Where does the Ghost appear during the play? | The castle ramparts and Gertrude’s bedchamber. |
How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? | By pouring poison into his ear |
Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia’s funeral? | Inside the grave itself |
How many characters dies in the play? | Eight |
Which of the following characters survive the play? | Fortinbras, Horatio, and Osric |
How does Ophelia die? | She drowns in the river |
Whose story does Hamlet ask the players to tell upon their arrival to Elsinore? | Priam and Hecuba’s |
Who is the last character to die in the play? | Hamlet |
In what country do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? | England |
Who killed Fortinbras’s father? | Hamlet’s father |
Which of Claudius and Laertes’ traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him? | The poisoned sword |
Of whom does Hamlet say, “Frailty, thy name is woman”? | Gertrude |
What do Polonius and Laertes warn Ophelia about in Act I? | That she should be careful to preserve her virtue in her dealings with Hamlet and should not believe all that he tells her |
What’s the meaning of hamlet’s words “The play’s the thing/ Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of a king”? | He wants to find out whether Claudius is killed King Hamlet |
What is “The Murder of Gonzago”? | The play that Hamlet asks the players to perform |
Who says, “In second husband let me be accurst, / None wed the second, but who killed the first”? | Player Queen |
Who is killed in Act III? | Polonius |
In which act does the first dearth in the play occur? | Act III |
What happens at the very beginning of Act V? | The gravediggers engage in a humorous discussion of the propriety of burying a suicide in the consecrated ground |
Who has the last word in Hamlet? | Fortinbras: “Go bid the soldiers shoot.” |
The man sent by Polonius to spy on Laertes | Reynaldo |
A gravedigger | Clown |
The courtier who delivers the terms of the duel to Hamlet | Osric |
One of the two guards who see the ghost at the beginning of the play | Marcellus |
One of the ambassadors who is sent to Norway at the beginning of the play | Voltimand |
The man who delivers the news that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been executed | English Ambassador |
Does not actually appear in the play; Claudius tells Laertes that this man spoke highly of Laertes skill in fencing | Lamord |
The spirit – seemingly – of Hamlet’s father | the Ghost |
Hamlet’s loyal friend | Horatio |
Hamlet’s disloyal friend | Guildenstern |
Hamlet’s uncle | Claudius |
Hamlet’s mother | Gertrude |
Father of Hamlet’s girlfriend | Polonius |
Hamlet’s girlfriend | Ophelia |
first to die | King Fortinbras |
second to die | King Hamlet |
third to die | Polonius |
fourth to die | Ophelia |
fifth to die | Gertrude |
sixth to die | Claudius |
seventh to die | Laertes |
last to die | Hamlet |
it is impossible to tell exactly when this character(s) died | Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern |
Hamlet: Know the Play
September 1, 2019