"Goodnight, Sweet Prince "- A Hamlet Quiz

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1. Does the play open in the day or night? Answer: (Type day or night)

2. Does Hamlet address Claudius directly in Act 1 sc.2? Yes No

3. How does Hamlet describe his mother's re-marriage in his first soliloquy? Rank All of these Incestuous Gross

4. Complete the line: "My father's spirit in arms, All is not ...." Answer: (Four letters)

5. What does the ghost ask of Hamlet? Prayers Mercy Revenge Forgiveness

6. What decision did Hamlet make at the end of Act 1 sc.5? To assume madness To confront Gertrude To leave Elsinore To do nothing

7. Why did Shakespeare include Laertes's letter home for more money in the play? Show Polonius's character Time has passed All of these Show Laertes's character

8. What does Polonius think is the cause of Hamlet's madness? Melancholy Grief Love Sickness

9. What news did Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring to Hamlet? Answer: (2 words- wandering actors)

10. Complete the famous line: "The play's the thing wherin I'll catch the conscience of ..." Answer: (2 words)

11. Where do Polonius and the King hide while Ophelia is "loosed" to Hamlet? In an ante room Behind foliage Outside an open window Behind an arras

12. Where does Claudius plan to send Hamlet? Paris Norway Wittenberg England

13. What does Hamlet say is the name of the play being performed before the court? The Rat Trap The Mousetrap The Poisoner Gonzago and Baptista

14. Who, according to Polonius, wants to talk to Hamlet at the end of the play within the play? Gertrude Rosencrantz Claudius Ophelia

15. Who says "O my offence is rank it smells to heaven"? Claudius Hamlet Gertrude Polonius

16. Hamlet uses two ....to show Gertrude the difference between her two husbands. Answer: (One Word)

17. What halts Hamlet's outburst? Guildenstern Claudius The ghost Guards

18. Complete the line: "O! from this time forth my thoughts be .... or be nothing worth" Vicious Bloody Warlike Ended

19. Who is the next to die in the play, after the death of Polonius? Gertrude Ophelia Claudius Hamlet

20. Laertes returns from Paris to avenge his father's death. True False

21. Act 5 opens in a graveyard; who is being buried? Answer: (One Word)

22. How do Claudius and Laertes ensure Hamlet has no chance of surviving the duel? Poisoned sword A sword unbated All of these Poisoned chalice

23. What did Hamlet do before the duel? Prayed Apologised to Laertes Kissed Gertrude Mocked Claudius

24. Who told Hamlet the truth finally at the end of the play? Laertes Horatio Osric Fortinbras

25. Who utters the line "Goodnight sweet prince", which has given this quiz its name? Osric Captain Fortinbras Horatio