Question 1

Which of the characters survive The Tragedy of Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

Fortinbras, Horatio, and Orsic

Answer

Claudius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern

Answer

Ophelia, Laertes, and King Hamlet

Answer

Prince Hamlet, Polonius, and Gertrude

Question 2

In Hamlet which of Claudius’ and Laertes’ traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him?

Accepted Answer

the poisoned sword

Answer

the sharpened sword

Answer

the poisoned cup

Answer

the poisoned dagger

Question 3

Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard?

Accepted Answer

Yorick's

Answer

Ophelia's

Answer

His father's

Answer

Osric's

Question 4

What happens at the very beginning of Act V?

Accepted Answer

The gravediggers engage in a humorous discussion of the propriety of burying a suicide in consecrated ground

Answer

Gertrude scatters flowers in Ophelia's grave, saying "sweets to the sweet, farewell.

Answer

Laertes and Hamlet struggle and fight in Ophelia's grave

Answer

Hamlet picks up and contemplates the skull of Yorick, the king's jester

Question 5

How does Gertrude meet her death?

Accepted Answer

She drinks from the poisoned cup of wine meant for Hamlet

Answer

She kills herself after Hamlet's death.

Answer

She is killed by Claudius, who suspects her of aiding Hamlet in bringing about his downfall

Answer

She tries to stop the fight between Laertes and Hamlet, and she is killed with Hamlet's sword

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