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Hamlet Act 3 & 4 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prince Hamlet suspects that ___.

a)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are guilty of killing his father

b)

Rosencrantz and Guildentern were sent for to check up on him

c)

Rosenctantz and Guildenstern will not break their promise to the King and Queen

d)

he will get no pleasure from the actors' play

2.

Hamlet wants the actors to perform the story of his father's killing so that ___.

a)

the ghost will not be upset

b)

Hamlet can watch how Claudius acts when he sees it performed

c)

Hamlet will remember what happened

d)

the guilty person won't suspect anyone knows what happened

3.
Identify the speaker of  “To be or not to be---that is the question…"
a)
Ophelia
b)
Claudius
c)
Hamlet
d)
Gertrude
4.

When Claudius sees Lucianus pour poison into the Player King's ear, he reacts by ___.

a)

fainting

b)

choking on his wine

c)

calling for lights and leaving

d)

turning red and squirming

5.

Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he's praying?

a)

He realizes that Claudius didn't kill King Hamlet.

b)

He doesn't want Claudius' soul to go to Heaven.

c)

Hamlet begins to pray with him.

d)

Hamlet doesn't want to go to Hell for murder.

6.

Why does Polonius hide in the curtains in Gertrude's bedroom?

a)

He likes to play hide & seek

b)

He wants to listen to what Hamlet will say to the queen

c)

He's trying to hide from Claudius

d)

He thinks Claudius will hurt the queen

7.

How and why is Polonius killed?

a)

Hamlet realized he was spying so he stabbed Polonius through the curtain.

b)

Hamlet thought it was the King and stabbed him without checking first.

c)

Hamlet thought it was an intruder, so he stabs, not knowing who it is.

d)

The queen screamed and Hamlet thought someone was attacking her so he killed her attacker.

8.

What advice does Hamlet give his mother?

a)

She should kill herself.

b)

She should divorce Claudius.

c)

She should stop sleeping with Claudius.

d)

She should marry Fortinbras.

9.

What does Hamlet do with the body of Polonius?

a)

Leaves it in Claudius's chambers

b)

Throws it over a cliff and into the sea

c)

Buries it in the churchyard

d)

Hides it in the castle

10.

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.

11.

Why does Laertes burst into the King's courtroom at the end of the Act?

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.

12.

What has happened to Ophelia after Polonius was murdered?

a)

Ophelia will marry Hamlet.

b)

Ophelia has lost her mind.

c)

Ophelia claims she never loved Hamlet.

d)

Claudius will make Ophelia a lady of the realm.

13.

In a letter to Horatio, Hamlet claims to have been captured by ___.

a)

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

b)

Fortinbras

c)

Claudius

d)

pirates

14.

Gertrude informs Claudius that Ophelia has ___.

a)

jumped over the castle walls to her death

b)

stabbed herself in the heart with a dagger

c)

fallen into a brook and drowned

d)

purposefully let venomous snakes bite her

15.

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.