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Hamlet Quiz | Hamlet Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) What does Hamlet call Polonius?
[A] father-in-law
[B] dear man
[C] a fishmonger
[D] father
Answer: a fishmonger
(2) In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?
[A] comedy
[B] punch and judy show
[C] morality play
[D] revenge play
Answer: revenge play

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(3) Who saves Hamlet's life?
[A] Old Hamlet
[B] Polonius
[C] Ophelia
[D] pirates
Answer: pirates
(4) Young Fortinbras says he is invading
[A] Poland
[B] Denmark
[C] England
[D] Germany
Answer: Poland
(5) The health of a state seems related to
[A] the moral state of the leader
[B] the physical state of its people
[C] the moral state of its people
[D] the physical state of its leader
Answer: the moral state of the leader
(6) There are images throughout the play relating to
[A] neck
[B] ears
[C] nose
[D] eyelashes
Answer: ears
(7) Who survives the play?
[A] Laertes and Polonius and Ophelia
[B] Horatio
[C] Claudius and Gertrude
[D] Hamlet
Answer: Horatio
(8) When the play begins, the castle is celebrating
[A] King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage
[B] Laertes' return
[C] Hamlet's return
[D] Old Hamlet's defeat of Old Fortinbras
Answer: King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage
(9) Where does the ghost say he wanders?
[A] Heaven
[B] Hell
[C] Purgatory
[D] Baltic Sea
Answer: Purgatory
(10) How does Ophelia die?
[A] drowning
[B] fencing
[C] hanging
[D] poison
Answer: drowning
(11) Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
[A] a castle
[B] a nunnery
[C] Russia
[D] a bakery
Answer: a nunnery
(12) What religion was Denmark at time of writing?
[A] High Anglican
[B] Protestant
[C] Catholic
[D] Anglican
Answer: Protestant
(13) Where does Hamlet go to university?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] England
[D] Luxembourg
Answer: Germany
(14) Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?
[A] to bring Hamlet back to England
[B] to cheer up Hamlet
[C] to find out why Hamlet is acting mad
[D] to kill Hamlet
Answer: to find out why Hamlet is acting mad
(15) Who has Hamlet professed love for?
[A] Gertrude
[B] Ophelia
[C] Guildenstern
[D] Rosencrantz
Answer: Ophelia
(16) What noise drives the ghost offstage?
[A] Hamlet crying
[B] his wife sleeping with Claudius
[C] a cock's crow
[D] a string quartet
Answer: a cock's crow
(17) Hamlet's famous speeches are called
[A] unilogues
[B] dramatic irony
[C] soliloquys
[D] dialogues
Answer: soliloquys
(18) Hamlet claims to be afflicted by
[A] gout
[B] schizophrenia
[C] dyslexia
[D] melancholy
Answer: melancholy
(19) In his first appearance onstage, Hamlet is wearing
[A] royal robes
[B] mourning clothes
[C] a jester's costume
[D] the crown
Answer: mourning clothes
(20) The ghost claims he is
[A] Old Hamlet
[B] Old Fortinbras
[C] the King of Norway
[D] Claudius
Answer: Old Hamlet

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