Hamlet takes place in | Denmark |
Which of the following occurs first in the play? | The actors present the mousetrap |
Which of the following occurs last int the play? | Fortinbras returns to England |
Hamlet’s closest friend and confidant is | Horatio |
Whom does Hamlet stab through a curtain? | Polonius |
Comic relief is added to the play by | gravediggers |
How many times do the actors dramatize the murder of the king? | once |
According to the ghost, queen Gertrude | had and affair with his brother |
Hamlet first hesitates to kill Claudius because | he is not sure he can trust the ghost |
When we first see Hamlet, before his encounter with the ghost, he is | depressed by events in his family |
One of the actors recites a passage about | the fall of Troy |
Claudius decided to send Hamlet to | England |
With whom does Claudius contrive a triple-layered plan to kill Hamlet? | Laertes |
Hamlet’s account of his escape from the ship bound for England involves | pirates |
In the cemetery, Hamlet contemplates the skull of | his father’s court jester |
Who tells a story describing Ophelia’s death? | Gertrude |
To attend Ophelia’s funeral, Laertes returns from | France |
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below/ Words without thoughts never heaven go.” The speaker is | Claudius |
Who says, “To thine own self be true”? | Polonius |
Who says,”There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance”? | Ophelia |
Who says ,”Goodnight , sweet prince,/ And flights of angles sing thee to thy rest”? | Horatio |
Who remarks that Hamlet would have made a fine King? | Fortinbras |
The rising action of the play begins with | the ghost’s first appearance to Hamlet |
Hamlet’s antic disposition is intended to | convince others that he has gone crazy |
How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver during the course of the play? | 7 |
Hamlet associates frailty with | Women |
“O… the the Everlasting had not fixed/His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter.” This means that | Hamlet wishes suicide was a sin |
The play’s rising action peaks when Hamlet | decides not to kill the kneeling king |
Hamlet’s tragic flaw is most likely his | tendency to gloomy reflection rather than to action |
The most dominant image in the play is | Poison |
Hamlet Test
September 5, 2019