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Unit Review: Hamlet

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who saw the ghost of King Hamlet first?

a)

Hamlet and Horatio

b)

Bernardo and Horatio

c)

Marcellus and Hamlet

d)

Bernardo and Marcellus

2.

Who are Hamlet's parents?

a)

Hamlet and Gertrude

b)

Claudius and Gertrude

c)

Polonius and Ophelia

d)

Hamlet and Ophelia

3.

What do we learn about young Fortinbras in Act I, scene ii?

a)

He killed King Hamlet.

b)

He is trying to take back the lands his father lost to the old king.

c)

He wants Ophelia's hand in marriage.

d)

He wants to invade England.

4.

Who is Hamlet's "love interest?"

a)

Ophelia

b)

Persephone

c)

Fortinbras' sister

d)

Olivia

5.

Who is Laertes?

a)

Hamlet's friend from school

b)

Claudius' son

c)

Polonius' son

d)

Horatio's brother

6.

How soon after King Hamlet's funeral did Queen Gertrude marry Claudius?

a)

Less than one month

b)

Less than two months

c)

less than six months

d)

less than one year

7.

Why does Laertes advise Ophelia to break up with Hamlet?

a)

He doesn't think it will last.

b)

He doesn't think Hamlet is good enough.

c)

He thinks Horatio is better for Ophelia.

d)

He doesn't do this.

8.

What is another problem with Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet?

a)

They are from different countries.

b)

They are different religions.

c)

She wants to become a nun.

d)

He is royalty and she is not.

9.

What advice does Polonius give Laertes?

a)

Study hard

b)

Be true to yourself

c)

Read as much Shakespeare as you can

d)

Join the Crusades

10.

What is the ghost's message to Hamlet?

a)

Avenge Fortinbras

b)

Avenge my most foul murder

c)

Go to France

d)

Join the Crusades

11.

Who killed King Hamlet?

a)

Polonius

b)

Gertrude

c)

Claudius

d)

Laertes

12.

How did King Hamlet die?

a)

A snake bit him.

b)

Claudius poured poison in his ear.

c)

Claudius killed him in battle.

d)

Claudius stabbed him.

13.

Who does the ghost want to leave out of the revenging?

a)

Polonius

b)

Ophelia

c)

Fortinbras

d)

Gertrude

14.

What does Polonius think is wrong with Hamlet?

a)

He is still sad about his father's death.

b)

He doesn't like that Gertrude remarried so soon.

c)

Ophelia broke up with him.

d)

Nothing

15.

In Act III, why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he was alone?

a)

He was praying.

b)

Polonius was hiding behind a curtain.

c)

He left his sword in his room.

d)

He wasn't ready

16.

What did Hamlet mean by "To be, or not to be"? (pick 2 answers)

a)

To act or not to act

b)

To leave or not to leave

c)

To marry Opelia or not

d)

To live or not to live

17.

Where does Claudius send Hamlet after he accidentally kills Polonius?

a)

France

b)

Norway

c)

England

d)

Poland

18.

Why did the ghost reapper to Hamlet in act 3?

a)

to remind him of his duty

b)

to scare Gertrude

c)

to scare Claudius

19.

How does Polonius die?

a)

Hamlet stabs him.

b)

He drinks poison.

c)

Laertes stabs him.

d)

Gertrude stabs him.

20.

Why can't Claudius punish Hamlet openly for killing Polonius?

a)

He is loved by the people.

b)

He's really not a disciplinarian. Just a murderer.

c)

He really wants Hamlet to be on his side.

d)

He didn't like Polonius.

21.

What are Claudius' secret orders for England concerning Hamlet?

a)

Kill him.

b)

an arranged marriage with the English princess

c)

imprisonment

22.

What tragic news does Gertrude bring Laertes?

a)

His father is dead.

b)

Hamlet is dead.

c)

Ophelia has drowned.

d)

Horatio is dead.

23.

