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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play's performance?
(a) Help Hamlet kill Claudius as the play is performed.
(b) Watch Gertrude and see if she reacts to the play.
(c) Watch Polonius and see if he reacts to the play.
(d) Watch Claudius and see if he reacts to the play.

2. After the murder, Claudius tells Hamlet to leave right away. Where should Hamlet go?
(a) To be locked in his room.
(b) England.
(c) Off to prison.
(d) Back to school.

3. As Claudius speaks about his guilt in Act 3, Scene 3, what does he say about repenting?
(a) He wants to repent, but cannot tell anyone what he has done.
(b) He is sure that heaven will forgive him for his crime.
(c) He cannot repent because he still has the crown and the queen -- the two things he did the murder for.
(d) Only the weak repent.

4. What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do, after learning that Hamlet has committed murder?
(a) Protect Getrude from Hamlet.
(b) Protect Ophelia from Hamlet.
(c) Find Hamlet so the guards can arrest him.
(d) Get the body from Hamlet.

5. After hearing Ophelia's description of Hamlet, what reason does Polonius suggest for Hamlet's strange behavior?
(a) Hamlet is mad with love for Ophelia.
(b) Hamlet has studied too hard at school.
(c) Hamlet has always been a strange boy and his father's death has driven him insane.
(d) Hamlet is taking his father's death too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first part of the players' performance in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, what two events does Claudius describe?

3. At the end of Act 2, Scene 2, what does Hamlet reveal about his reasons for wanting the players to perform?

4. Before the play is performed, Hamlet has a long conversation with the First Player. What is he telling the Player?

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

(see the answer key)

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