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Hamlet Unit Test
I.
TRUE-FALSE - Mark each statement either true or false. Correct false
statements to receive credit.
1. ___ Hamlet's romance with Ophelia is ended by his mother.
2. ___ Gertrude is astonished to see the ghost.
3. ___ Yorick had been court Jester.
4. ___ Claudius never admits his guilt to the audience.
5. ___ Claudius killed the king by pouring poison in his ear.
6. ___ At the end of the play Horatio becomes king.
7. ___ Hamlet fears that the ghost may have been sent by the devil.
8. ___ "To thine own self be true" is part of Hamlet's soliloquy.
9. ___ Hamlet is afraid to trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
10. __ The ghost is in Purgatory waiting t" ascend to Heaven.
11. __ Polonius believes that love for Ophelia caused Hamlet's madness.
12. __ In the "To be or not to be" speech. Hamlet discusses suicide.
13. __ After the players perform the whole court knows of Claudius' crime.
14. __ Claudius deeply loves Gertrude.
15. ____ Like
II.
Hamlet, Ophelia only pretends to be mad.
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the word or phrase which best completes each statement.
16. ____ Fortinbras is a prince of
(a) Norway
(b) Denmark
(c) Poland.
17. ____ "Get thee to a nunnery" is addressed to
(a) Gertrude
(b) Hamlet
(c) Ophelia.
18. ____ Hamlet resents Gertrude's marriage to
(a) her husband's brother
(b) a complete stranger
(c) a Norwegian.
19. ____ Hamlet compares Polonius to
(a) Judas
(b) Jephthah
(c) Solomon.
20. ____ Hamlet does not kill Claudius at prayer because
(a) the Queen is there
(b) he is well guarded
c) he wants to damn the king's soul.
21. ____ Hamlet hopes the play will
(a) win Ophelia back
(b) cause Claudius to reveal his guilt
22. ____ The ghost tells Hamlet
(a) to leave the Queen alone
trust Horatio.
(b) that Polonius was involved in his death
23. ____ Claudius hopes that Hamlet will be killed in
(a) Norway
(b) England
24. ____ The graveyard scene shows
(a) that all are equal in death
(b) that Hamlet killed Polonius
rest.
25. ____ Hamlet feels Gertrude is guilty of
(a) usurping the throne
(b) killing her brother
marriage.
26. ____ Ophelia dies by
(a) hanging
(c) amuse Horatio.
(b) poison
(c) that he can
(c) the graveyard.
(c) that the ghost is not at
(c) an incestuous
(c) drowning.
27. ____ Laertes plots the duel because of
(a) grief
(b) ambition
(c) jealousy.
28. ____ Comic relief is provided by
(a) Laertes
(b) the gravediggers
(c) the players.
29. ____ Hamlet feels he can trust only
(a) Horatio
(b) Laertes
(c) Gertrude.
30. ____ Hamlet is the only one at court who
(a) still wears mourning
(b) can read and write
(c) drinks too much.
31. ____ The first to see the ghost is
(a) Hamlet
(b) Horatio
(c) a sentry.
32. ____ In his first soliloquy, Hamlet sees the world as
(a) generally good
(b) generally evil
(c) both good and evil.
33. ____ The court is located in
(a) Oslo
(c) Elsinore.
(b) Copenhagen
34. ____ The duel is plotted by Laertes and
(a) Claudius
(b) Polonius
(c) Hamlet.
35. ____ Hamlet kills Polonius
(a) in a duel
(c) with poison
(b) not knowing who it is
III. MATCHING - Match the character with the description.
36. __ Polonius
a. once married to King Hamlet
37. __ Claudius
b. returns Hamlet's gifts
38. __ Hamlet
c. names Hamlet heir to the throne
39. __ Gertrude
d. Once a friend of Hamlet’s
40. __ Ophelia
e. part of "play-within-the-play"
41. __ Laertes
f. adviser to the king
42. __ Horatio
g. says "Good night, sweet prince"
43. __ Rosencrantz
h. brother to Ophelia
IV. MATCHING - Match the item with the proper description.
44. __ Yorick
a. kills Gertrude
45. __ letters to England b. supposed to have killed Hamlet Sr.
46. __ poisoned wine
c. part of Ophelia’s mad scene
47. __ rapier
d. delivered by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
48. __ armor
e. identifies the ghost
49. __ flowers
f. kills Laertes
50. __ snake in garden
g. skull in graveyard
V. Quote Identification: Directions: Choose three of the seven quotes. For each
quotation from Hamlet, please do the following: (1) Provide the speaker of the line
and to whom the line is being spoken to. (2) Discuss the significance of the quotation
within the scope of the Play.
Basically, answer Who, What, When, Where, & Why.
1. “I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind
is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.”
2. “To be or not to be. That is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to bear the
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to
take arms against a sea of troubles, and by
opposing end them.”
3. “Neither a borrower or a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandy.
This above all: to think own self be true,
And it must follow as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
4. “He poisons him in the garden for his estate. His
name’s Gonzago. The story is extant and written in
very choice Italian. You shall see anon how the
murderer gets Gonzago’s wife.”
5. “There’s fennel for you, and columbines. There’s rue
for you. And here’s some for me. We may call it herb of
grace o’Sundays. You must wear your rue with a difference.
There’s a daisy. I would give you some violets, but they
withered all when my father died. They say he made a good end.”
6. “…- a fellow of infinite
jest, of most excellent fancy . He hath bore me on his
back a thousand time, and now how abhorred in
my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung
those lips that I have kissed I know no how oft.
Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your
songs? Your flashes of merriment that were wont to
set the table on a roar?...”
7. “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”