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Who was the first to die in "Hamlet" ?
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz
Laertes
Ophelia
King Hamlet
2
The person or force opposing the main character?
Protoganist
Antagonist
3
What happens to Horatio?
He kills King Claudiuis
He dies
He kills Laertes
He lives to tell the story
4
In his first soliloquy, Hamlet describes the world as what?
"an unweeded garden"
"an untended garden"
"a garden of confusion"
"a peaceful garden"
5
"To be or not to be: that is the question" Who says this?
Laertes
Claudius
Polonius
Hamlet
6
Whose funeral opens the screenplay?
Ophelia's
King Hamlet's
7
What is the
FIRST
step of the "Shakespearean Wave" ?
Exposition
Rising Action
Inciting Force
Falling Action
8
Which is
TRUE
of the Rising Action?
The antagonist is the active force
Plot twist
The Protagonist and Antagonist are acting as one.
The protagonist is the active force
9
Which is a false concerning the term
DICTION
?
it assists with clarity
it assists with effectiveness
a writer's word choice
a reader's word choice
10
What was the name of the play Hamlet designed?
The Mouse Trap
The Rat Trap
The Rabbit Trap
The Trap
11
Who killed Hamlet?
Ophelia
Polonius
Claudius
Laertes
12
The Catastrophe is the complete downfall of ____________?
The Narrator
The Protagonist
The Antagonist
All of the chracters in the story
13
Who spies on Hamlet & Why?
Boredom
Polonius and Claudius, to learn the reason for his behavior
Polonius and Claudius, to see if he really loves Ophelia
Polonius and Claudius, to see how angry he'd get
14
What happens to Ophelia?
She runs away
She commits suicide
She goes crazy/mad
She tries to kill Gertrude
15
In the parts of a tragedy, which comes next: Exposition, Inciting Force, Rising Action, ?
Moment of Final Suspense
Catastrophe
Falling Action
Climax/Turning Point
16
How many people died in the play?
8
7
9
10
17
The rise of the ANTAGONIST?
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
Moment of Catastrophe
18
The natural flow of a character's thoughts as he/she experiences them?
Stream of Consciousness
Soliloquy
Monologue
19
Who said, "Brevity is the soul of wit" ?
Laertes
The grave-digger
Polonius
Hamlet
20
What does Hamlet say he would most willingly part with?
His life
His family
His love fro Ophelia
His royalty
21
To what does Hamlet compare death?
Peace
Sleep
Hell
Heaven
22
The inciting force is something that happens that starts the ____________ action?
real
assumed
falling
rising
23
Who said,
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"
Gertrude
Polonius
Hamlet
King Hamlet
24
How does Gertrude die?
She drinks poisoned wine
She kisses Hamlet's wound
She's stabbed by Ophelia
25
Which is
NOT
true of the Exposition of Hamlet...?
King Hamlet is reigning
Danger of war with Norway
Gertrude hastily remarries
King Hamlet is dead
26
The point of greatest intensity, interest, or suspense. Also known as the turning point.
Aside
Climax
27
Which of these is NOT presented in the Exposition?
place
conflict
the general atmosphere
time
28
During the Moment of Final Suspense, which character thinks things are going their way?
The Protagonist
The Antagonist
29
What does King Hamlet ask of his son?
remember him
protect his mother
avenge his death
30
How did Hamlet's companions swear to never speak of seeing the ghost of King Hamlet?
Swear on King Hamlet's life
Swearing on his sword
Swearing
Blood promise
31
A comparison made between two things to show similarities.
Analogy
Elegy
32
What does Horatio and other sentries see in a hall of the castle?
Hamlet
Ophelia talking to her father
Claudius praying
King Hamlet's ghost
33
Claudius sends Hamlet to ___________ to be executed?
England
France
Norway
Italy
34
What does Claudius drop into the cup of wine?
good luck charm
poison dipped pearl
nothing
35
Who killed Claudius, and how?
