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Hamlet Act 1 Review Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the audience knows more about what is happening than the characters on stage

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Aside

d)

Personification

2.

Are you Lion Kinging with me? Match the following Lion King character to their Hamlet counterpart.

a)
1.

Hamlet

b)
2.

Claudius

c)
3.

Polonius

d)
4.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

e)
5.

Ghost Hamlet

3.

​ (a)   and ​ the other guards notice ​ (b)   while on night watch. They first decide to ask ​ (c)   to speak to it because ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Marcellus
a ghost
Horatio
he is educated
Hamlet
King Claudius
he is the prince
the ghost is his father
Ophelia
Polonius
4.

Where does Hamlet take place?

a)

Italy

b)

Denmark

c)

Norway

d)

Sweeden

5.

Reorder the following

a)

The guards notice a ghost.

b)

Hamlet speaks to the ghost.

c)

The ghost tells Hamlet about his death.

d)

Hamlet decides to get revenge.

e)

Hamlet begins acting "mad".

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6.

Who is potentially setting up an attack on Denmark (in Act 1)?

a)

Sweeden

b)

Old Norway

c)

Young Fortinbras

d)

Hamlet

7.

What advice does Polonius NOT give his son, Laertes, before Laertes goes back to college?

a)

Don't lend or borrow money.

b)

To your own self be true.

c)

Get in fights often.

d)

Find good friends and hold on to them.

8.

(a)   gives advice to Ophelia about her relationship with Hamlet.

9.

​The story goes that ​ (a)   was killed by ​ (b)   . But really​ he was killed by ​ (c)   using ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
King Hamlet
a serpent
Claudius
poison
a knife
Fortinbras
himself
Gertrude
Polonius
arrows
10.

Why don't Hamlet's friends trust the ghost?

a)

It might be a demon leading him to his death.

b)

They do trust the ghost.

c)

They do not believe in ghosts.

d)

They already know how King Hamlet died.

11.

Harbinger most closely means

a)

reversal

b)

perfection

c)

debate

d)

herald

12.

Pith most closely means

a)

essence

b)

offense

c)

factor

d)

distress

13.

Which character is described as a libertine?

a)

Polonius

b)

Hamlet

c)

Gertrude

d)

Laertes