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Hamlet: Act 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whos is the current King of Denmark?

a)

Horatio

b)

Old Hamlet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Claudius

2.

Who is Hamlet's mother and the woman also married to the current king?

a)

Ophelia

b)

Gertrude

c)

Osric

d)

Rosencrantz

3.

Who is Hamlet's closest friend?

a)

Horatio

b)

Marcellus

c)

Polonius

d)

Laertes

4.

Which character wishes to return to France to continue their studies?

a)

Marcellus

b)

Laertes

c)

Polonius

d)

Hamlet

5.

Who is the King's "right hand man"?

a)

Voltemand

b)

Claudius

c)

Polonius

d)

Hamlet

6.

Who does the Ghost claim to be?

a)

Old Fortinbras

b)

Old Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Voltemand

7.

Which character says the following line?


"Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Laertes

c)

Claudius

d)

Old Hamlet

8.

Which character says the following quote?


"Neither a borrower nor a lender be...This above all, to thine own self be true..."

a)

Claudius

b)

Laertes

c)

Polonius

d)

Hamlet

9.

Which character says the following quote?


"Seems Madam? Nay, it is. I know not 'seems.'"

a)

Ophelia

b)

Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Horatio

10.

Which character says the following line?


"I shall the effect of this good lesson keep/As watchman to my heart..."

a)

Gertrude

b)

Ophelia

c)

Horatio

d)

Hamlet

11.

Which character says the following line?


"Be wary, then. Best safety lies in fear./Youth to itself rebels, though none else near."

a)

Ophelia

b)

Hamlet

c)

Laertes

d)

Polonius

12.

Which character says the following line?


"This time is out of joint. O cursed spite/That ever I was born to set it right!"

a)

Hamlet

b)

Old Hamlet

c)

Fortinbras

d)

Horatio

13.

Translate the following into language a smart 5th grader would understand:


"O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,

Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew"

4 lines
14.

Translate the following into language a smart 5th grader would understand:


"Fie on' t, ah fie! 'Tis an unweeded garden

That grows to seed."

4 lines
15.

What does Hamlet mean when he says:


"put an antic disposition on"?

4 lines