| Where does the play take place? | Denmark |
| What is the name of the castle? | Elsinore |
| Who says: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”? | Marcellus |
| Who played King Hamlet at the Globe Theater in 1601? | William Shakespeare |
| In what year was the first folio first published? | 1623 |
| Who played and directed the Hamlet film we watched? | Kenneth Branagh |
| Who is Hamlet’s best friend who survives at the end of the play? | Horatio |
| How many soliloquies did Hamlet speak in the play? | Five |
| What are the first words of the play? | “Who’s there?” |
| Hamlet is how many years old? | 30 |
| What are four reasons for a ghost to appear? | 1. Tell of death or murder; 2. Warning!; 3. Protect a loved one; 4. Location of treasure |
| Whom did King Hamlet kill in hand-to-hand combat? | King Fortinbras |
| King Hamlet (the ghost) is wearing what when he returns to Earth from Purgatory? | His suit of (Under) armor! |
| (True/False) King Hamlet died with the church’s blessing. | False |
| Who killed King Hamlet? | Claudius |
| How soon after King Hamlet’s death did Claudius and Queen Gertrude marry? | Under two months |
| Cite four ways that Shakespeare uses language in his plays. | 1. Unusual sentence structures (inverted sentences); 2. Poetic compressions; 3. Word omissions; 4. Wordplay (puns) |
| What country does the young Fortinbras want to attack? | Poland |
| How does Ophelia say that Hamlet appeared in her “closet”? | His doublet unbraced |
| Who says, “Brevity is the soul of wit. Therefore, let me be brief”? | Polonius |
| According to Polonius, what are the six stages of Hamlet’s love? | Stages for falling in love: 1. sadness, 2. fast (starvation), 3. watch (insomnia), 4. weakness, 5. lightheadedness, 6. madness |
| Who wrote the following? “Doubt thou the stars are fire, / Doubt that the sun doth move, / Doubt truth to be a liar, / But never doubt I love.” | Hamlet wrote this to Ophelia and the letter was read by Polonius to the King and Queen |
| Twice in the play, Polonius hides behind what? | An arras or curtain |
| Name three characters who use deception in the play and state how they deceived others. | Hamlet through his “antic disposition”; Polonius with his spying on Laertes; King Claudius through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| What does Hamlet call Polonius? | A fishmonger; a tedious old fool |
| Who says: “Though this be madness, there is some method in it”? | Polonius to Hamlet |
| In speaking with his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet calls Denmark a what? | A prison |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern introduce Hamlet to whom? | The players/actors |
| Name five allusions used in the play and be able to explain how each speaks to a specific character or situation. | Hamlet says that his mother was like Niobe, for example, shedding tears for his father but has a change of heart and marries Claudius |
| What is the advice Ophelia receives from Laertes and Claudius? | Do not accept Hamlet’s romantic overtures |
| In what country does Laertes attend college? | France |
| What college did Horatio and Hamlet attend? | Wittenburg |
| What’s another name for the poison put into King Hamlet’s ear? | Hebona |
| Who says, “O horrible, O horrible, most horrible”? | King Hamlet’s ghost |
| What does the Latin phrase “Hic et ubique” mean? | Here and everywhere (ubiquitous) |
| Name five things that Reynaldo (sent to France by Polonius to spy on Laertes) may tempt Laertes. | 1. Quarreling; 2. Drinking; 3. Fencing; 4. Gaming; 5. Drabbing |
| Whom does King Claudius recruit to spy on Hamlet? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| Where does the King send Hamlet to be murdered? | England |
| What is Hamlet’s mood in his “What a piece of work is a man” speech to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? | Despondent (man is the “quintessence of dust”) |
| What three Roman actors do Hamlet and Polonius mention? | Roscoes, Seneca, and Plautus |
| What role in Julius Caesar does Polonius say he played? | Julius Caesar (“I was killed in the Capitol”) |
| Who is Hecuba? | Wife of King Prian and Queen of Troy |
| What are three names of the play enacted by the players? | The Murder of Gonzago/The Mousetrap/Play-within-the-play |
| (Fill-in) “The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the _____.” | King |
| Who is eavesdropping on Hamlet when he speaks his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy? | King Claudius and Polonius |
| What is a bare bodkin? | An unsheathed dagger |
| What are fardels? | Burdens, loads |
| Who approaches Hamlet after his “To be…” speech? | Ophelia |
| Who says, “Get thee to a nunnery. Why would thou be a breeder of sinners”? | Hamlet to Ophelia |
| Hamlet asks Gertrude how does she like the play. What is her answer? | “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” |
| What are the king’s words after seeing the play-within-a-play? | “Give me some light! Away!” |
| Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius after the play? | Claudius is praying his confession |
| Besides Polonius, who else appears in the scene with Hamlet and Gertrude? | King Hamlet’s ghost |
| Where does Hamlet hide Polonius’ body? | Under the stairs |
| Whose skull does the gravedigger show to Hamlet? | Yorick (“Alas, poor Yorick! Where be your gibes now?”) |
| How does Gertrude feel about Ophelia? | She had hoped she would marry Hamlet |
| Who offers the odds/wager to Hamlet? | Osric |
| How does Queen Gertrude die? | Drinks poisoned wine (from Claudius) |
| How does Hamlet die? | Pricked by Laertes “envenomed” sword |
| Who is the new king of Denmark at the end of the play? | Fortinbras |
Hamlet Test
July 30, 2019