To Be or not to Be? What a question!

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1. Who are the two guards on patrol in the very beginning of Act I, scene one? Hamlet and Horatio King Claudius and Polonius Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Francisco and Bernardo

2. Whom does Prince Hamlet see on the ramparts and what does it tell him? Horatio; The queen is dead. His father; King Claudius murdered him. King Claudius; That he killed King Hamlet. Ophelia; Laertes is back.

3. Who said: "He took me by the wrist and held me hard. Then goes he to the length of all his arm, and with the other hand thus o'er his brow he falls to such perusal of my face as he would draw it." Answer: (One Word)

4. Prince Hamlet shows his mother two pictures, one of himself and one of his father, and asks her who she loves more. True False

5. Now an easy one to make up for all the evil questions I asked earlier. Who said, "To be or not to be. That is the question?" Answer: (one of the main characters)

6. How does Ophelia die? She stabs herself She drowns picking flowers Hamlet kills her She dies of an incurable disease

7. How does Polonius die? Laertes kills him after Ophelia's death Polonius does not die. He is just wounded. King Claudius killed him in response to some bad news He is stabbed by Prince Hamlet

8. What was the name of the play Prince Hamlet organized? Answer: (Two words - It controls pests)

9. Who returns to the castle with a mob chanting, "_________ for king!" Laertes Guildenstern Rosencrantz Prince Hamlet

10. This might be hard: Why is Ophelia's burial in sacred ground questioned? Because she was a witch Because nobody liked her Because she and Hamlet were lovers Because she commited suicide

11. Does Prince Hamlet die in England? Yes No

12. Who is the first one to die in the last scene? Hamlet King Claudius Laertes Gertrude

13. Who is the one to kill King Claudius? Answer: (This is not hard at all)

14. Who comes in and takes over Denmark? Reynaldo Horatio Fortinbras Osrick

15. Final question (just for fun): Who did Ralph Wiggum play in the Simpsons parody of "Hamlet"? Answer: (His dad was killed by Bart)