kill Hamlet, or, if he survives, the King will poison him.
They plan to go to him and escort him back to Denmark. On the way, they will stage a shipwreck. They will leave Hamlet in the water to perish, and they will be rescued by another ship.
They plan to force Horatio to do it. If he refuses they will kill all the members of his family.
What has happened to Ophelia?
She is set to marry another man, chosen by her father.
She has gone away to a nunnery.
She has defied her father and announced that she is going to England to be with Hamlet.
She has gone crazy from the stress and sadness.
What is the content of letters the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England?
Claudius will make them his royal advisers.
Hamlet will be killed by the British as soon as he reaches England.
Hamlet has secret plans to marry Ophelia.
Laertes is collaborating with Fortinbras to take over.
Why does Laertes burst into the King's court room in Scene 5?
He wants to stop Claudius from killing Hamlet, his friend.
He wants to take Ophelia back home with him.
He wants revenge for his father's death.
There's an angry mob outside trying to kill the King.
Why is Hamlet surprised at Fortinbras's attempt to conquer a part of Poland?
The land is worthless
No one has ever successfully defeated the Poles
Fortinbras is travelling in the wrong direction
The Poles have never had a disagreement with the Norwegians
