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WorksheetsHamlet
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 51mins
Who is the author of Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
Jerry Spinelli
Edgar Allan Poe
Hamlet is a
play
novel
story
What genre is Hamlet?
Tragedy
Comedy
Poetry
What is the setting of Hamlet?
England
Denmark
Britain
Canada
Identify the themes portrayed in Hamlet?
Revenge
Fate
Madness
Love
Redemption
Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
King of Denmark
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
Dead King Hamlet's brother who has usurped the throne and married his sister-in-law
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
The elderly Lord Chamberlain, chief counselor to Claudius
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
A commoner who went to school with Hamlet and remains his loyal best friend.
Hamlet
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
Queen of Denmark, Prince Hamlet's mother, King Hamlet's widow, King Claudius' wife
Gertrude
Ophelia
Laertes
Claudius
A student in Paris and Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother
Gertrude
Ophelia
Laertes
Claudius
He returns from school because of King Hamlet's death
Gertrude
Ophelia
Laertes
Claudius
Daughter of Polonius and Hamlet's lover.
Gertrude
Ophelia
Laertes
Claudius
Classmates of Hamlet who were summoned by Claudius to spy on Hamlet.
Rosencrantz
Laertes
Fortinbras
Guildenstern
King of Norway bound to avenge his father's death by the Danes' hands
Rosencrantz
Laertes
Fortinbras
Guildenstern
The Ghost is Prince Hamlet's father
True
False
The Ghost wants Hamlet to kill his mother.
True
False
The new king has married Hamlet's mother, the Queen.
True
False
In Act 1, Claudius asks Hamlet to return to school.
True
False
In Act 1, Hamlet is suicidal.
True
False
In Act 1, Horatio does not see the Ghost of the old king.
True
False
Laertes, Ophelia's brother, asks her to reject Hamlet.
True
False
The curtain opens on what setting?
Midnight in the castle of Elsinore, Denmark
Midnight in the castle of Norway
Midnight in the castle of England
In Act 1, Francisco is happy to see Bernardo because he is cold and worried about seeing the ghost.
True
False
What was the outcome of the fight between King Hamlet and Fortinbras?
They decide to stop fighting.
King Hamlet killed Fortinbras and took over the disputed land.
Fortinbras killed King Hamlet and took over the disputed land.
What do Gertrude and Claudius think about Hamlet's grief?
They think it is inappropriate and unmanly.
They support him in his grief.
They are sad just like him.
Why is the King planning a celebration?
To cheer up and welcome Hamlet's decision to stay in Elsinore.
To celebrate his kingship.
To celebrate his marriage to Queen Gertrude.
Who tells Hamlet that they have seen his father's Ghost?
Horatio
Francisco
Queen Gertrude
Laertes
Horatio thinks the Ghost will harm or kill Hamlet.
True
False
What does the Ghost tell Hamlet?
He says that Claudius poured poison in his ear and caused his death.
He says that Claudius killed him with his sword.
He says that Queen Gertrude poured poison in his ear and caused his death.
The Ghost wants Hamlet to kill both Queen Gertrude and Claudius.
True
False
What does Hamlet make Horatio and Marcellus swear?
They swear they will keep secret the incident with the ghost.
They will keep secret Hamlet and Ophelia's love affair.
They will keep secret that he is mad.
Who is Denmark not on good terms with?
Norway
England
London
Who lost land to Denmark?
Norway
England
Britain
The Fortinbras think since the king is dead, they can get their land back.
True
False
When Ophelia sees Hamlet, he looks strange in what ways?
He stinks
He is shaking his head
His clothes are not done right
His hair is not brushed
Queen Gertrude was having an affair with Claudius.
True
False
How was Hamlet's father according to Hamlet's description?
loving and protective
abuser and inhuman
murderer and injust
Where is Laertes going in Scene 3?
To France as a diplomat for the king.
To England to avenge his father.
To Denmark to kill Hamlet.
What is Hamlet's reaction to the news that his father's ghost has appeared?
He feels interested and determined.
He feels scared.
He feels uninterested
Who didn't believe in the ghost at first?
Horatio
Hamlet
Francisco
Claudius
According to Hamlet, what did they eat at the wedding feast?
Funeral leftovers
Ruin and Vengeance
Death and Misery
Where is Hamlet in school?
Wittenburg
England
Denmark
London
Who tells Ophelia that Hamlet's love is fleeting?
Laertes
Polonius
Claudius
Queen Gertrude
How does Hamlet feel about people in general?
They no longer interest him.
He is intrigued by them.
