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Hamlet

How well do you know this play that tells the tragic tale of a prince of Denmark?

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Category: Literature > Shakespeare Submitted By: phrebh

Question #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

Question #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

Question #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

Question #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

Question #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

Question #6

Whose death, coupled with Hamlet's own feigned lunacy, drives Ophelia to madness?

Polonius
Laertes
Gertrude
Reynaldo

Question #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

Question #8

Where did the king send Hamlet?

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Question #9

At the end of the last scene, who is charged with telling the tale of what happened?

Osric
Fortinbras
Horatio
Reynaldo

Question #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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Hamlet

Question #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?

Question #2

In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet's father's ghost tells Hamlet to avenge his murder. Who killed Hamlet's father?

Question #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?

Question #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?

Question #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?

Question #6

Whose death, coupled with Hamlet's own feigned lunacy, drives Ophelia to madness?

Question #7

Which of the following film adaptations tells the story of Hamlet?

Question #8

Where did the king send Hamlet?

Question #9

At the end of the last scene, who is charged with telling the tale of what happened?

Question #10

"To be, or not to be" is not the question here. What act and scene does that famous line occur in?

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Hamlet

Question #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?

Question #2

In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet's father's ghost tells Hamlet to avenge his murder. Who killed Hamlet's father?

Question #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?

Question #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?

Question #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?

Question #6

Whose death, coupled with Hamlet's own feigned lunacy, drives Ophelia to madness?

Question #7

Which of the following film adaptations tells the story of Hamlet?

Question #8

Where did the king send Hamlet?

Question #9

At the end of the last scene, who is charged with telling the tale of what happened?

Question #10

"To be, or not to be" is not the question here. What act and scene does that famous line occur in?

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