2. At the start of the play, what are Francisco and Bernardo doing?
(a) They are fighting in a battle.
(b) They are eating a meal together.
(c) They are on watch.
(d) They are getting ready to go to sleep.

3. What country did the late King go to battle against?
(a) France.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Norway.
(d) England.

4. What does Polonius ask Reynaldo to give to his son?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Money and written notes.
(d) Written notes.

5. What does Horatio say the ghost might do to Hamlet?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Bless him.
(c) Curse him.
(d) Drive him crazy.

6. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Ophelia say about the look on Hamlet's face?
(a) He looked like he had seen a ghost.
(b) He looked like he was ready to cry.
(c) He looked like he came out of Hell.
(d) He looked like he wanted to kiss her.

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

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

9. Who is Ophelia?
(a) Daughter of Claudius, cousin of Hamlet.
(b) Daughter of Hamlet, sister of Horatio.
(c) Daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes.
(d) Daughter of Gertrude, sister of Hamlet.

10. On his way to see his mother in Act 3, Scene 3, Hamlet finds Claudius. What does Hamlet decide not to do in that scene?
(a) Argue with him.
(b) Avoid him.
(c) Trick him into admitting his guilt.
(d) Kill him.

11. What does Hamlet mean when he says "I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
(a) He will speak harshly and honestly to Gertrude, but will not hurt her.
(b) He will try to kill Gertrude.
(c) He will insult Ophelia when he sees her again.
(d) He will speak harshly and honestly to Ophelia, but will not hurt her.

12. In Act 3, Scene 1, what does Hamlet tell Ophelia about his feelings for her?
(a) He says he does not know if he ever loved her.
(b) He says he never loved her.
(c) He says he is still in love with her.
(d) He says both that he loved and he did not love her.

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

14. Why does Hamlet talk to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about a recorder?
(a) Hamlet wants them to make the musicians stop playing the recorder.
(b) Hamlet says he wants to learn to play 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.

15. Hamlet says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" What does that mean?
(a) He wishes he did not have to do the things he expects to do.
(b) He wishes he was not born a prince.
(c) He cannot believe what the ghost has told him.
(d) He cannot believe he has seen a ghost.