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Hamlet Act V

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which character was the King's jester?

a)

Yorick

b)

Osric

c)

Marcellus

d)

Laertes

2.

Which character is killed by the instrument he meant to use to kill someone else?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Laertes

c)

Ophelia

d)

Gertrude

3.

Who becomes the King of Denmark at the end of the play?

a)

Horatio

b)

Laertes

c)

Hamlet

d)

Fortinbras

4.

Who is killed after accidentally drinking poison?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Claudius

c)

Laertes

d)

Gertrude

5.

Who is left to tell Hamlet's story?

a)

Laertes

b)

Rosencrantz

c)

Fortinbras

d)

Horatio

6.

Who says the following line:

"Hamlet, this pearl is thine;/Here's to thy health."

a)

Gertrude

b)

Claudius

c)

Laertes

d)

Ophelia

7.

Who says the following line:

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him..."

a)

Laertes

b)

Hamlet

c)

Horatio

d)

Claudius

8.

Who says the following line:

"I can no more. The King, the King's to blame!"

a)

Gertrude

b)

Hamlet

c)

Laertes

d)

Claudius

9.

Who says the following line:

"Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Gertrude

c)

Opheila

d)

Horatio

10.

List the characters who are killed DELIBERATELY in Act V.

4 lines
11.

List the characters who are killed ACCIDENTALLY in Act V.

4 lines
12.

Explain the final fate of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. How does this fate come about?

4 lines
13.

Translate the following into English a 5th grader would understand:

"The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,

Unbated and envenom'd: the foul practice

Hath turn'd itself on me"

4 lines
14.

Who says the following line:

"Sweet lord, if your lordship were at leisure, I should impart a thing to you from his Majesty."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Horatio

c)

Laertes

d)

Osric