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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
    forbidden love
    poison
    jealousy


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 fears that the people of Denmark will be angry
    Ophelia persuades him not to
    he decides that he does not want to be a murderer
    he is afraid that it will result in the king's forgiveness


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


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


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


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


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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