Hamlet Test | Final Test - Medium

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Hamlet Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claudius asks Hamlet a second time about where they can find his victim. Hamlet responds, "In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other place yourself." What other place is Hamlet suggesting Claudius visit?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) Gertrude's bedroom.
(d) Hell.

2. Hamlet's attitude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern changes over the course of the play. By Act 4, Scene 2, what does he say about them?
(a) They are good, true friends.
(b) They are dangerous.
(c) They are weak and foolish.
(d) They are spies for Claudius.

3. The sailors from the pirate ships deliver letters to Elsinore. Who are the letters from?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Horatio.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Gertrude.

4. Who does Hamlet kill in his mother's room?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Polonius.
(c) Fortinbras.
(d) Getrude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the funeral procession makes it way through the graveyard, Hamlet notices there are "maimed rites." What does that signify?

2. When Hamlet and his mother finally talk in Gertrude's room, she says, "Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended." Hamlet responds, "Mother, you have my father much offended." Why is that dialogue important?

3. After reading the letters brought by the sailors in Act 4, Scene 6, what does Horatio say he wants to do?

4. What does Ophelia say about violets?

5. What does Polonius tell Gertrude to do in Act 3, Scene 4 regarding Hamlet?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Claudius hears about Polonius's death, what is his first thought?

2. In the last scene of Act 3, Polonius is killed. At the end of the scene, what happens to his body?

3. As Hamlet travels to the boat for England, what or who does Hamlet find on a plain in Denmark?

4. Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is responsible for Polonius's death. Claudius says that there are two reasons why he cannot have Hamlet publicly arrested and punished. What are those two reasons?

5. After Polonius's death, who is sent to find Hamlet?

6. In Act 4, Scene 5, Claudius is almost overthrown by a violent mob. Who does the mob want to be king in his place?

7. After Polonius's death, Ophelia comes to see Gertrude. What do we learn about Ophelia in that scene?

8. List the major characters who die during the last scene of the play.

9. When Hamlet hears about Fortinbras and his attacks on Poland, what does he say about Fortinbras and about himself?

10. Hamlet calls Rosencrantz and Guildenstern "a sponge." Why does he say that?

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