Hamlet Quiz: Act 3
1. Polonius and the king plan to listen in on a conversation between Hamlet and ______________.
a. Laertes
b. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
c. Ophelia
d. Horatio
e. Lennie
2. When Hamlet says “To be or not to be,” he indicates that he is thinking about ________________.
a. marriage
b. manhood
c. suicide
d. salvation
e. geometry
3. The beginning of the play-within-the-play features a scene in which there is no _______________.
a. talking
b. movement
c. acting
d. stage
e. carp
4. Hamlet asks ______________ to watch the king’s reaction to the play.
a. Ophelia
b. Horatio
c. Polonius
d. the queen
e. Sparky
5. Just before the play starts, Hamlet speaks to Ophelia in a ________________ way.
a. crude
b. depressing
c. hateful
d. joyful
e. crunchy
d. Ophelia
e. the duck
6. ______________________ seems to be “protesting too much.”
a. Hamlet
b. the queen
c. the king
7. Hamlet refers to Polonius as a _____________________.
a. goose
b. snake
c. toad
d. weasel
e. pollywog
8. In this act Hamlet stabs and kills ____________________.
a. Rosencrantz
b. Horatio
c. Guildenstern
d. Polonius
e. Gus
9. Hamlet instructs his mother to avoid _______________________with the king.
a. being seen
b. traveling
c. sleeping
d. drinking
e. jogging
10. At the end of the act we find Hamlet talking to a ____________________.
a. wall
KEY: 1. C
b. corpse
2. C
3. A
c. messenger
4. B
5. A
6. B
d. soldier
7. D
8. A
9. C
e. sponge
10. B