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Hamlet Act I Scene i

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Comprehension questions for high school students reading Hamlet. #hamlet #shakespeare

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1
Weapon makers and shipwrights are working around the clock because
Hamlet is going to invade Poland
Claudius is going to invade Poland
Fortinbras is going to invade Denmark
Claudius is going to invade Norway
2
Horatio says strange signs such as ghosts walking, comets, eclipses and dews of blood:
are just people's imaginations
will never happen in Denmark
have been seen in Denmark
are nothing to worry about
3
At the start, Horatio is:
scared because he believes in ghosts.
skeptical, saying the ghost is just a fantasy.
4
The guards asked Horatio to join them because:
He is a scholar.
They have seen a ghost the last two nights.
He tells good jokes.
He is a ghostbuster.
5
Francisco goes off watch, saying:
it is bitter cold
all of these
he has not seen a mouse stirring
he is sick at heart
6
The ghost is about to speak to Horatio when:
Marcellus drops his sword
the sun rises
the next watch arrives
a cock crows
7
The play is set in?
Norway
Poland
Denmark
England
8
Who does Horatio suggest they should tell about the ghost?
Prince Hamlet
Laertes
Polonius
Claudius
9
The action begins...
On the battlements
In the dungeons
In the graveyard
In the Great Hall
10
The ghost looks like:
Polonius
Old King Hamlet
Claudius
Young Prince Hamlet