He hates people.
Why does Hamlet question trusting the ghost?
He feels threatened.
He thinks the ghost may be the devil instead of his dad.
He thinks he is going crazy.
In Act 2, what does Polonius decide to do with the news Ophelia tells him?
Remain quiet
Tell and king and Queen
Tell Laertes
Hamlet decides to have the actors put on a play that is about Claudius killing Old Hamlet in order to:
Find out if Claudius feels guilty
To make Claudius feel bad
To see if the Ghost appears
Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is going crazy?
Because his dad died
Because she married his uncle
Because she had an affair
Because he loves Ophelia
Where does Fortinbras's uncle report that Fortinbras wants to attack?
Denmark
Norway
Poland
England
What does Polonius feel is the cause of Hamlet's depression?
Ophelia ending their relationship
His father's death
His mother's affair
The Ghost
Who was sent to spy on Hamlet?
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Laertes
Ophelia
What is the name of the servant Polonius sends to spy on Laertes in France?
Reynaldo
Rosencrantz
Ophelia
Guidenstern
Hamlet's real cause for rage is that
He has done nothing to avenge his father's killing
Ophelia doesn't love him.
His mother is having an affair.
In Act 3, what does Claudius do that makes Hamlet hesitate in killing him, at first?
Prays for forgiveness
Starts running
Screams at Hamlet
Takes the Queen hostage
Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?
A nunnery
To England
To Norway
To his room
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius when he’s praying?
He doesn’t want Claudius to go to Heaven
He feels sorry for Claudius
He changes his mind about killing him
Claudius plan will work only if Claudius has no capacity to feel guilt.
True
False
What is Hamlet’s general attitude towards women?
He doesn’t trust them
He trusts them
He loves women
He hates women
At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to:
Kill Hamlet
Ship Hamlet out of England
Forgive Hamlet
Identify the speaker of “To be or not to be—that is the question...”
Hamlet
Horatio
Claudius
Polonius
Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses
Frustration with his weak and decisive nature
the anticipation of how he will feel if his plan works
anxiety over the action he must take
What does Hamlet criticize in Act 3?
Marriage
Ophelia
Women
All of these
Hamlet refers to whom as trying to play him like a flute?
Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
Marcellus and Reynaldo
Ophelia and Gertrude
Laertes and Polonius
Where does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude?
in the closet
behind the door
behind the tapestry
under the bed
When Hamlet strikes through the curtain, he thinks he is killing
Polonius
Ophelia
Rosencrantz and Giudenstern
Claudius
In what act does the climax appear?
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
According to Hamlet, what is one reason he doesn't commit suicide?
Revenge must come before anything else.
He must take over the throne of Denmark.
What happens after death may be worse than life.
He must be strong for Gertrude.
"this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory," means that he
is depressed
feels betrayed by their lives
now has a clearer view of people and life
is touched that they have traveled so far to see him
In Hamlet's "To be or not t be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that humanity is
Fearful of being alone
Fearful of the unknown after death
Fearful of going insane
Fearful of revenge
In Act 3 Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to
help Laertes make friends and learn the language
spread damaging rumors about Laertes
determine Laerte's behavior indirectly
supervise Laertes to keep him out of trouble
A major reason for Hamlet's dilemma is that he
does not want to become king himself
knows his mother would be sad to learn the truth
is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity
likes Claudius
The play is mainly about
Rosencrantz's and Guidenstern's friendly visit
Hamlet's madness in prison
Hamlet's way to find who killed his father
Hamlet's love of plays
In an aside, Claudius compared his deed (the killing of his brother) to what?
sugar coating spying on Hamlet
the harlot's painted cheek
to the player's emotional response to Hecuba's distress
To Julius Caesar being murdered by friends
Gertrude tells Claudius she thinks Hamlet's changed behavior is because
His unrequited love of Ophelia
of his father's death and their hasty marriage
His desire to return to Wittenburg
Hamlet suspects them of murdering his father
King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals
the guilt of keeping the truth from Gertrude
the guilt of what to do with Hamlet
the heavy guilt of his conscience
the guilt of not praying more often
What is the content of Hamlet's letter to Horatio in Act 4 scene 6?
He longs to marry Ophelia and is on his way back to Denmark.
He sold Rosencrantz and Guidenstern to the pirates.
He's joined Fortinbras in an attack on Denmark.
He wants Horatio to give "murder" letters back to the king.
What do Claudius' words, "Do it, England," mean?
