1) According to Claudius, why hasn't he restrained Hamlet up to this point? a) He is afraid of Hamlet. b) He doesn't want to hurt Gertrude. c) He loves Hamlet too much. d) He thought Hamlet was crazy. 2) When Claudius asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is his first answer? a) at supper b) in Heaven c) in Hell d) in a grave 3) What does Hamlet encounter on his way to England? a) Horatio b) Ophelia c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern d) Fortinbras and his army 4) Which of the following is NOT something that Hamlet says in his final soliloquy? a) He resolves to get vengeance. b) He regrets hurting Ophelia. c) He compares himself to Fortinbras. d) He uses Fortinbras as motivation to action. 5) What does Ophelia pretend to give to Laertes? a) flowers b) letters c) rings d) sticks 6) What does Horatio receive from Hamlet? a) money b) a sword c) a letter d) a phone call 7) Where are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the end of Act IV? a) on their way back to Denmark b) on their way to France c) on their way to England d) on their way back to Poland 8) For whose death does Laertes seek revenge? a) Ophelia b) Polonius c) King Hamlet d) Claudius 9) With whom does Claudius plot to kill Hamlet? a) Gertrude b) Horatio c) Polonius d) Laertes 10) What two ways do Claudius and Laertes plan to kill Hamlet? (choose two) a) by putting poison in Hamlet's food b) by putting poison on the tip of his own sword c) by putting poison on Hamlet's fencing mask d) by putting poison in Hamlet's chalice (cup) 11) Who delivers the news of Ophelia's death? a) Claudius b) Gertrude c) Horatio d) Hamlet 12) How does Ophelia die? a) She drowns. b) She hangs herself. c) She is stabbed. d) She runs off a cliff. 13) Hamlet: a) returns from a pirate ship b) ran away to London c) witnesses a suicide d) drowns in a brook 14) Laertes: a) will fence with Hamlet b) drowns in a brook c) is Hamlet's escort d) witnesses a murder 15) Claudius: a) witnesses a suicide b) plots with Laertes to kill Hamlet c) leaves to war in Poland d) will avenge Polonius' murder 16) Gertrude: a) is labeled a liar b) witnesses a suicide c) ran away to Norway d) is labeled an adulterer 17) Fortinbras: a) is going to Poland for land b) is Hamlet's escort c) witnesses a murder d) plots with Claudius to kill Hamlet 18) Horatio: a) is Hamlet's escort b) plots with Claudius to kill Hamlet c) witnesses a suicide d) ran away with Hamlet to England 19) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: a) are Hamlet's escorts b) plots with Claudius to kill Hamlet c) will be killed in England d) go to war in Norway 20) Ophelia: a) runs away with Hamlet b) plots with Laertes to kill Hamlet c) wants revenge for her father's murder d) drowns in a brook 21) The purpose of the scene where Fortinbras enters with an army heading to Poland is to reveal: a) a subplot b) Hamlet is a soldier after all c) Hamlet is a man of inaction d) both Hamlet and Fortinbras are alike in intellectual qualities 22) What does Hamlet accuse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of? a) Playing him like an instrument b) Being a sponge c) Trying to find out his secrets d) All of these 23) Claudius convinces Laertes that: a) his father's death was an accident b) Ophelia's madness is only temporary c) Hamlet is to blame and that together they can get revenge d) Hamlet must not be harmed and to return to France 24) When Laertes' see his sisters state and hears about his father's murder he: a) calmly asks the King to explain b) insults Gertrude c) demands answers from Claudius d) seeks Horatio's guidance 25) What is the cause of Ophelia’s change in her mental disposition? a) Her love murdered her father b) Hamlet is sent to England c) Hamlet is murdered d) Her brother has returned from France

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