Who was the only main character left alive?

a)

Horatio

b)

Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Gertrude

24.
Whom does Fortinbras swear he will not attack?
a)
The Americans
b)
The Italians (Italy)
c)
The Danes (Denmark)
d)
The Spanish (Spain)
25.
What play does Hamlet want the players to perform?
a)
"The Murder of Gonzago"
b)
"Oedipus Rex"
c)
"Beowulf"
d)
"Faust"
26.
What do Polonius and Claudius overhear Hamlet discussing with himself?
a)
The life he led at school
b)
His feelings of love
c)
Whether or not to marry Ophelia
d)
Whether or not to live
27.
What does Ophelia give Hamlet?
a)
Her love
b)
A letter
c)
The gifts he has given her
d)
A rejection note
28.
Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
a)
To England
b)
To a nunnery
c)
To Italy
d)
On a trip
29.
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play?
a)
Monitor Ophelia's behavior
b)
Keep an eye on Gertrude
c)
Pay attention to Polonius's movements
d)
Watch Claudius's reactions
30.
Who sends for Hamlet after the play?
a)
Claudius
b)
Ophelia
c)
Horatio
d)
Gertrude
31.
Why does Hamlet refrain from killing Claudius when he has the opportunity to?
a)
He does not want to be king.
b)
Claudius is still his uncle.
c)
Claudius is praying.
d)
He does not want to hurt him.
32.
When does Hamlet plan to kill Claudius?
a)
When Claudius is sleeping
b)
When there is a diversion
c)
When his mother is away
d)
When Claudius is sinning
33.
Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is mad (crazy)?
a)
He killed her dog.
b)
He is making accusations.
c)
Because he appears to be talking to himself
d)
Because he attacks her
34.

Which character in Hamlet speaks the most lines?

a)

Polonius

b)

Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Horatio

35.

Who said it?

"O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt / That and resolve itself into a dew!"

a)

Claudius

b)

Hamlet

c)

Ophelia

d)

Polonius

36.

Who said it?

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be / For loan oft loses both itself and friend."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Horatio

c)

Polonius

d)

Ophelia

37.

Who says it?

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

a)

Hamlet

b)

King Hamlet's Ghost

c)

Horatio

d)

Marcellus

38.

Who says it?

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Polonius

c)

Laertes

d)

Fortinbras

39.

Who says it?

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."

a)

Polonius

b)

Hamlet

c)

Horatio

d)

Ophelia

40.

Who said it?

"There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so."

a)

Polonius

b)

Osric

c)

Hamlet

d)

Gertrude

41.

Who says it?

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

a)

Player 2

b)

Hamlet

c)

Gertrude

d)

Ophelia

42.

Who says it?

"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below / Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

a)

The Ghost

b)

Hamlet

c)

Claudius

d)

Laertes

43.

Who says it?

"I must be cruel only to be kind / Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."

a)

Claudius

b)

Rosencrantz

c)

Hamlet

d)

Laertes

44.

Fill in the Blank:

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, ________"

a)

well

b)

verily

c)

Horatio

d)

Ophelia

45.

Fill in the Blank:

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, ______, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

a)

...in truth, the Universe...

b)

...Horatio...

c)

...my friend...

d)

...Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...

46.

Fill in the Blank:

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and (a)   of outrageous fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles / And by opposing end them?"

47.

Fill in the blank:

"The undiscovered (a)   from whose bourn / No traveller returns"

48.

Fill in the Blank:

"This above all: to thine own (a)   be true." - Polonius

49.

Fill in the blank:

"There is nothing good or bad, but (a)   makes it so." --Hamlet

50.

Fill in the Blank:

"When (a)   come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!"

51.

Fill in the Blank:

"The (a)   's the thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." --Hamlet

52.

Fill in the Blank:

" (a)   in great ones must not unwatched go." -- Polonius

53.

Fill in the Blank:

"Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet (a)   / And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." --Horatio

54.

Who says it?

"I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."

a)

Player Two

b)

Claudius

c)

Ophelia

d)

Hamlet

55.

Hamlet is thought to have been written by Shakespeare during which period?

a)

1564 to 1570

b)

1590 to 1594

c)

1599 to 1601

d)

1611 to 1613