Question 1

Who asked Hamlet to get revenge for King Hamlet's death?

Accepted Answer

the ghost of King Hamlet

Answer

Ophelia

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Gertrude

Question 2

In the play, which character has poison put into his ear?

Accepted Answer

the king

Answer

the king's wife

Answer

the king's son

Answer

the king's brother

Question 3

Which character in Hamlet put poison into King Hamlet's ear?

Accepted Answer

his brother, Claudius

Answer

his guard, Francisco

Answer

his counselor, Polonius

Answer

his wife, Gertrude

Question 4

Why does Claudius put poison into his brother's ear?

Accepted Answer

Claudius wants to be king.

Answer

King Hamlet's wife told him to do it.

Answer

Hamlet told him to do it.

Answer

Claudius's brother was mean to him

Question 5

Why does Claudius become uncomfortable watching the play about a king being poisoned?

Accepted Answer

Claudius killed the king, his brother.

Answer

Claudius doesn't like plays.

Answer

Claudius was sick with the flu.

Answer

Claudius likes musicals, not dramas.

Question 6

When Hamlet is in his mother's room, he accidentally kills someone with his sword.  Who does he kill?

Accepted Answer

Polonius

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Ophelia

Answer

Horatio

Question 7

Claudius sends Hamlet to England.  What is his real reason?

Accepted Answer

Claudius has written a letter for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to deliver, asking someone to kill Hamlet.

Answer

Claudius thinks that Hamlet needs a holiday.

Answer

Claudius wants Hamlet to spend some time traveling to broaden his education.

Answer

Claudius wants to protect Hamlet because Hamlet killed Polonius.

Question 8

Who does Claudius ask to kill Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

the King of England

Answer

his guard, Bernardo

Answer

his mother, Gertrude

Answer

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Question 9

Which character(s) die(s) on Hamlet's ship to England?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

Answer

Laertes

Answer

Bernardo, one of the King of Denmark's guards

Question 10

How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die?

Accepted Answer

Pirates attack their ship.

Answer

They get sick.

Answer

They drown in the sea.

Answer

Hamlet kills them.

Question 11

Does Hamlet arrive in / get to England?

Accepted Answer

No, he doesn't.

Answer

We don't know.

Answer

Yes, he does.

Answer

He was never going to England.

Question 12

In the sword fight between Laertes and Hamlet, who holds the poisoned sword FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Laertes

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Gertrude

Question 13

In the last scene, which characters die because they were struck / hit by the poisoned sword?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet, Laertes, and Claudius

Answer

Horatio, Gertrude, and Bernardo

Answer

Polonius, Ophelia, and Gertrude

Answer

Bernardo and Francisco

Question 14

How does Gertrude die in the final scene?

Accepted Answer

She drinks from Hamlet's cup of poisoned wine.

Answer

She falls out a window.

Answer

She is struck by a poisoned sword.

Answer

She drowns.

Question 15

Which character drowns?

Accepted Answer

Ophelia

Answer

Claudius

Answer

Laertes

Answer

Gertrude

Question 16

Who is the only surviving member of the main cast?

Accepted Answer

Horatio

Answer

Claudius

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Hamlet

Question 17

What is a synonym for disloyal?

Accepted Answer

unfaithful

Answer

defending

Answer

materialistic

Answer

honest

Question 18

Who is a character who inspires others to do the right thing? Think carefully.

Accepted Answer

Horatio

Answer

Claudius

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Polonius

Question 19

Which character is a prince?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Laertes

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Claudius

Question 20

Which character is a princess in Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

Nobody

Answer

Marcellus

Answer

Gertrude

Answer

Ophelia

Question 21

What is an appropriate word to describe Ophelia?

Accepted Answer

innocent

Answer

greedy

Answer

cruel

Answer

selfish

Question 22

What is an appropriate word to describe Claudius?

Accepted Answer

devious

Answer

kind

Answer

loyal

Answer

patient

Question 23

Hamlet is divided into acts and scenes. How many acts are there in Hamlet

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

4

Answer

6

Answer

7

Question 24

Which characters are killed by poison?

Accepted Answer

Claudius, Gertrude, Laertes, Hamlet, and King Hamlet

Answer

Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern

Answer

Ophelia, Horatio, and Polonius

Answer

Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern

Question 25

How many characters drown?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

0

Answer

3

Question 26

How many characters go crazy?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

0

Answer

3

Answer

2

Question 27

How many characters do we know are married?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

0

Answer

4

Answer

1

Question 28

In what country is Hamlet set?

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Answer

Italy

Answer

England

Answer

France

Question 29

Who was Yorick, the skull?

Accepted Answer

a court jester

Answer

a friend of Hamlet's

Answer

a gravedigger

Answer

a guard

Question 30

Which character dies by jumping out a window?

Accepted Answer

Nobody

Answer

Bernardo

Answer

Horatio

Answer

Marcellus

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