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(1)
What does Hamlet call Polonius?
[A]
father-in-law
[B]
dear man
[C]
a fishmonger
[D]
father
(2)
In form, Hamlet is above all what sort of play?
[A]
comedy
[B]
punch and judy show
[C]
morality play
[D]
revenge play
(3)
Who saves Hamlet's life?
[A]
Old Hamlet
[B]
Polonius
[C]
Ophelia
[D]
pirates
(4)
Young Fortinbras says he is invading
[A]
Poland
[B]
Denmark
[C]
England
[D]
Germany
(5)
The health of a state seems related to
[A]
the moral state of the leader
[B]
the physical state of its people
[C]
the moral state of its people
[D]
the physical state of its leader
Answer: the moral state of the leader
(6)
There are images throughout the play relating to
[A]
neck
[B]
ears
[C]
nose
[D]
eyelashes
(7)
Who survives the play?
[A]
Laertes and Polonius and Ophelia
[B]
Horatio
[C]
Claudius and Gertrude
[D]
Hamlet
(8)
When the play begins, the castle is celebrating
[A]
King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage
[B]
Laertes' return
[C]
Hamlet's return
[D]
Old Hamlet's defeat of Old Fortinbras
Answer: King Claudius and Queen Gertrude's marriage
(9)
Where does the ghost say he wanders?
[A]
Heaven
[B]
Hell
[C]
Purgatory
[D]
Baltic Sea
(10)
How does Ophelia die?
[A]
drowning
[B]
fencing
[C]
hanging
[D]
poison
(11)
Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
[A]
a castle
[B]
a nunnery
[C]
Russia
[D]
a bakery
(12)
What religion was Denmark at time of writing?
[A]
High Anglican
[B]
Protestant
[C]
Catholic
[D]
Anglican
(13)
Where does Hamlet go to university?
[A]
France
[B]
Germany
[C]
England
[D]
Luxembourg
(14)
Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?
[A]
to bring Hamlet back to England
[B]
to cheer up Hamlet
[C]
to find out why Hamlet is acting mad
[D]
to kill Hamlet
Answer: to find out why Hamlet is acting mad
(15)
Who has Hamlet professed love for?
[A]
Gertrude
[B]
Ophelia
[C]
Guildenstern
[D]
Rosencrantz
(16)
What noise drives the ghost offstage?
[A]
Hamlet crying
[B]
his wife sleeping with Claudius
[C]
a cock's crow
[D]
a string quartet
(17)
Hamlet's famous speeches are called
[A]
unilogues
[B]
dramatic irony
[C]
soliloquys
[D]
dialogues
(18)
Hamlet claims to be afflicted by
[A]
gout
[B]
schizophrenia
[C]
dyslexia
[D]
melancholy
(19)
In his first appearance onstage, Hamlet is wearing
[A]
royal robes
[B]
mourning clothes
[C]
a jester's costume
[D]
the crown
(20)
The ghost claims he is
[A]
Old Hamlet
[B]
Old Fortinbras
[C]
the King of Norway
[D]
Claudius
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