Whom does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes? | Reynaldo |
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 is the university at which Horatio and Hamlet studied? | Wittenberg |
Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard? | The former court jester’s |
Which character cannot see the ghost? | Gertrude |
Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia’s funeral? | Inside the grave itself |
Which characters survive the play? | Fortinbras, Horatio, and Osric |
What does Hamlet claim to be able to tell the difference between when the wind is from the south? | A hawk and a handsaw |
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 |
Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad? | He is in love with Ophelia. |
Who is the last character to die in the play? | Hamlet |
Who speaks the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy? | Hamlet |
In what country do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? | England |
Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius after the traveling players’ play? | Claudius is praying |
Who killed Fortinbras’s father? | Hamlet’s father |
Which of Claudius and Laertes’ traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him? | The poisoned sword |
How did Hamlet die? | Death by Laertes’ sword |
How did Laertes die? | Death by Hamlet’s sword |
How does Claudius die? | Death by Hamlet’s sword and poison cup |
How does Gertrude die? | Drinks out of the poison cup herself. |
How does Polonius die? | Stabbed by Hamlet |
Hamlet Plot Questions
August 10, 2019