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WorksheetsHamlet Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is Hamlet's best friend?
Ophelia
Laertes
Yorick
Horatio
What does the ghost mean when he tells Hamlet "The serpent that did sting thy father’s life, now wears his crown.”?
He believes that Hamlet should be king
He was murdered by his wife Gertrude
He was murdered by Claudius
He was bitten by a snake
Why doesn't Horatio kill himself?
Suicide is against his morals
Hamlet kills him first
He promises to tell Hamlet's story
He is now king
How does Ophelia die?
By drowning
She is poisoned
From a fall
From childbirth
When Claudius feels that Hamlet is a threat, where does he send him?
Denmark
Norway
England
Italy
Besides Fortinbras and Hamlet, what other two characters have experienced losing their fathers through violence within the play?
Ophelia and Horatio
Laertes and Horatio
Marcellous and Polonius
Ophelia and Laertes
Which line serves to foreshadow Hamlet's downfall?
"Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
“Madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.”
“For there is nothing either good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.”
"The cat will mew, and the dog will have its day."
In order to make room for Ophelia, who are the gravediggers moving?
Yorick
Hamlet Sr.
Polonius
Othello
What happens to Fortinbras after the play ends?
He marries Gertrude
He becomes king of Denmark
He becomes king of England
He kills Horatio
What caused Ophelia to become so depressed?
Hamlet was awful towards her.
Her father is murdered.
She is forbidden from helping Hamlet trough his troubles.
All of the above.
What does Hamlet mean by "To be, or not to be..." ?
Should he stay in Denmark or run away?
Is it better to live or to commit suicide?
Is it better to continue grieving or to move on?
Should he continue to be a prince or abandon the crown?
What play does Hamlet request to be performed?
Oedipus Rex
Julius Ceasar
Death of a Salesman
The Murder of Gonzago
Who provides comedic relief in scene 1 of act 5?
Yorick
Hamlet
The Gravediggers
Laertes
While watching the play, who says “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,"?
Queen Gertrude
Ophelia
Hamlet
Claudius
In Hamlet, Shakespeare included a LOT of these types of speeches...
Debates
Monologues
Soliloquies
Sonnets
