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