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1
Who is Hamlet’s father?
b) Polonius
c) King Hamlet
a) Claudius
d) Laertes
2
Who is Ophelia’s brother?
d) Claudius
c) Polonius
a) Hamlet
b) Laertes
3
Who kills Hamlet’s father?
c) Claudius
a) Polonius
d) Laertes
b) Hamlet
4
What is the famous soliloquy spoken by Hamlet in Act 3, Scene 1?
a) "All the world's a stage"
b) "To be or not to be"
c) "Romeo, oh Romeo"
d) "Out, out brief candle"
5
Where was William Shakespeare born?
d) Edinburgh
a) London
b) Stratford-upon-Avon
c) Oxford
6
What happens to Ophelia?
c) She kills Hamlet
b) She dies by drowning
d) She marries Laertes
a) She becomes Queen
7
How does Hamlet die?
b) Stabbed by Laertes
c) Drowned
a) Poisoning
d) All of the above
8
Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare?
a) Hamlet
b) Othello
d) All of the above
c) Macbeth
9
What is the title of Shakespeare's famous play about two star-crossed lovers?
d) Romeo and Juliet
b) Macbeth
c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
a) Hamlet
10
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
d) 200
a) 154
b) 100
c) 120
11
Who was the famous playwright during the Elizabethan Era?
c) Christopher Marlowe
d) Jane Austen
a) Charles Dickens
b) William Shakespeare
12
Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeare’s plays?
a) Tragedy
b) Comedy
c) History
d) Mystery
13
What does Hamlet contemplate in the "To be or not to be" soliloquy?
b) The meaning of life and death
d) His relationship with his mother
a) His love for Ophelia
c) His desire for revenge
14
What is the name of the ghost that appears to Hamlet?
d) The Ghost of Banquo
c) The Ghost of Caesar
a) The Ghost of King Lear
b) The Ghost of King Hamlet
15
What ultimately happens to Claudius?
a) He escapes
d) He is crowned king
c) He is forgiven by Hamlet
b) He is killed by Hamlet
16
In which year was William Shakespeare born?
c) 1600
d) 1520
b) 1584
a) 1564
17
Which character says, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?
b) Claudius
d) Horatio
a) Hamlet
c) Marcellus
18
Which monarch was reigning during Shakespeare's time?
c) King James I
d) Queen Victoria
a) King Henry VIII
b) Queen Elizabeth I
19
Who advises Hamlet to "Get thee to a nunnery"?
a) Laertes
d) Ophelia
c) Claudius
b) Polonius
20
What was the name of the theater associated with Shakespeare's plays?
a) The Royal Theater
d) The London Theatre
b) The Globe Theatre
c) The Stratford Theatre
21
What is the central theme of
Hamlet
?
c) Betrayal
a) Love
d) Power
b) Revenge
22
What does the ghost of King Hamlet reveal to Hamlet?
a) That he was killed by Ophelia
d) That Hamlet should forget the past
b) That Hamlet should avenge his death
c) That Claudius is a good king
23
Who advises Hamlet to "Remember me" at the end of Act 1?
b) Polonius
c) The Ghost
a) Ophelia
d) Horatio
24
What does Hamlet do with the letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are carrying?
a) He reads it
c) He rewrites it
d) He hides it
b) He burns it
25
Which character is the best friend of Hamlet?
a) Laertes
b) Horatio
c) Rosencrantz
d) Guildenstern
26
Who is the villain in
Hamlet
?
c) Laertes
b) Claudius
a) Polonius
d) Horatio
27
What is the full title of Shakespeare’s play
Hamlet
?
c) Hamlet, Son of Denmark
b) Hamlet, Prince of Elsinore
d) Hamlet, King of Denmark
a) The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
28
Who is Hamlet’s mother?
a) Gertrude
c) Lady Macbeth
b) Ophelia
d) Portia