Hamlet; stabbed with poisoned blade & poisoned wine
Laertes; poisoned wine
Hamlet; stabbed with poisoned blade
36
The ghost tells of his own murder by the hands of ________?
Claudius
Gertrude
Polonius
Laertes
37
How does Hamlet decide to determiner Claudius' guilt?
Devise a play
Send a watchman
38
A device whereby a character speaks his thoughts and feelings aloud and unheard by others.
sililoquy
dialogue
monologue
speech
39
Who does Claudius send for?
Rosencrantz
Laertes
Ophelia
Guildenstern
40
In the exposition of Hamlet, what was the atmosphere like?
peaceful
uneasy
cheerful
gloomy
41
During what time frame is Hamlet placed?
1800s
18th Century
1600s
17th Century
42
The struggle between two or more characters in a piece of literature?
drama
set back
conflict
falling action
43
__________ was killed by poison in the ear
Laertes
Claudius
Hamlet II
Hamlet I
44
Who does Hamlet kill behind the tapestry? Who does he think is there?
Laertes; Claudius
Polonius; Laertes
Claudius; Polonius
Polonius; Claudius
45
The conversation between two or more characters in a literary piece.
diction
porch talk
dictation
dialogue
46
Poetry written in unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter is called what?
Haiku
Sonnet
Ballad
Blank Verse
47
TRUE
or
FALSE
, Hamlet fails to kill Claudius during the Climax?
False
Maybe
No Clue
True
48
T
or
F,
at the end of the play, Horatio becomes king?
True
False
49
What is the
THIRD
step of the "Shakespearean Wave" ?
Catastrophe
Rising Action
Turning Point
Moment of Final Suspense
50
What happens two months after King Hamlet's funeral?
Gertrude and Claudius marry
Hamlet and Ophelia marry
Hamlet's death
51
Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother?
She sends him to England
She marries too soon after her husband's death
52
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he has the chance?
He though he'd go to heaven
He wanted to meet with his mother first
He thought he' go to hell
Fear
53
The final stage of a tragedy in which the hero reaches his unhappy ending.
rising action
catastrophe
climax
54
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in it" Who says this?
Polonius
Hamlet
King Hamlet
Claudius
55
"Sweets to the sweet"
Who says this?
Gertrude
Ophelia
Hamlet
Laertes
56
Who is Fortenbras?
Future King of Norway
Future King of Italy
Future King of Denmark
57
What is the
SECOND
step in the "Shakespearean Wave" ?
Inciting Force
Exposition
Moment of Final Suspense
Falling Action
58
How does Ophelia die?
She stabs herself
She drowned
She didn't
59
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Who says this?
Gertrude
Ophelia
60
Who said,
"This above all, to thine own self be true."
Polonius
Ophelia
Gertrude
Hamlet
61
Why does Ophelia's family want her to stay away from Hamlet?
fear
social differences
racial differences
economic differences
62
The central character in a literary piece?
Narrorator
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tritagonist
63
Which is
NOT
true of a
PUN
?
use of the same word
two different meanings
the same meaning
simultaneous use
64
The ghost of King Hamlet appears to?
Laertes
Gertrude
Hamlet
Polonius
65
Whose skull is in the graveyard?
King Hamlet's
Yorick's
Ophelia's
66
Who is the author of "Hamlet" ?
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Frost
Vaughn
67
Who said,
"Frailty, thy name is woman?"
Claudius
King Hamlet
Hamlet
Polonius
68
What does Polonius think is the cause of Hamlet's lunacy?
The death of his father
His love for Ophelia
His mother's hasty remarriage
His hate for Claudius
69
Which is
NOT
something the ghost of Hamlet told his son?
Gertrude was a part of the scheme to kill him
Leave his mother to her own demise
Gertrude was uinfaithful
Claudius murdered him
70
Whose funeral does Hamlet accidentally walk into?
Ophelia
King Hamlet
