During the play that the traveling players perform, Claudius, Hamlet Quiz help

QUESTION 1

1. During the play that the traveling players perform, Claudius:

   	a.	Dies
   	b.	Attempts to kill Hamlet
   	c.	Demands that the actors perform a different play
   	d.	Walks out of the play

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QUESTION 2

1. The skull that the grave digger digs up that Hamlet holds and talks about is the skull of:

   	a.	Polonius
   	b.	The king’s jester
   	c.	Hamlet’s father
   	d.	Laertes

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QUESTION 3

1. Ophelia tells her faterh Polonius that when Hamlet burst in on her while she was sewing, Hamlet was:

   	a.	Carrying a sheep’s head
   	b.	Partially undressed
   	c.	Accompanied by a ghost
   	d.	Playing a flute

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QUESTION 4

1. Hamlet kills Claudius by:

   	a.	Stabbing him and making him drink the poisoned wine
   	b.	Stabbing him with a pin from Gertrude’s dress
   	c.	Suffocating him
   	d.	Drowning him

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QUESTION 5

1. Claudius and Polonius spy on Ophelia and Hamlet’s conversation to see for themselves what is wrong with Hamlet. Is Ophelia aware that Claudius and Polonius are watching her meeting with Hamlet?

   	a.	Yes
   	b.	No

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QUESTION 6

1. Opheli dies by:

   	a.	Drowning
   	b.	Poison given her by Gertrude
   	c.	Falling into a grave by mistake
   	d.	Falling off of a horse

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QUESTION 7

1. The members of the traveling acting troupe and Polonius leave for dinner and rest. However, Hamlet stops the first player (actor) and makes a request of him. What does Hamlet ask the player to do the next day?

   	a.	Use real poison in the play
   	b.	Wear a mask
   	c.	Hurt Gertrude
   	d.	Insert some lines that Hamlet will write

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QUESTION 8

1. The ghost tells Hamlet NOT to contrive against or harm his mother Gertrude because the ghost:

   	a.	Loves Gertrude
   	b.	Wants to kill her himself
   	c.	Forgives Gertrude
   	d.	Says Gertrude will be punished in heaven

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QUESTION 9

1. Claudius and Laertes plot together that they will:

   	a.	Poison Gertrude
   	b.	Kill Hamlet
   	c.	Launch a surprise attack on another country’s army
   	d.	Tell Ophelia her father is alive to ease her pain

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QUESTION 10

1. Hamlet says, “I’ll lug his guts into the neighbor room.” Whose guts is he talking about?

   	a.	Claudius
   	b.	Polonius
   	c.	Rosencrantz
   	d.	Fortinbras