Question 1

4.1-2 Whom does Gertrude rush to see after Polonius is killed?

Accepted Answer

Claudius

Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Ophelia

Answer

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Question 2

4.1-2 What does Gertrude compare herself to?

Accepted Answer

The violent ocean

Answer

A bruised fruit

Answer

A hurt child

Answer

A wilting flower

Question 3

4.1-2 What is Claudius’s main concern?

Accepted Answer

Keeping his power

Answer

Hamlet's sanity

Answer

Gertrude's emotional state

Answer

His own conscience

Question 4

4.1-2 What does Hamlet accuse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of?

Accepted Answer

Being spies for Claudius

Answer

Flirting with Ophelia

Answer

Revealing his secrets

Answer

Not caring about him

Question 5

4.1-2 What does Hamlet allow Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?

Accepted Answer

Accompany him back to Claudius

Answer

Explain their allegiances to Claudius

Answer

Leave Denmark

Answer

Kill him

Question 6

4.3-4 Who reveals the location of Polonius’s body?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Answer

Horatio

Question 7

4.3-4 What orders does Claudius send to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

Accepted Answer

That Hamlet will be killed

Answer

That Hamlet be set free

Answer

That Hamlet be institutionalized

Answer

That Hamlet be imprisoned

Question 8

4.3-4 What is Fortinbras doing when he comes across Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern?

Accepted Answer

He is on his way to attack Poland.

Answer

He is on his way to attack Denmark.

Answer

He is on his way to avenge the death of his father.

Answer

He is on his way to find Hamlet.

Question 9

4.3-4 Why is Hamlet surprised by the nature of the conflict between Poland and Norway?

Accepted Answer

Because the conflict seems so insignificant

Answer

Because he has never thought about the military before

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Because he is surprised it hasn’t escalated faster

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Because Fortinbras cannot explain his own motivations

Question 10

4.3-4 What does Hamlet resolve to do after meeting Fortinbras?

Accepted Answer

Achieve his revenge

Answer

Help Fortinbras in his conquest

Answer

Watch Guardians of the Galaxy again.

Answer

Betray Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Question 11

4.5-6 How does Ophelia handle the news of Polonius’s death?

Accepted Answer

She goes crazy.

Answer

She demands revenge.

Answer

She runs away.

Answer

She is relieved.

Question 12

4.5-6 What does Horatio urge Gertrude to do?

Accepted Answer

Comfort Ophelia

Answer

Comfort Hamlet

Answer

Punish Ophelia

Answer

Punish Hamlet

Question 13

4.5-6 How do the peasants feel about Laertes upon his return?

Accepted Answer

They feel he should be king.

Answer

They feel that he abandoned them when he left.

Answer

They want him to take Ophelia away.

Answer

They want him to kill Hamlet.

Question 14

4.5-6 What advice does Claudius give to Laertes?

Accepted Answer

That he should seek revenge on whoever is responsible for Polonius’s death

Answer

That he should prepare to take over his father’s duties

Answer

That his first priority should be taking care of Ophelia

Answer

That he should return to France

Question 15

4.5-6 What does Hamlet’s letter to Horatio say?

Accepted Answer

That he is returning to Denmark with news

Answer

That he is being held against his will by pirates

Answer

That he finally feels at peace with his father’s death

Answer

That he leaves the kingdom of Denmark in Horatio’s hands

Question 16

4.7 Why doesn’t Claudius punish Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

Because too many people adore Hamlet

Answer

Because he doesn’t have the power to

Answer

Because he is not upset that Polonius is dead

Answer

Because he doesn’t believe that Hamlet killed Polonius

Question 17

4.7  Why is Laertes happy about Hamlet’s return to Denmark?

Accepted Answer

Because he plans to kill him

Answer

Because he hopes to help Hamlet with his plan for revenge

Answer

Because he wants Hamlet to take care of Ophelia

Answer

Because he hopes that Hamlet will help him become king

Question 18

4.7 When does Laertes plan to kill Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

At a fencing match

Answer

While he sleeps

Answer

During the king’s upcoming ball

Answer

At dinner

Question 19

4.7 What do Laertes and Claudius plan to do if Hamlet wins the duel?

Accepted Answer

Poison him with a cup of wine

Answer

Have someone else stab him

Answer

Give up the throne

Question 20

4.7 How does Ophelia die?

Accepted Answer

She drowns in a river.

Answer

She poisons herself.

Answer

She is mauled by a pack of wild dogs.

Answer

She catches a fever.

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