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WorksheetsHamlet Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
If Laertes does not kill Hamlet, what is the back up plan?
a)
Horatio kills him
b)
Send him back to England
c)
Claudius kills him with a drink
d)
Laertes drowns him
2.
What happens to Ophelia?
a)
She drowns
b)
She takes poison and dies
c)
She stabs herself
d)
She joins a convent
3.
When Hamlet says that Fortinbras has his “dying voice,” he means that
a)
Fortinbras has his endorsement to be the ruler
b)
Fortinbras will need to carry out the instructions that Hamlet has left
c)
the arrival of Fortinbras has hastened Hamlet's death
d)
the last memory Fortinbras will have of Hamlet is the sound of his voice
4.
By saying that the outer signs of grief are "actions that a man might play," Hamlet is implying that
a)
sadness remains long after a person seems to be mourning
b)
Hamlet will wear black until he stops feeling grief
c)
He knows that Claudius killed his father
d)
Claudius and Gertrude are only pretending to grieve
5.
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do as he is dying?
a)
Forgive Claudius
b)
Tell his story
c)
Bury him in England
d)
Avenge his death
6.
In Act I, what do the guards see outside the castle at night?
a)
The ghost of King Fortinbras
b)
The ghost of King Claudius
c)
The ghost of King Hamlet
d)
The Purge
7.
What does Hamlet do with Polonius's body after killing him?
a)
He conceals it and refuses to reveal its location
b)
He hides it under the stairs
c)
He drags it to Claudius's room
d)
He buries it in the churchyard
8.
What does Claudius tell Hamlet in Act I?
a)
He suggest Hamlet attend the University of Cambridge in England.
b)
He tells Hamlet to stop mourning and to think of him as his father.
c)
He tells him that he should marry Ophelia and settle down.
d)
He brags that Gertrude never loved Hamlet's father.
9.
The Ghost’s speech affects Hamlet’s view of his mother because he learns that she was
a)
forced to marry Claudius
b)
unfaithful to his father
c)
a participant in Claudius' plot
d)
a loving a loyal wife to Hamlet's father
10.
What is the main idea behind Hamlet's famous speech, "To be or not to be?"
a)
He is thinking about marrying Ophelia
b)
He is thinking about killing himself
c)
Hi sis thinking about his mother's marriage
d)
He figures out what he is going to be for Halloween
11.
Polonius has a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. Because of this letter he is attempting to prove what?
a)
Hamlet's odd behavior is because of his father's death
b)
Hamlet is crazy
c)
The loss of Ophelia's affection has caused Hamlet's lunacy.
d)
Hamlet is a gifted poet.
12.
The Ghost appears when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude to
a)
Make Hamlet appear even more insane
b)
mitigate Hamlet's cruel treatment of his mother
c)
symbolize Hamlet's guilt over the killing of Polonius
d)
warn Hamlet that Claudius is going to try and kill him
13.
Who says "I doubt it is no other but the main...his father's death and our o'erhasty marriage"?
a)
Claudius
b)
Gertrude
c)
Ophelia
d)
Hamlet
14.
Before he dies, Laertes
a)
curses Hamlet for murdering his father
b)
welcomes Fortinbras to Denmark
c)
confesses and asks for Hamlet's forgiveness
d)
attempts to kill Claudius
15.
Who says: "The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king."
a)
Horatio
b)
Hamlet
c)
Ophelia
d)
Claudius
16.
After Hamlet kills Polonius, the queen immediately tells Claudius. This shows that she
a)
no longer trusts Claudius
b)
is anxious that Hamlet might harm her next
c)
maintains her greater allegiance to Claudius
d)
knows that Hamlet will need help burying the body
17.
Who is sent to England along with Hamlet?
a)
Laertes
b)
Horatio
c)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
d)
Ophelia
18.
Who is alive at the end of the play?
a)
Yorick
b)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c)
Horatio
d)
Hamlet
19.
A major difference between Laertes and Hamlet is that Laertes
a)
has more military experience
b)
loved his father more than Hamlet loved his
c)
finds solace for his grief in action
d)
knows exactly whom is to blame for his father's murder
20.
In Scene 1, Hamlet visits Ophelia “with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head” to
a)
ask how she feels about him
b)
declare his love for her
c)
convince her of his madness
d)
tell her about the ghost of his father
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