Hamlet Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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

Hamlet Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In their first conversation together, what important information does Hamlet reveal to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
(a) He is not crazy -- at least, not all the time.
(b) He tells them that he wants to marry Ophelia.
(c) He tells them about the ghost and his suspicions of Claudius.
(d) He feels like he really is going crazy.

2. What does Hamlet say when he first hears about the ghost?
(a) He does not believe it exists.
(b) He wants to talk to it.
(c) He thinks Horatio is inventing it to distract him.
(d) He wants it to leave him alone.

3. After discussing Hamlet with Polonius in Act 1, how has Ophelia interacted with Hamlet?
(a) She has avoided him entirely.
(b) She has avoided him most of the time.
(c) She has continued to see him.
(d) She has spent even more time with him than she used to.

4. Once Hamlet follows the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends decide to do?
(a) Leave Hamlet alone with the ghost.
(b) Tell the King about Hamlet's strange behavior.
(c) Get Hamlet to see a doctor.
(d) Follow Hamlet and the ghost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prince of Norway's name?

2. In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Marcellus bring Horatio to talk to Francisco and Bernardo?

3. At the start of the play, what are Francisco and Bernardo doing?

4. After hearing about Hamlet's strange behavior, what does Polonius say about his own decisions?

5. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?

(see the answer key)

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