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Grade 10 Hamlet

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Gertrude?
a)
Hamlet's grandmother
b)
Hamlet's girlfriend
c)
Hamlet's mother
d)
Hamlet's sister
2.
Who  is Horatio?
a)
The prince of Denmark
b)
Hamlet's best friend
c)
The prince of Norway
d)
An actor
3.
Why does the ghost speak to Hamlet?
a)
He wants Hamlet to kill Polonius.
b)
He wants to warn Hamlet about Gertrude
c)
He wants his murder to be avenged
d)
He is bored walking earth as a spirit
4.
In Act I, what do the guards see outside the castle at night?
a)
The ghost of King Fortinbras
b)
The ghost of King Claudius
c)
The ghost of King Hamlet
d)
The Purge
5.
What message does Act I send about the state of Denmark?
a)
Denmark is in an uncertain state
b)
Denmark is strong and ready to fight
c)
Denmark is full of ghosts
d)
If you are king, you will not live for a long time
6.
Who is instructed to take Hamlet to England?
a)
Horatio
b)
Remy and Martin
c)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
d)
Fortinbras
7.
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he is praying in the church?
a)
He doesn't believe in shedding blood in church
b)
He believes if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven
c)
He's worried about his mother
d)
He is soft
8.
What are two characteristics of a tragic hero?
a)
strength and power
b)
honor and respect
c)
cold and lit
d)
heroic and flawed
9.

Hamlet was a prince in...

a)

Denmark

b)

England

c)

Italy

d)

Scotland

10.

Hamlet isn't happy about the new king.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Hamlet askes the actor to change the play. The new play will show...

a)

the poisoning of a king.

b)

be about Romeo and Juliet.

c)

a castle haunted by a ghost.

12.

When the king sees the play, he....

a)

runs away.

b)

drinks poison.

c)

kills the queen.

13.

The king uses poison on....

a)

a sword and a drink.

b)

the throne.

c)

his crown.

14.

.......drinks the poison.

a)

The queen

b)

Laertes

c)

Hamlet

d)

The king

15.
Who asks for permission to go back to France?
a)
Claudio
b)
Othello
c)
Laertes 
d)
Iago
16.

Polonius' daughter is...

a)

Emilia

b)

Martin

c)

Ophelia

d)

Gertrudis

17.

Hamlet kills...

a)

Polonius

b)

The clown

c)

Ophelia

d)

Horatio

18.

The most famous line of the play is

a)

"What's in a name..."

b)

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

c)

"Be strong my prince."

d)

Romeo, Romeo... where for art thou Romeo?"

19.

Who does the skull belong to ?

a)

Ophelia

b)

Poor Yorick, the court jester

c)

Polonius

d)

King Hamlet

20.

Why is Hamlet angry before he meets the ghost?

a)

He isn't allowed to go back to school

b)

Ophelia rejected him

c)

His mom married his uncle right after his father died

d)

his uncle killed his father by putting poison in his ear in order to take the kingdom and marry his mother

21.

what does "the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king" mean and why does Hamlet say it?

a)

Hamlet is planning on playing crazy until Claudius admits he killed the king

b)

Hamlet is putting on a play to show that Gertrude killed the king

c)

Hamlet is putting on a play to get proof that Claudius killed the king

d)

Hamlet enjoys watching people's reactions to plays he writes.

22.

How did the Hamlet's father die?

a)

tragic accident in the garden

b)

a potent poison in his ear

c)

Claudius stabbed him with a poisoned sword

d)

a plane crash

23.

how is Polonius killed

a)

Hamlet thinks he might be the king hiding behind the curtain and stabs him.

b)

Hamlet is actually crazy, and thinks there is a man-sized rat hiding behind the curtain and stabs him in an attempt to kill said rat.

c)

Hamlet thinks there is a regular sized rat behind the curtain and stabs around about 3 feet above it and accidentally kills him

d)

Hamlet doesn't like eavesdroppers.

24.

Hamlet gets sent to England...

a)

To punish him for killing Polonius

b)

because he knows too much

c)

to get him killed

d)

because Claudius didn't want the danish people to realize Hamlet was crazy

e)

for a pleasant holiday

25.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are hired by Claudius...

a)

to be Hamlet's friends because he's an angsty teen and needs some human companionship cause all he does is muse about death.

b)

to kill Hamlet

c)

to escort Hamlet on his vacation to England.

d)

to spy on Hamlet because they are his childhood friends and he should trust them

26.

Why does Claudius decide to Kill Hamlet

a)

Gertrude actually is the one who wants Hamlet dead

b)

He just likes killing people

c)

He thinks Hamlet has gone crazy

d)

He knows Hamlet is on to him

27.

who lives in the end?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Horatio

c)

Gertrude

d)

Claudius

28.

How does Hamlet die?

a)

Poisoned wine

b)

Poisoned sword wound

c)

he didn't

d)

he killed himself

29.

what is hamlet's big problem

a)

inaction

b)

he wants to be king

c)

his mom forgot who he was

d)

his dad had cancer

30.

what happens to Hamlet on his way to England

a)

he goes to England and is executed by order of Claudius

b)

He meets a woman, falls in love, and gets married.

c)

he gets captured by nice pirates and brought back to Denmark

d)

Nothing happens.

31.
an unusual or unexpected sight; a ghostly figure
a)
filial
b)
martial
c)
apparition
d)
malicious
32.
Claudius feels some guilt about what he had done. At one point, he thinks to himself, “Oh, my crime is so rotten it stinks all the way to heaven. It has the mark of Cain on it, a brother’s murder.” This is an example of:
a)
foreshadowing
b)
allusion
c)
tragedy
d)
satire
33.
Ophelia is instructed by Polonius to spy on Hamlet. This illustrates that Ophelia has this character trait:
a)
dishonesty
b)
obedience
c)
sincerity
d)
kindness
34.
Hamlet is angry and upset that his father has died and his mother has married Claudius. These emotions are examples of:
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
35.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are:
a)
identical twins
b)
members of Claudius's court
c)
slimy sellouts
d)
actor's in Hamlet's play
36.
What kind of clothes is the ghost of King Hamlet wearing?
a)
wedding clothes
b)
burial clothes
c)
a suit of armor
d)
jorts
37.
What does Polonius think Hamlet's problem is?
a)
lack of sleep
b)
hanging with the wrong crowd
c)
too stupid
d)
he's mad with love for Ophelia
38.
The “To be, or not to be” soliloquy is an example of:
a)
external conflict
b)
internal conflict
39.
When Ophelia loses her mind, what does she hand out?
a)
kisses
b)
flowers
c)
samples at Wal-Mart
d)
her possessions
40.
What does Hamlet wear that Gertrude and Claudius dislike?
a)
a suit of armor
b)
the color black
c)
an army uniform
d)
a One Direction t-shirt
41.
Yorick's skull is an example of:
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
symbolism
d)
tragedy
42.
Claudius is motivated to kill King Hamlet and marry Gertrude by:
a)
his hatred for King Hamlet
b)
his love for Gertrude
c)
a quest for power
d)
his desire to live in a castle
43.
A character speaking his/her thoughts aloud, when no other characters can hear, is called a:
a)
speech
b)
stanza
c)
soliloquy
d)
flashback
44.
One of the themes of Hamlet is:
a)
the mystery of death
b)
revenge
c)
madness
d)
all of the above

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