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Hamlet Act IV quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the terminology when an object or icon is used to explain or give meaning that words cannot explain?

a)

Pictography

b)

Heiroglyphics

c)

Iconography

d)

Symbolism

2.

What does Hamlet call Rosencrantz, and why?

a)

a cowardly dog - Rosencrantz can't think for himself

b)

a feast for worms - Hamlet will soon kill him

c)

Claudius' sponge soon wrung out - Rosencrantz does whatever the king tells him, but he will not gain anything from the king

d)

a pull toy of Claudius - The king is just toying with Rosencrantz.

3.

Hamlet says ______ is "not where he eats, but where he is eaten."

a)

Polonius

b)

King Claudius

c)

Old King Hamlet

d)

Laertes

4.

What is the content of letters the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England?

a)

Claudius will make them his royal advisers.

b)

Hamlet will be killed by the British as soon as he reaches England.

c)

Hamlet has secret plans to marry Ophelia.

d)

Laertes is collaborating with Fortinbras to take over.

5.

What prompts Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth"?

a)

Hamlet wants his revenge on Claudius to be violent. He wishes he'd taken the opportunity to kill him previously.

b)

He's sad that Ophelia has gone insane.

c)

He wishes someone like Fortinbras would kill King Claudius for him so that he wouldn't have the murder on his own soul.

d)

He killed the pirates who kidnapped him.

6.

Why does Laertes burst into the King's court room in Scene 5?

a)

He wants to stop Claudius from killing Hamlet, his friend.

b)

He wants to take Ophelia back home with him.

c)

He wants revenge for his father's death.

d)

There's an angry mob outside trying to kill the King.

7.

What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?

a)

Laertes will kill Ophelia if Hamlet doesn't leave Denmark.

b)

Laertes will host an archery contest w/ poisoned arrows.

c)

Laertes will try to kill him in a duel, or if that doesn't work, Claudius will give him poisoned wine.

d)

Claudius will kill Gertrude if Hamlet doesn't leave Denmark.

8.

Why is Hamlet surprised at Fortinbras's attempt to conquer a part of Poland?

a)

The land is worthless

b)

No one has ever successfully defeated the Poles

c)

Fortinbras is travelling in the wrong direction

d)

The Poles have never had a disagreement with the Norwegians

9.

What happens to Hamlet after he runs into Fortinbras's army?

a)

He ditches his guards and comes back to Denmark

b)

He convinces Rosencrantz to help him and they come back to Denmark

c)

Hamlet's boat gets attacked by pirates and they bring him back to Denmark

d)

He drowns

10.

By the end of Act 4, Laertes blames Hamlet for the death of his father.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Where does Laertes want to kill Hamlet?

a)

Church

b)

While he sleeps in his closet

c)

In the throne room

d)

While he visits his father's grave

12.

How does Ophelia die?

a)

Smothered by Hamlet

b)

Drowns in the creek after falling from a broken branch

c)

Falls over the parapet (low wall)

d)

Dagger to the heart

13.

What news does the Queen bring Laertes?

a)

Ophelia will marry Hamlet.

b)

Ophelia has died (ruled a suicide by the throne).

c)

Hamlet has returned to fight Laertes.

d)

Claudius will make Laertes a knight of the realm.

14.

Which of the following does NOT happen in Act 4?

a)

Hamlet negotiates a peace treaty with Fortinbras's army.

b)

Laertes comes back from France

c)

Ophelia talks to Gertrude and Claudius about flowers

d)

Hamlet gets kidnapped

15.

Who goes at the end of Act 4 to find Hamlet?

a)

Gertrude

b)

Horatio

c)

Ophelia

d)

Claudius