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Hamlet Podcast Quiz
Hamlet Podcast Quiz
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Shakespeare, Hamlet, Podcast
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Questions
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1
At the end of the play, what news do the Ambassadors from England bring?
That Fortinbras is the new king
That Claudius is no longer kind
That Hamlet is dead
That Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are dead
2
How many times did Shakespeare re-write Hamlet?
3
4
5
2
3
Which writer has given a powerful voice to Gertrude?
Marlowe
Margaret Atwood
Seneca
Carol Ann Duffy
4
Which of these people was
not
a guest speaker on the podcast?
Sonia Massai
Jonathan Bate
Carol Rutter
Simon Tillerton
5
According to Sir Jonathon Bate what
most
attracted Shakespeare to the subject of Hamlet?
Politics and Statecraft
The Revenge theme
Family Drama
Introspection and Soliloquy
6
Who does Sonia Massai identify as the main target of the misogyny and hatred in Hamlet?
Polonius
Horatio
Ophelia
Gertrude
7
Who wrote the earliest known story of Hamlet,
Amleth
?
Saxon Grammaticus
Sexy Grammaticus
A Viking
Saxon Mathmaticus
8
Roughly, what did Renaissance Humanism mean for a Prince?
To ride horses and swing a sword
To study human nature, to read classics, to have intellect
To be a naturist
To be trained for the court
9
Which scene is the picture depicting?
The Closet Scene
The Gravedigger Scene
The Mousetrap
The 'To be or not to be' scene
10
What do both Hamlet and Laertes do in the graveyard scene?
Talk to skulls
Leap into the grave and hold Ophelia
Cry, and call their tears 'unmanly'
11
The Ghost of Old King Hamlet comes from which literary tradition?
Catholicism
The Senecan Tradition
The Bell Forest tradition
Revenge Tragedy
12
What is the final line of the play?
Commend me, Horatio
The rest is silence.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.
13
What does Sonia Massai tell us about who Seneca was?
A Latin dramatist who brought us gory tragedies
A friend of Shakespeare who wrote tragedies
14
Carol Rutter believed that Yorick was a surrogate father. True or False?
False...
True!
15
In the earliest quarto of Hamlet, how was the most famous line written?
To be or not to be? Ay, that's the point.
To be or not to be? That is the point of it.
To be or not to be? That is the question.
To be or not to be?
16
When was the first quarto of Hamlet discovered?
1823
1602
1599
1800
17
During which period was Hamlet written?
1599-1602
1560-1610
1610-1700
1460-1599
18
What does Jonathan Bate call Hamlet?
The great play of questions
The greatest question
The most popular play
19
True or false? Shakespeare was an actor before he was a playwright?
TRUE!
FALSE!
20
What is the opening line of the play?
Who are you?
Stand and unfold yourself!
Who's there?
What is going on?
21
What was the standard rate that playwrights were paid per play?
£60
£5
£6
£66
22
How many lines is Hamlet's first soliloquy?
20
50
15
30
23
Which of these is
not
a quote from Hamlet?
Frailty, thy name is woman
Alas, poor Yorick
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain
24
What is the most significant difference between the first Quarto edition and the Folio?
It doesn't have a ghost
It is twice as long
It is half the length
It is called Amleth
25
What does Jonathan Bate identify as the big change in the course of the 16th Century?
Post Colonialism
Renaissance Humanism
26
What does Gertrude say about Ophelia in the Graveyard scene?
I hoped thou would'st have been my Hamlet's wife
I never liked you anyway
A document in madness
Poor Ophelia!
27
In which act do we 'meet' Yorick?
Act 2
Act 1
Act 4
Act 5
28
In early modern culture, how old were boys when they became 'men'?
7
8
13
16
29
Which of these plays is Shakespeare's first tragedy?
Macbeth
The Jew of Malta
Hamlet
Titus Andronicus
30
Which is Shakespeare's longest play?
King Lear
Much Ado About Nothing
Hamlet
As You Like It
31
Which University does Hamlet attend?
Wittenburg
Wittlebug
Kittenburger
Whitewalker
32
True or False? Hamlet was already a play before Shakespeare wrote it.
False
True
33
What does Jonathan Bate think about Polonius?
Polonius is a clearly a cunning politican
Polonius is an old fool
Polonius is hilarious
Polonius is a plot device
34
Who called Gertrude a 'flawed character'?
Margaret Atwood
Ezra Pound
Shakespeare
T. S. Eliot
35
Which theatre is mentioned several times in the play?
Stratford
Big School
The Globe Theatre
The Barbican Theatre
