1.Identify Bernardo, Francisco, Marcellus, Horatio, and King Hamlet. | Watchmen of Elsinore. Horatio is a friend of Hamlet’s. King Hamlet is the former king who is dead. |
2.What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch? | They believe they have seen King Hamlet’s ghost two nights previous. |
3.Why does Marcellus think Horatio should speak to the ghost? | Because he knew King Hamlet personally and he is more respected. |
4.What does young Fortinbras want to do? | Take back lands that were lost in the war King Hamlet led against Norway. |
5. Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? | Prince Hamlet |
6. Ophelia’s brother | Laertes |
7. Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand? | To Norway to make sure the King there knows what Fortinbras is up to. |
8. What does the King tell Hamlet? | That he needs to be done with mourning for his father, that the continual mourning makes him look weak. |
10. What news does Horatio bring Hamlet? | That his father’s ghost has been seen on the ramparts of the castle. |
11. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news? | He is going to keep watch with the guards and try to see the ghost. |
12. What is Laertes’ advice to Ophelia? | Hamlet is not the man for her because his life is not his own. He won’t be able to marry someone like her, but will have to marry royalty. |
13. Who gives advice to Laertes including “to thine own self be true”? | Polonius |
14. At the end of Scene III, Ophelia agrees to “obey.” What will she do? | Not see Hamlet. |
9. Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they? | His father’s death and his mother’s quick marriage to his uncle (her brother in law) |
15. What does the ghost tell Hamlet? | He was murdered by Claudius. Get revenge on him but not on Gertrude. |
16. Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? | Don’t tell anyone about the ghost, and no matter how Hamlet behaves, don’t say anything about it. |
Who says: “But know, thou noble youth,The serpent that did sting thy father’s lifeNow wears his crown.” | The Ghost |
Who do Polonius and Laertes caution about a relationship with Prince Hamlet? | Ophelia |
King Hamlet’s brother | Claudius |
Married her husband’s brother within 2 months of his death. | Gertrude |
Hamlet Study Guide Act 1 with Answers
August 5, 2019