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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the play is performed, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ask Hamlet to do?
(a) Go see Claudius.
(b) Ask the players to leave Elsinore.
(c) Go see his mother.
(d) Go see Ophelia.

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

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

4. After telling Ophelia to get to a nunnery, what does Hamlet say about marriage?
(a) We shall have no more marriage.
(b) Marriage is better for women than for men.
(c) Marriage is the best thing Ophelia can do with her life.
(d) Marriage is an old-fashioned institution.

5. What time of day is it when the play starts?
(a) Noon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Late at night.
(d) After dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Hamlet follows the ghost, what do Hamlet's friends decide to do?

2. What does the ghost do to Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What is the main idea of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech?

4. When he is giving Laertes advice, what does Polonius say about friends?

5. As Hamlet and the others wait to see the ghost in Act 1, Scene 4, what do they hear in the distance?

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