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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the ghost first speaks to Hamlet, how does it describe its experience?
(a) It is tortured and burned in a fire all the time.
(b) It walks all the time, hoping someone will set it free.
(c) It walks at night and is frozen in a block of ice during the day.
(d) It walks at night and is tortured by day.

3. In Act 2, Scene 2, what happens when Polonius first tries to speak to Hamlet?
(a) Hamlet argues with him.
(b) Hamlet is glad to see him.
(c) Hamlet does not seem to recognize him.
(d) Hamlet ignores him.

4. At the end of the first act, what does Hamlet warn his friends he might do?
(a) Leave the country forever.
(b) Pretend to be crazy.
(c) Get married.
(d) Kill somebody.

5. Why does Hamlet talk to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about a recorder?
(a) Hamlet says he wants to learn to play the recorder.
(b) Hamlet wants them to make the musicians stop playing the recorder.
(c) Hamlet asks them to teach him how to play the recorder.
(d) Hamlet says they want to play him like a recorder and get information out of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do, after learning that Hamlet has committed murder?

2. What does Polonius say is the most important thing for Laertes to remember as he leaves Elsinore?

3. What does Ophelia tell Laertes about his advice on her love life?

4. After his first meeting with the ghost, what does Hamlet ask his friends to do?

5. During "The Mousetrap," Gertrude says, "The lady protests too much, methinks." What is she talking about?

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