Question 1

In Hamlet which of the following characters cannot see the ghost?

Accepted Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Marcellus

Question 2

Of whom does Hamlet say, “Frailty, thy name is woman”?

Accepted Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Guildenstern

Answer

Ophelia

Answer

Guildenstern

Question 3

What is "The Murder of Gonzago"?

Accepted Answer

The play that Hamlet asks the players to perform.

Answer

The book that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring to Denmark to cheer Hamlet up in his madness.

Answer

The rule book that Hamlet cites to make the players be less wordy and false in their acting.

Answer

The secret words that Hamlet tells Ophelia so that she will know his madness is feigned and not real.

Question 4

In Act III, to whom does Hamlet say, "Give me that man /That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him / In my heart's core" ?

Accepted Answer

To Horatio; he is about to ask Horatio to observe Claudius's behavior

Answer

To Polonius; he is echoing Polonius's advice to Laertes.

Answer

To Laertes; he is asking Laertes to stand with him against Claudius.

Answer

To Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; he is chiding them for their false behavior.

Question 5

Who says, "In second husband let me be accurst, / None wed the second, but who killed the first"?

Accepted Answer

Player Queen

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Portia

Answer

Ophelia

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