Full Book Quiz for Hamlet by William Shakespeare MCQ Test


Book Title

Hamlet

Author Name

William Shakespeare

Date of Publication of the Book

1603

Number of Chapters

5 Acts

Related Readings

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Quiz Test for Hamlet by William Shakespeare

1. How does laertes die?

  • Fortinbras kills him to revenge his father’s death.
  • Hamlet stabs him with a poisoned sword.
  • He drinks from claudius’ poisoned cup.
  • He stabs himself in a moment of regret for having tricked hamlet.

Answer

Hamlet stabs him with a poisoned sword.


2. What is hamlet’s relationship with ophelia at the play’s beginning?

  • They are enemies.
  • They are in love.
  • They are schoolmates.
  • They have never met.

Answer

They are in love.


3. Which of the following characters sees the ghost of hamlet’s father first?

  • Claudius
  • Hamlet
  • Horatio
  • Marcellus

Answer

Marcellus


4. Who poses a military threat to king claudius at the play’s beginning?

  • Fortinbras
  • Hamlet
  • Old norway
  • Poland

Answer

Fortinbras


5. Who says the following: “the lady doth protest too much methinks.”

  • Claudius
  • Gertrude
  • Hamlet
  • Horatio

Answer

Gertrude


6. Who tells hamlet that laertes has challenged him to a duel?

  • Claudius
  • Horatio
  • Laertes
  • Osric

Answer

Osric


7. Why doesn’t hamlet kill claudius after the play, before going to his mother’s chamber?

  • He doesn’t want claudius to be able to repent his sins before dying.
  • He fears for gertrude’s health if she loses another husband.
  • He knows claudius’ guards are nearby.
  • He wants an audience when he exacts his revenge.

Answer

He doesn’t want claudius to be able to repent his sins before dying.


8. Hamlet is set in

  • Sweden
  • Scotland
  • Denmark
  • England

Answer

Denmark


9. Hamlet's stepfather is also his

  • Grandfather
  • Brother
  • Nephew
  • Uncle

Answer

Uncle


10. The ghost is first spotted

  • In gertrude's chambers
  • On the deck of the ship
  • Outside the castle
  • In the graveyard

Answer

Outside the castle


11. In his first appearance onstage, hamlet is wearing

  • Mourning clothes
  • The crown
  • A jester's costume
  • Royal robes

Answer

Mourning clothes


12. Claudius poisoned

  • Old hamlet
  • Ophelia
  • Gertrude
  • Hamlet

Answer

Old hamlet


13. The ghost claims he is

  • Old fortinbras
  • Claudius
  • The king of norway
  • Old hamlet

Answer

Old hamlet


14. What noise drives the ghost offstage?

  • Hamlet crying
  • A string quartet
  • His wife sleeping with claudius
  • A cock's crow

Answer

 A cock's crow


15. Whom does polonius send to france to spy on laertes?

  • Reynaldo
  • Ophelia
  • Guido
  • Marcellus

Answer

Reynaldo


16. How did claudius murder king hamlet?

  • By stabbing him through an arras
  • By pouring poison into his ear
  • By ordering him to be hanged
  • By poisoning his wineglass

Answer

By pouring poison into his ear


17. Whose skull does hamlet discover in the churchyard?

  • The former court jester’s
  • Reynaldo’s
  • Ophelia’s
  • His father’s

Answer

The former court jester’s


18. Which of the following characters cannot see the ghost?

  • Marcellus
  • Hamlet
  • Gertrude
  • Horatio

Answer

Gertrude


19. How does ophelia die?

  • Poison
  • Fencing
  • Hanging
  • Drowning

Answer

Drowning


20. Where does the ghost say he wanders?

  • Purgatory
  • Hell
  • Heaven
  • Baltic sea

Answer

Purgatory


21. Who survives the play?

  • Fortinbras, horatio, and osric
  • Prince hamlet, polonius, and gertrude
  • Claudius, rosencrantz, and guildenstern
  • Ophelia, laertes, and king hamlet

