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"Hamlet": To be or not to be?

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Hamlet To be or not to be game quiz
"I just finished reading "Hamlet" for the first time for my AP English class and I believe that it is definitely one of Shakespeare's best plays."

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1. What was Hamlet's father's name?
    Claudius
    Hamlet
    Polonius
    Fortinbras


2. Who says this memorable line: "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark"?
    Brutus
    Guildenstern
    Hamlet
    Marcellus


3. What does Polonius think is the reason for Hamlet's madness?
    grief over his father's death
    jealousy
    poison
    forbidden love


4. Who says "The play's the thing/ wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king" at the end of Act 2?
    Ophelia
    Hamlet
    Gertrude
    Rosencrantz


5. Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius while he is praying in the chapel?
    he is afraid that it will result in the king's forgiveness
    he decides that he does not want to be a murderer
    he fears that the people of Denmark will be angry
    Ophelia persuades him not to


6. What is Ophelia's final fate?
    she drowns
    she is killed by Hamlet
    she hangs herself
    she leaves Denmark and goes to England


7. Who, technically, kills Gertrude?
    Hamlet
    Horatio
    Laertes
    Claudius


8. What poison kills Hamlet's father?
    Arsenic
    Hebenon
    Cyanide
    He was not poisoned. He was strangled.


9. Who does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes?
    Horatio
    Guildenstern
    Reynaldo
    Ophelia


10. Who, of the characters listed, is still alive at the end of the play?
    Hamlet
    Gertrude
    Laertes
    None of these


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Compiled Jun 19 13