Hamlet Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Hamlet Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real reason for the last king's death?
(a) Poison poured in his ear.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A knife in the back.
(d) Poison poured down his throat.

2. Once left alone on stage in Act 3, Scene 3, what does Cladius express guilt about?
(a) Killing his brother.
(b) Hamlet going crazy.
(c) Marrying Gertrude.
(d) Having Hamlet killed.

3. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?
(a) He cannot believe he has seen a ghost.
(b) He cannot believe what the ghost has told him.
(c) He wishes he did not have to do the things he expects to do.
(d) He wishes he was not born a prince.

4. What other "crime" has been committed against the last king?
(a) Polonius stole from the state treasury.
(b) Claudius stole from the state treasury.
(c) Claudius seduced his wife.
(d) Laertes seduced his wife.

5. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?
(a) Keep his secret.
(b) Tell the world about the last king's death.
(c) Help him break the news to his mother.
(d) Help him avenge the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Claudius speaks about his guilt in Act 3, Scene 3, what does he say about repenting?

2. In Act 1, Scene 5, what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?

3. After Hamlet's behavior during the play-within-a-play, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to do with Hamlet?

4. What does Claudius say in Act 3, Scene 3 about his own thoughts and words?

5. What specific thing does Hamlet determine Claudius must do before Hamlet can murder him?

(see the answer key)

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