Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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From where did Hamlet know Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
a. | Grew up together | c. | Friend’s of his uncle | b. | Went to college
together | d. | Does not know
them |
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Polonius suggests that Hamlet’s madness stems from his love for
a. | Gertrude | c. | Pamela | b. | Mary | d. | Ophelia |
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What traveling group arrives at the castle?
a. | actors | c. | jugglers | b. | singers | d. | thieves |
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What is the name of the play Hamlet asks the players to act?
a. | The Mousetrap | c. | The Murder of Gonzo | b. | The Trap | d. | The Murder of
Gonzago |
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Why does Hamlet want this play acted in front of the king?
a. | It will prompt a confession from the king | c. | It will make Gertrude
happy | b. | It will make the king go insane | d. | It will cause the country to overthrow the
king |
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Upon whom does Polonius spy?
a. | Hamlet | c. | Laertes | b. | Ophelia | d. | All of the
above |
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What seems to be Hamlet’s first solution to solve his depression?
a. | suicide | c. | psychiatry | b. | murder | d. | prayer |
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Short Answer
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8.
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Who said the following: “I doubt it is no other but the main./ His
father’s death and our o’er hasty marriage.”
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Who said the following: “More matter with less art.”
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Who said the following: “Denmark is a prison.”
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“....for their is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it
so.”
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Who said the following: “A dream itself is but a shadow.”
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Who said the following: “Now I am alone./ What a rogue and peasant slave
am I.”
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Who said the following: “The play’s the thing/ Wherein I’ll
catch the conscience of the king.”
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