| Who is the first character to see the ghost? | Marcellus |
| How is Claudius related to Hamlet before marrying Gertrude? | He is the brother of Hamlet’s father, and therefore Hamlet’s uncle |
| What does Laertes warn Ophelia against? | Falling in love with Hamlet |
| Who does the ghost beckon the second time he appears in the play? | Hamlet |
| What does the ghost ask Hamlet to do in the next scene? | Avenge his death by murdering Claudius |
| Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet? | Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet? |
| What reason does Polonius offer for Hamlet’s madness? | He loves Ophelia |
| Claudius is _________ when Hamlet decides he could kill him, but holds off. | Praying |
| Who overhears the “To be or not to be” speech in Act III? | Polonius and Claudius |
| Who killed Hamlet’s father? | Claudius |
| Who kills Polonius? | Hamlet |
| Where is Polonius when he is killed? | Hiding behind a curtain |
| Why does Claudius send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England? | To order Hamlet’s death |
| Who does Hamlet address in the graveyard, while holding the skull? | Yorick |
| What causes Ophelia’s death? | Drowning |
| “Brevity is the soul of wit.” | Polonius |
| “Get thee to a nunnery!” | Hamlet |
| “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” | Hamlet |
| “Frailty, thy name is a woman!” | Hamlet |
| “A countenance more in sorrow than anger.” | Horatio |
| “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” | Polonius |
| “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” | Marcellus |
| “O, woe is me/To have seen what I have seen, see what Isee!” | Ophelia |
| “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” | Gertrude |
| “Though this be madness, yet there’s method in ‘t.” | Polonius |
| Who becomes King of Denmark in the end of the play? | Fortinbras |
| How did Hamlet’s father die? | Poison was poured into his ear |
| Where do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? | England |
| What does Hamlet call Polonius after finding him dead? | “intruding fool” |
| How does Hamlet cause the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? | switches the order for their death for the paper they carry ordering his |
| Whom does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes? | Reynaldo |
| Where does the ghost appear during the play? | The castle ramparts and Gertrude’s bedchamber |
| How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? | By pouring poison into his ear |
| Where is the university at which Horatio and Hamlet studied? | Wittenberg |
| Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard? | The former court jester’s |
| Which of the following characters cannot see the ghost? | Gertrude |
| Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia’s funeral? | Inside the grave itself |
| Which of the following characters survive the play? | Fortinbras, Horatio, and Osric |
| What does Hamlet claim to be able to tell the difference between when the wind is from the south? | A hawk and a handsaw |
| In whose history of Denmark did Shakespeare find background material for his play? | Saxo Grammaticus |
| How does Ophelia die? | She drowns in the river. |
| Whose story does Hamlet ask the players to tell upon their arrival to Elsinore? | Priam and Hecuba’s |
| Who is the last character to die in the play? | Hamlet |
| How many characters die during the course of the play? | Eight |
| Who killed Fortinbras’s father? | Hamlet’s father |
| Which character speaks the first line of the play? | Bernardo |
| Which of Claudius and Laertes’ traps for Hamlet succeeds in killing him? | The poisoned sword |
| Which character speaks from beneath the stage toward the end of Act I? | The ghost |
| Who returns Hamlet to Denmark after his exile? | A group of pirates |
Hamlet
August 31, 2019