1. Everyone knows that Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father-- what is that ghost's name?
Antonio
None-- he is just called
"Ghost" and his name is never given
Osric
Hamlet
2.
Who first tells Horatio of the ghost's existence?
Marcellus
Hamlet
Bernardo
Ophelia
3.
Who is Hamlet (the main character)?
Prince of Denmark
Prince of France
King of Denmark
King of Sweden
4.
Who is in love with Hamlet?
Ophelia
Cornelia
Juliet
Octavia
5.
Which character is left alive at the end of the play?
Ophelia
Gertrude
Horatio
Hamlet
6.
Where did Hamlet want to go at the beginning of the play?
Wittenberg
London
Paris
Prague
7.
Who does Hamlet kill first?
Claudius
Polonius
Horatio
Ophelia
8.
Where does the King send Hamlet with his two friends?
England
Norway
France
Wittenberg
9.
Gertrude is who?
Queen of Denmark
Ophelia's mother
Hamlet's sister
Queen of Norway
10.
What country is Hamlet set in?
Norway
France
England
Denmark
11.
Who wrote Hamlet?
Tolstoy
Shakespeare
Homer
Jane Austen
12.
Who gets the crown at the end of the play?
Fortinbras
Claudius
Hamlet
Polonius
13.
Who speaks the first line of the play?
Francisco
Marcellus
Horatio
Bernardo
14.
Complete the line: "Something is rotten in the_________"
State of Denmark
House of the Lord
Kingdom of Britain
Throne of the King
15.
How many characters in "Hamlet" are listed by name in the Dramatis
Personae?
15
12
17
9
16.
What type of poison did Claudius pour in Hamlets' father's ear?
Acid
Rat Poison
Hebenon
Sleeping Powder
17.
What object does Polonius use to hide himself when eavesdropping on Hamlet?
An arras
A bronze shield
A mirror
A portrait of Hamlets' father
18.
What are Polonius' last words?
Remember your father!
O, I am slain!
Laertes to the throne!
Save me, Dido!
19.
Here is a question that is considerably simpler. Finish the Quote: "Alas
poor______I knew him, Horatio--a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent
fancy."
Crassus
father
Yorick
Judas
20.
True or False: Before the climactic duel, Laertes is favored to defeat Hamlet.
True
False
21.
What are Hamlet's last words?
The rest is silence
And here I lay, till morrow comes.
I have my revenge.
Ay, there's the rub"
22.
When was the first edition of "Hamlet" printed?
1600
1609
1597
1603
23.
What are the first words Hamlet speaks in the play?
"The rest is silence"
"A little more than kin and less than kind"
"To be or not to be"
"Oh that this too too solid flesh would
melt"
24.
What are Hamlet's last words?
"The rest is silence"
"The readiness is all"
"Now cracks a noble heart"
"The drink was poisoned"
25.
What's the name of the Norwegian prince?
Laertes
Fortinbras
Horatio
Rosencrantz
26.
Who is Ophelia?
Hamlet's lover
Hamlet's sister
Hamlet's mother
Hamlet's cousin
27.
And who is Ophelia's father?
Polonius
the old Hamlet
Claudius
never mentioned
28.
Which of the follwoing quotes is not from 'Hamlet'?
"False faces hide what the false heart doth know"
"Thy love hath made him mad"
"More matter with less art"
"Words without thoughts never to heaven
go"
29.
Who speaks the last lines of the play?
Horatio
Ophelia
Hamlet
Fortinbras
30.
And what is the last line of the play?
"Go, bid the soldiers shoot"
"The drink was poisoned"
"The rest is silence"
"Now cracks a noble heart"
31.
Who of these characters does not appear in 'Hamlet'?
Guildenstern
Marcellus
Desdemona
The Ghost
32.
With which phrase does Bernardo 'unfold himself' to Francisco in the first
scene of the play?
"Hail our majesties!"
"Something is rotten in the state of
Denmark!"
"Long live the king!"
"Denmark's a prison!"
33.
Does the play open in the day or night?
Answer: NIGHT
34.
Does Hamlet address Claudius directly in Act 1 sc.2?
Yes
No
35.
How does Hamlet describe his mother's re-marriage in his first soliloquy?
Rank
Gross
Incestuous
All of these
36. Complete
the line: "My father's spirit in arms,
All
is not ...."
Answer:
WELL
37.
What does the ghost ask of Hamlet?
Mercy
Prayers
Forgiveness
Revenge
38.
What decision did Hamlet make at the end of Act 1 sc.5?
To assume madness
To confront Gertrude
To leave Elsinore
To do nothing
39.
Why did Shakespeare include Laertes's letter home for more money in the play?
All of these
Show Laertes's character
Time has passed
Show Polonius's character
40.
What does Polonius think is the cause of Hamlet's madness?
Grief
Love
Sickness
Melancholy
41.
What news did Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring to Hamlet?
The death of Yorek
They had invented the sandwich
The King (Hamlet's father) was murdered
Travelling players
42.
Complete the famous line: "The play's the thing wherin I'll catch the
conscience
of ..."
The king
The
queen
43.
Where do Polonius and the King hide while Ophelia is "loosed" to
Hamlet?
In an ante room
Behind an arras
Outside an open window
Behind foliage
44.
Where does Claudius plan to send Hamlet?
England
Wittenberg
Paris
Norway
45.
What does Hamlet say is the name of the play being performed before the court?
The Rat Trap
The Mousetrap
The Poisoner
Gonzago and Baptista
46.
Who, according to Polonius, wants to talk to Hamlet at the end of the play
within the play?
Claudius
Ophelia
Rosencrantz
Gertrude
47.
Who says "O my offence is rank it smells to heaven"?
Polonius
Gertrude
Claudius
Hamlet
48.
Hamlet uses two ....to show Gertrude the difference between her two husbands.
Answer: (One Word) PICTURES
49.
What halts Hamlet's outburst?
Claudius
Guildenstern
Guards
The ghost
50.
Complete the line: "O! from this time forth my thoughts be .... or be
nothing worth"
Vicious
Bloody
Warlike
Ended
51.
Who is the next to die in the play, after the death of Polonius?
Gertrude
Ophelia
Claudius
Hamlet
52.
Laertes returns from Paris to avenge his father's death.
True
False
53.
Act 5 opens in a graveyard; who is being buried?
Ophelia
polonius
54.
How do Claudius and Laertes ensure Hamlet has no chance of surviving the duel?
A sword unbated
All of these
Poisoned chalice
Poisoned sword
55.
What did Hamlet do before the duel?
Prayed
Mocked Claudius
Kissed Gertrude
Apologised to Laertes
56.
Who told Hamlet the truth finally at the end of the play?
Laertes
Horatio
Osric
Fortinbras
57.
Who utters the line "Goodnight sweet prince", which has given this
quiz its name?
Osric
Captain
Fortinbras
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