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Hamlet: Act 1 - Review post-reading

Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn

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  • Q1
    Which character is a guard?
    the Ghost
    Hamlet
    Bernardo
    Horatio
    30s
  • Q2
    Which character is going to tell Hamlet about the ghost?
    Francisco
    Horatio
    Bernardo
    Marcellus
    30s
  • Q3
    In what country is Hamlet set?
    France
    Australia
    England
    Denmark
    30s
  • Q4
    Who is deceased in Act 1, Scene 1?
    Francisco
    King Hamlet
    Bernardo
    Horatio
    30s
  • Q5
    The ghost speaks to only one person. Who?
    Hamlet
    Horatio
    Bernardo
    Francisco
    30s
  • Q6
    How are Hamlet and Claudius related?
    nephew and uncle
    brothers-in-law
    brothers
    son and father
    30s
  • Q7
    Who is Hamlet's step-father and uncle?
    King Hamlet
    Horatio
    Polonius
    King Claudius
    30s
  • Q8
    Which characters are members of a royal family?
    Ophelia, Polonius, and Laertes
    Bernardo, Marcellus, and Francisco
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
    Hamlet, Hamlet Senior, Gertrude, and Claudius
    30s
  • Q9
    Claudius asks characters to "spy" on Hamlet? Which characters?
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
    Marcellus and Francisco
    Gertrude and Ophelia
    Ophelia and Laertes
    30s
  • Q10
    Who is King Claudius's counselor?
    Gertrude
    Horatio
    Polonius
    Hamlet
    30s
  • Q11
    Who is going to France to study?
    Ophelia
    Horatio
    Hamlet
    Laertes
    30s
  • Q12
    Which is the most appropriate missing word? Hamlet believes that his mother Gertrude was being ______ when she married Claudius so quickly after his father died.
    loyal
    difficult
    unwise
    disloyal
    30s
  • Q13
    Polonius warns Ophelia to stay away from someone. Who?
    Gertrude
    Hamlet
    Laertes
    Claudius
    30s
  • Q14
    Hamlet has two old school friends in the play. Who are they?
    Horatio and Laertes
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
    Francisco and Marcellus
    Marcellus and Bernardo
    30s
  • Q15
    How did Claudius kill his brother?
    He made him drink poison.
    He poured poison in his ear.
    He pushed him out a window!
    He stabbed him with a sword.
    30s

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