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"? Marcellus Hamlet Brutus Guildenstern

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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