Hamlet Review
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- Q1In Hamlet how did Claudius murder King Hamlet?By pouring poison into his earBy ordering him to be hangedBy stabbing him through an ArrasBy poisoning his wineglass30s
- Q2Where does the ghost appear during Hamlet?The castle ramparts and Gertrude’s bedchamberThe castle ramparts and the great hall of ElsinoreGertrude’s bedchamber and the great hall of ElsinoreFortinbras’s tent and Hamlet’s bedchamber30s
- Q3In Hamlet where is the university at which Horatio and Hamlet studied?OxfordConstantinopleWittenbergParis30s
- Q4In Hamlet which of the following characters cannot see the ghost?GertrudeMarcellusHoratioHamlet30s
- Q5Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England in Hamlet?Rosencrantz and GuildensternCaptain Vicissus and the one-eyed thiefMarcellus and BernardoCornelius and Voltimand30s
- Q6Which of the characters survive Hamlet?Prince Hamlet, Polonius, and GertrudeClaudius, Rosencrantz, and GuildensternFortinbras, Horatio, and OsricOphelia, Laertes, and King Hamlet30s
- Q7How does Ophelia die in Hamlet?Claudius stabs her c. She slits her wristsShe drowns in the riverClaudius stabs herHamlet strangles her30s
- Q8In Hamlet whose story does Hamlet ask the players to tell upon their arrival to Elsinore?Gertrude and Claudius’sAntony and Cleopatra’sOphelia’sPriam and Hecuba’s30s
- Q9In Hamlet why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad?He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to WittenbergHe despises Claudius for marrying GertrudeHe grieves too much for his fatherHe is in love with Ophelia30s
- Q10Who is the last character to die in Hamlet?ClaudiusHoratioHamletFortinbras30s
- Q11How many characters die in the course of Hamlet?fiveeightseventwo30s
- Q12Who speaks the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet?HamletLaertesThe GhostClaudius30s
- Q13In Hamlet in what country do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die?EnglandDenmarkBelgiumPoland30s
- Q14Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius after the traveling player’s play in Hamlet?Claudius is asleepClaudius pleads for mercyClaudius is prayingGertrude is in the next room30s
- Q15In Hamlet who killed Fortinbras’s father?LaertesPrince HamletFortinbrasHamlet's father30s