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To Be or not to Be? What a question!

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To Be or not to Be What a question game quiz
"This quiz is on the Shakespeare play, "Hamlet". The questions range from quote identification to general questions about the play. The last one is for Simpsons fans!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



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


2. Whom does Prince Hamlet see on the ramparts and what does it tell him?
    His father; King Claudius murdered him.
    King Claudius; That he killed King Hamlet.
    Horatio; The queen is dead.
    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
    He is stabbed by Prince Hamlet
    King Claudius killed him in response to some bad news
    Polonius does not die. He is just wounded.


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 nobody liked her
    Because she was a witch
    Because she commited suicide
    Because she and Hamlet were lovers


11. Does Prince Hamlet die in England?
    Yes
    No


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


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


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


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


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Compiled May 26 13