Question 1

Who does Hamlet mistake for Claudius when he is plotting to kill him?

Accepted Answer

Polonius

Answer

Laertes

Answer

Fortinbras

Answer

Rosencrantz

Question 2

What does Gertrude tell Claudius about Polonius' death?

Accepted Answer

He has been killed

Answer

He has fallen ill

Answer

He has committed suicide

Answer

He has fled the country

Question 3

Where does Hamlet hide Polonius' body?

Accepted Answer

In the outhouse

Answer

In the chapel

Answer

In the forest

Answer

In the river

Question 4

Who is sent to England with Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Answer

Horatio and Fortinbras

Answer

Claudius and Gertrude

Answer

Polonius and Laertes

Question 5

What does Hamlet say when confronted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about the whereabouts of Polonius' body?

Accepted Answer

He says he will not tell them

Answer

He tells them he threw it in the river

Answer

He tells them he burned it in the chapel

Answer

He tells them he buried it in the forest

Question 6

What does Claudius say is the reason Hamlet must be sent to England?

Accepted Answer

For his own safety

Answer

To marry a noblewoman

Answer

To negotiate a peace treaty

Answer

To study at a prestigious university

Question 7

What happens to Ophelia in Act 4?

Accepted Answer

She goes mad and drowns

Answer

She runs away to a convent

Answer

She is killed in battle

Answer

She is banished from the kingdom

Question 8

Who challenges Hamlet to a duel?

Accepted Answer

Laertes

Answer

Polonius

Answer

Fortinbras

Answer

Horatio

Question 9

What is the name of the play that Hamlet has the actors perform for Claudius?

Accepted Answer

The Mousetrap

Answer

Macbeth

Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Answer

Othello

Question 10

Who delivers the news to Hamlet that Ophelia has died?

Accepted Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Claudius

Answer

Laertes

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