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WorksheetsUnit Review: Hamlet
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 46mins
Who saw the ghost of King Hamlet first?
Hamlet and Horatio
Bernardo and Horatio
Marcellus and Hamlet
Bernardo and Marcellus
Who are Hamlet's parents?
Hamlet and Gertrude
Claudius and Gertrude
Polonius and Ophelia
Hamlet and Ophelia
What do we learn about young Fortinbras in Act I, scene ii?
He killed King Hamlet.
He is trying to take back the lands his father lost to the old king.
He wants Ophelia's hand in marriage.
He wants to invade England.
Who is Hamlet's "love interest?"
Ophelia
Persephone
Fortinbras' sister
Olivia
Who is Laertes?
Hamlet's friend from school
Claudius' son
Polonius' son
Horatio's brother
How soon after King Hamlet's funeral did Queen Gertrude marry Claudius?
Less than one month
Less than two months
less than six months
less than one year
Why does Laertes advise Ophelia to break up with Hamlet?
He doesn't think it will last.
He doesn't think Hamlet is good enough.
He thinks Horatio is better for Ophelia.
He doesn't do this.
What is another problem with Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet?
They are from different countries.
They are different religions.
She wants to become a nun.
He is royalty and she is not.
What advice does Polonius give Laertes?
Study hard
Be true to yourself
Read as much Shakespeare as you can
Join the Crusades
What is the ghost's message to Hamlet?
Avenge Fortinbras
Avenge my most foul murder
Go to France
Join the Crusades
Who killed King Hamlet?
Polonius
Gertrude
Claudius
Laertes
How did King Hamlet die?
A snake bit him.
Claudius poured poison in his ear.
Claudius killed him in battle.
Claudius stabbed him.
Who does the ghost want to leave out of the revenging?
Polonius
Ophelia
Fortinbras
Gertrude
What does Polonius think is wrong with Hamlet?
He is still sad about his father's death.
He doesn't like that Gertrude remarried so soon.
Ophelia broke up with him.
Nothing
In Act III, why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he was alone?
He was praying.
Polonius was hiding behind a curtain.
He left his sword in his room.
He wasn't ready
What did Hamlet mean by "To be, or not to be"? (pick 2 answers)
To act or not to act
To leave or not to leave
To marry Opelia or not
To live or not to live
Where does Claudius send Hamlet after he accidentally kills Polonius?
France
Norway
England
Poland
Why did the ghost reapper to Hamlet in act 3?
to remind him of his duty
to scare Gertrude
to scare Claudius
How does Polonius die?
Hamlet stabs him.
He drinks poison.
Laertes stabs him.
Gertrude stabs him.
Why can't Claudius punish Hamlet openly for killing Polonius?
He is loved by the people.
He's really not a disciplinarian. Just a murderer.
He really wants Hamlet to be on his side.
He didn't like Polonius.
What are Claudius' secret orders for England concerning Hamlet?
Kill him.
an arranged marriage with the English princess
imprisonment
What tragic news does Gertrude bring Laertes?
His father is dead.
Hamlet is dead.
Ophelia has drowned.
Horatio is dead.
Who was the only main character left alive?
Horatio
Hamlet
Claudius
Gertrude
Which character in Hamlet speaks the most lines?
Polonius
Hamlet
Claudius
Horatio
Who said it?
"O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt / That and resolve itself into a dew!"
Claudius
Hamlet
Ophelia
Polonius
Who said it?
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be / For loan oft loses both itself and friend."
Hamlet
Horatio
Polonius
Ophelia
Who says it?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost
Horatio
Marcellus
Who says it?
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Hamlet
Polonius
Laertes
Fortinbras
Who says it?
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
Polonius
Hamlet
Horatio
Ophelia
Who said it?
"There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so."
Polonius
Osric
Hamlet
Gertrude
Who says it?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Player 2
Hamlet
Gertrude
Ophelia
Who says it?
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below / Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
The Ghost
Hamlet
Claudius
Laertes
Who says it?
"I must be cruel only to be kind / Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."
Claudius
Rosencrantz
Hamlet
Laertes
Fill in the Blank:
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, ________"
well
verily
Horatio
Ophelia
Fill in the Blank:
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, ______, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
...in truth, the Universe...
...Horatio...
...my friend...
...Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...
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?"
Fill in the blank:
"The undiscovered (a) from whose bourn / No traveller returns"
Fill in the Blank:
"This above all: to thine own (a) be true." - Polonius
Fill in the blank:
"There is nothing good or bad, but (a) makes it so." --Hamlet
Fill in the Blank:
"When (a) come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!"
Fill in the Blank:
"The (a) 's the thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." --Hamlet
Fill in the Blank:
" (a) in great ones must not unwatched go." -- Polonius
Fill in the Blank:
"Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet (a) / And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." --Horatio
Who says it?
"I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."
Player Two
Claudius
Ophelia
Hamlet
Hamlet is thought to have been written by Shakespeare during which period?
1564 to 1570
1590 to 1594
1599 to 1601
1611 to 1613