"Attack Norway"
"Find out the cause of Hamlet's madness"
"Kill Hamlet"
"Come help me"
What reason did Claudius give to Laertes for his failure to stop Hamlet?
He feared for his soul because of the sin of murder he committed
Gertrude's love for her son and Claudius' fear of the Danish people
His fear for his own life
He tried to discipline Hamlet but failed
In Act 4, what does Claudius want Laertes to do ?
Challenge Hamlet and get him to bet on the match.
Confront Fortinbras at the Danish border
Prepare himself to become the Prince of Denmark.
Comfort his sister, Ophelia, who is mad with grief.
What does Hamlet do with the body of Polonius?
Buries it in the churchyard
Leaves it in Claudius' chambers
Hides it in the stairwell
Throws it over a cliff and into the sea
How does Ophelia die?
Smothered by Hamlet
Drowns in the creek after falling from a broken branch
Falls over the parapet (low wall)
Dagger to the heart
What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?
Laertes will kill Ophelia if Hamlet doesn't leave Denmark
Laertes will host an archery contest with poisoned arrows
Laertes will try to kill him in a duel, or if that doesn't work, Claudius will give him poisoned wine
Claudius will kill Gertrude if Hamlet doesn't leave Denmark
By the end of Act 4, Laertes blames Hamlet for the death of his father.
True
False
What news does the Queen bring Laertes?
Claudius will make Laertes a knight of the realm
Ophelia has died (ruled by a suicide by the throne)
Hamlet has returned to fight Laertes
Ophelia will marry Hamlet
Who does Hamlet meet on his way to England?
Ophelia-Hamlet takes her with him, and Friar Tuck marries them secretly
Fortinbras' Captain-Hamlet uses this info to further his plan for revenge
Laertes and his company-they do battle and Hamlet is wounded
Claudius' Captain and his army-they kidnap Hamlet
Why does Laertes burst into the King's courtroom in Act 4 scene 5?
He wants revenge for his father's death
He wants to take Ophelia back home with him
There's an angry mob outside trying to kill the king
He wants to stop Claudius from killing Hamlet, his friend
What happens at Ophelia's funeral?
Ophelia's ghost visits them and warns of impending doom
Hamlet and Laertes fist fight in her grave
The King and Queen Comfort Hamlet, overcome with grief
Laertes challenges Hamlet to a fencing duel over the grave
It's appropriate that Fortinbras speaks the last line of the play because
He has returned victorious from Poland
Only he knew the true chain of events
He admires Hamlet more than anyone else in the play
He will likely succeed to the throne of Denmark
How does Gertrude meet her death?
She tries to stop the fight between Hamlet and Laertes
She drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Hamlet
She kills herself after Hamlet's death
Claudius kills her, suspecting her of helping Hamlet
The gravediggers suggest the idea that
death is inevitable
Hamlet is mad
ghosts exist
life is meaningless
What happens at the beginning of Act 5?
Laertes and Hamlet fight and struggle at Ophelia's grave
Gertrude scatter flowers and says, "Sweets to the sweet."
Gravediggers make fun of burying a suicide in holy ground
Hamlet picks up and contemplates the skull of Yorrick.
What does Laertes "confess" to Hamlet just before his death?
that he helped Fortinbras murder Hamlet
that he never allowed Hamlet to marry Ophelia
that he killed Ophelia
that he conspired with the king to murder Hamlet
What happens to Laertes in Act 5?
Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword
He drinks of the poisoned goblet
He runs away with Gertrude after Hamlet kills Claudius
He kills Hamlet and flees
Who survives at the end of the play?
Horatio
Rosencrantz
Gertrude
Laertes
Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
escort Hamlet back to Denmark and apologize to the king
are filled by pirates before they return from England
are beheaded by the English instead of Hamlet
become heirs to Denmark's throne
Which of these is NOT one action that Claudius and Laertes perfom to "ensure" that Hamlet will die during the duel?
Damage Hamlet's blade so that it will fail during the duel
Sharpen the tip on one of the swords
Poison the tips of one of the swords
Poison a cup of wine
What is the last line spoken in Hamlet? Think about what will happen after all of the deaths.
Fortinbras: "Go bid the soldiers shoot."
Hamlet: "Or I die, Horatio."
The Ambassador: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead."
Horatio: "Good night, sweet prince."
The comic dialogue between the two gravediggers in Act 5 scene 1...
Gravediggers make fun of burying a suicide in holy ground
contrasts the sadness, making Ophelia death more touching
prepares us so that Hamlet's views of death are not so harsh
allows Shakespeare to show the stupidity of the masses
