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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) After midnight.
(b) Lunch time.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Almost midnight.

2. Hamlet finally tells Claudius how to find the body of his first victim: "But indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby." How is Hamlet saying that they might find the body?
(a) Climb the stairs and you will see the body in the lobby.
(b) The body is waiting on the lobby stairs.
(c) Wait a month till the ground thaws and the grave will be revealed.
(d) Wait a month and you will smell where it is.

3. Does Hamlet think the ghost can harm him?
(a) No.
(b) Only if he is afraid of it.
(c) Not if he carries garlic and a crucifix.
(d) Yes.

4. In Act 1, Scene 3, before Laertes leaves Elsinore, Polonius gives him advice about clothes. What does Polonius say?
(a) Buy the fanciest clothes you can find.
(b) Get costly, but not showy or ostentatious clothes.
(c) Nobody pays attention to what you wear.
(d) Buy the least expensive clothes you can find.

5. What message do the ambassadors bring Claudius back from Norway?
(a) Fortinbras does not plan to attack any country at all.
(b) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark.
(c) Fortinbras will attack Poland, not Denmark.
(d) Fortinbras wants to take over Denmark and Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Watching the troops attacking, Hamlet decides that he is less of a man than their leader. Why does he say that?

2. After the play, Claudius meets with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to discuss Hamlet's condition. Are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern more sympathetic to Claudius, Hamlet, or someone else?

3. Where is Elsinore in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. When Claudius hears that Hamlet has killed someone, what does he say?

5. What does Ophelia say about violets?

(see the answer key)

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