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Hamlet
How well do you know this play that tells the tragic tale of a prince of Denmark?
Quiz ID:
#7668
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Difficulty:
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Category:
Literature
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Shakespeare
Created By:
phrebh
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#1 In Act V, Scene 2, Hamlet has a fight in which both players are wounded by the same poisoned foil. Who was he fighting?
Laertes
Osric
Horatio
Fortinbras
#2 In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet's father's ghost tells Hamlet to avenge his murder. Who killed Hamlet's father?
Laertes
Hamlet's mother
Polonius
Claudius
#3 Hamlet holding a skull is part of popular culture, but he is usually portrayed holding it during the "to be, or not to be" speech, which is incorrect. What words does he actually say while holding the skull?
Alas, poor Yorick
To thine own self be true
Get thee to a nunnery
I'll be myself the harbinger
#4 In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet's father's ghost tells Hamlet how he was killed. How did the murderer kill the late King Hamlet?
Hit him with candlestick
Hung him from the rafters
Poured poison in his ear
Stabbed him
#5 At the end of the play, everyone who had a claim to the throne of Denmark is dead. Who becomes the new king of Denmark?
Rosencrantz
Fortinbras
Guildenstern
Horatio
#6 Whose death, coupled with Hamlet's own feigned lunacy, drives Ophelia to madness?
Polonius
Laertes
Gertrude
Reynaldo
#7 Which of the following film adaptations tells the story of Hamlet?
Roxanne
West Side Story
10 Things I Hate about You
The Lion King
#8 Where did the king send Hamlet?
Your Answer:
1 word, 7 letters.
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#9 At the end of the last scene, who is charged with telling the tale of what happened?
Osric
Fortinbras
Horatio
Reynaldo
#10 "To be, or not to be" is not the question here. What act and scene does that famous line occur in?
Act II, Scene 3
Act III, Scene 1
Act V, Scene 3
Act IV, Scene 2
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