Answer

Fortinbras, horatio, and osric


22. What does hamlet claim to be able to tell the difference between when the wind is from the south?

  • A flea and a fire log
  • A nymph and a nihilist
  • A hawk and a handsaw
  • A shark and St. Timothy

Answer

A hawk and a handsaw


23. In whose history of denmark did shakespeare find background material for his play?

  • Oedipus of thebes
  • Saxo grammaticus
  • Franz guntherhaasen
  • Dionysus finn

Answer

Saxo grammaticus


24. Why, according to polonius, has hamlet gone mad?

  • He grieves too much for his father.
  • He despises claudius for marrying gertrude.
  • He is in love with ophelia.
  • He is jealous of laertes and longs to return to wittenberg.

Answer

He is in love with ophelia.


25. How many characters die during the course of the play?

  • Two
  • Five
  • Seven
  • Eight

Answer

Eight


26. The health of a state seems related to

  • The moral state of the leader
  • The physical state of its people
  • The physical state of its leader
  • The moral state of its people

Answer

The moral state of the leader


27. Who saves hamlet's life?

  • Polonius
  • Pirates
  • Ophelia
  • Old hamlet

Answer

Polonius


28. What does hamlet call polonius?

  • Father
  • Dear man
  • Father-in-law
  • Fishmonger

Answer

Fishmonger


29. Why does hamlet decide not to kill claudius after the traveling players’ play?

  • Claudius is praying.
  • Claudius is asleep.
  • Claudius pleads for mercy.
  • Gertrude is in the next room.

Answer

Claudius is praying.


30. Who killed fortinbras’s father?

  • Prince hamlet
  • Laertes
  • Fortinbras
  • Hamlet’s father

Answer

Hamlet’s father


31. Which of claudius and laertes’ traps for hamlet succeeds in killing him?

  • The poisoned cup
  • The sharpened sword
  • The poisoned dagger
  • The poisoned sword

Answer

The poisoned sword


32. Which character speaks from beneath the stage toward the end of act I?

  • The ghost
  • Hamlet
  • Claudius
  • Polonius

Answer

The ghost


33. Who returns hamlet to denmark after his exile?

  • Horatio
  • Claudius
  • A group of pirates
  • A group of monks

Answer

A group of pirates


34. In what country do rosencrantz and guildenstern die?

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • England
  • Poland

Answer

England


35. Approximately how much time has passed between the death of king hamlet and the remarriage of gertrude to claudius?

  • One year
  • Six months
  • Two months
  • Two weeks

Answer

Two months


36. What is hamlet trying to decide in his “to be” soliloquy?

  • If he is ready and willing to die
  • If he should ask for ophelia’s hand in marriage
  • If he should confront gertrude about her rash remarriage
  • If the ghost of his father is real

Answer

If he is ready and willing to die


37. What is the main plot function that the players serve?

  • They distract hamlet from his grief, which gives claudius enough time to arrange for hamlet’s murder.
  • They distract the court while fortinbras’ troops surround elsinore.
  • They help hamlet determine if his father’s ghost is telling the truth.
  • They instruct gertrude regarding the true nature of her former husband’s death.

Answer

They help hamlet determine if his father’s ghost is telling the truth.


38. Who aids in hamlet’s escape from the ship?

  • Gertrude
  • Horatio
  • Pirates
  • The king of england

Answer

Pirates


39. Who says the following: “madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.”

  • Claudius
  • Laertes
  • Marcellus
  • Polonius

Answer

Claudius


40. Why does the apparition appear in gertrude’s chamber?

  • To protect gertrude from hamlet’s excessive anger
  • To prove to gertrude that hamlet is not mad
  • To show gertrude that she is forgiven for remarrying so quickly
  • To warn gertrude that claudius is a murderer

Answer

To protect gertrude from hamlet’s excessive anger


41. Why is hamlet sent to england?

  • Claudius knows that hamlet is insane.
  • Claudius wants the king of england to have hamlet killed.
  • Gertrude fears someone will harm hamlet for killing polonius.
  • Opehelia tells the queen that laertes has sworn to kill hamlet.

Answer

Claudius wants the king of england to have hamlet killed.

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