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WorksheetsHamlet, Act 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Who is Bernardo?
Bernardo is a guard at Elsinore. He has seen the ghost of Old Hamlet twice while standing guard.
Bernardo is a friend to Horatio.
Bernardo is a friend to the Queen.
Bernardo is not a guard, he is a servant.
Who is Horatio?
Horatio is a guard.
Horatio is a servant.
Horatio is Ophelia's friend.
Horatio is Hamlet's friend who stays loyal to the end.
What does Fortinbras, the young Prince of Norway, want?
Fortinbras just wants his land back.
Fortinbras is looking for Hamlet.
Fortinbras wants to talk to the queen.
His father was killed by Old King Hamlet. He wants to reclaim the land that his father lost to King Hamlet. He wants to fight the King of Denmark and get the land back.
Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand?
Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to get money.
Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to kill the king.
Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to convince the king of Norway to stop his nephew, Prince Fortinbras, from invading Denmark.
Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to seek peace.
What does King Claudius tell Hamlet?
Claudius tells Hamlet that everyone loses their father eventually and that he should not grieve so long.
Claudius tells Hamlet that he should go back the the university.
Claudius tell Hamlet that his mother secretly loved him instead of his father.
Claudius tells Hamlet to stop grieving and think of him as his father.
What are the two reasons that Hamlet is upset?
His mother ignores him, and his fiancee' has canceled the wedding plans.
His father has died, and his uncle married his mother less than two months after his father's death.
He wants to travel for a year, but he is afraid of leaving his mother because she is acting so strangely.
His father has died, and his uncle is declaring war on Fortinbras.
What news does Horatio bring to Hamlet?
Horatio tells hamlet about King Hamlet's ghost.
Horatio tells Hamlet that his mother has been excommunicated.
Horatio tells Hamlet there is a great plague that has come upon the land.
Horatio tells Hamlet that he saw his father's ghost and that he was dressed for battle and looked very sad.
What does Hamlet do after he hears Horatio's news?
Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio's news.
Hamlet decides to go to the confession booth and take communion.
Hamlet decides to get ready for his army to fight.
Hamlet decides to get a doctor for his mother.
What is Laertes' advice to Ophelia?
"Don't trust Hamlet or his confessions of love."
He tells her to look over other young men before she makes a choice.
He tells her she would be better off going to a convent.
Laertes told Ophelia to her that others are secretly in love with her.
What advice does Polonius?
"Costly they habit as they purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
"keep you in the rear of your affection. Out of the shot and danger of desire."
He tells him to keep his thoughts to himself and to not act too quickly and to treat people with familiarity and not vulger.
"To thine own self be true."
What did the ghost tell Hamlet?
The ghost told Hamlet that Claudius murdered King Hamlet, and it asked Hamlet to avenge the murder.
The ghost told Hamlet that he was not the real son of Old King Hamlet.
The ghost told Hamlet that Fortinbras is the rightful ruler.
The ghost told Hamlet to take his mother and flee to Sweden.
What two things did Hamlet swear to Horatio?
Don't marry Ophelia or be king.
Don't tell anyone about the ghost, and no matter how crazy Hamlet behaves, don't say anything about it.
Don't go to Mass for him every day for a year if he dies and tell nothing.
Protect his mother and defend the country.
Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost?
They want to tell the queen.
They want to tell the Commander of the Guards.
They want to tell the priests.
They want to tell Hamlet. Identify King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Laertes, and Polonius: King Claudius is the new king of Denmark, and he killed Old King Hamlet.
Why does Hamlet act like he is mad?
He wants to show off to everyone how good he can act.
He wants King Claudius to think he is harmless and won't try to discover how his father died.
He wants to find out if Ophelia really loves him.
He can't decide if he himself is crazy or just heartbroken.
Is King Claudius royality?
No, he is a soldier who always wanted to be king.
No, he is just a servant in the court.
Yes, Kind Claudius is the King so he is royalty.
No, he murdered the Old king Hamlet and usurped the throne.
Why does Marcellus tell Horatio to speak to the ghost?
Marcellus thinks the Horatio is more religious.
Marcellus thinks that Horatio is a 'scholar" and educated and will know what to say to the ghost.
Marcellus thinks of Horatio because he is the only one who does not believe in ghosts.
Marcellus knows Horatio's parents are dead and that he might understand the ghost.
Does Gertrude really know who killed her husband?
Yes, she is pretending like everyone else.
No, Claudius had been deceiving her all along, but she believed him.
Gertrude is in sorrow herself.
Gertrude really has been in love with her brother-in-law for a long time.
The play begins on a dark winter night outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark as a few watchmen (Bernardo and Marcellus) and a friend of Prince Hamlet (Horatio) have a conversation. What is revealed in this conversation?
It is revealed that a big party is planned to celebrate
That Fortinbras plans to invade Denmark to take back the land his father lost.
King Claudius is planning to kill others.
It was revealed that Hamlet plans a surprise wedding.
What is Polonius' plan to spy on Hamlet?
He plans to hide behind the curtains in Gertrude's room to hear about Hamlet's plans.
He plans to hide behind a mirror so her can listen and not be noticed.
He plans to go around asking all of Hamlet's friends.
He has so plans, he just plans to sneak around.
Where has Hamlet been during the time his father was murdered and Claudius became king?
Hamlet was hiding in the castle.
Hamlet was away in England at school in Wittenberg.
Hamlet was in Scotland.
Hamlet was at a party in France.
