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? King Claudius and Polonius Hamlet and Horatio Francisco and Bernardo Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

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 drowns picking flowers Hamlet kills her She stabs herself She dies of an incurable disease

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

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!" Rosencrantz Prince Hamlet Guildenstern Laertes

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

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? Horatio Fortinbras Osrick Reynaldo

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