Worksheetshamlet
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Hamlet is written as a(n)_____________________.
Folktale
Mystery
Tragedy
Screenplay
Who is Hamlet and what is his plan in order to kill King Claudius?
He is the main character, whose plan is to poison the King
He is the main character, who plans to ignore his duty to avenge his father and wait for his time to access the throne
He is the protagonist, whose plan is to get someone else to kill him
He is the protagonist, and his plan is to act mad
What is the purpose of the gravediggers?
They are there symbolically
They are only there to make the scene look more interesting
They are there for comic relief
They are there because they serve importance to the plot
Whose skull did Hamlet recognize in the graveyard?
King Hamlet's
Yorik's
Ophelia's
He does not know whose skull it is
How does Hamlet die?
Laertes slashes him with his poisoned sword in Hamlet's back
He kills himself with his own sword
Laertes poisons him with his sword, straight into Hamlet's heart
He poisons himself because he finally avenges his father and does not care for life anymore
Who tried to commit suicide after Hamlet died?
Queen Gertrude
Horatio
Laertes
Ophelia
Why didn't Hamlet kill King Claudius during the King's Confessional?
He thought that when the King was slain, he would go to heaven because he confessed his sins
He was worried that the King would go to pergatory and get one of his messengers to avenge his death
He thought that the King would notice him and his plan would be ruined
He was not sure if he wanted to kill him because it would have been more of a luxury for him to be dead rather than alive
Did Queen Gertrude help with the murder of her husband?
Yes, but she was merely an accessory(she helped Claudius plan it but did not do the crime)
No, she had nothing to do with her husbands murder.
No, she knew what Claudius had planned, but never believed that he was serious. She thought he was in a jealous state of mind
Yes, she helped pour the poison into the cup for Claudius to murder Hamlet
What reason does Polonius give to say that Hamlet has gone mad?
He grieves too much for his father.
He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude.
He is in love with Ophelia.
He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to Wittenberg.
Which of Claudius and Laertes' traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him?
The poisoned cup
The sharpened sword
The poisoned sword
The poisoned dagger
