Hamlet quiz

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Hamlet is based on stories from which country?

1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Ireland
4. Denmark

Who is Laertes?

1. Hamlet's brother
2. Hamlet's father
3. Ophelia's brother
4. Ophelia's father

How was Hamlet's father killed?

1. He got stabbed with his own sword.
2. There was poison in his wine during dinner.
3. He was strangled with a curtain.
4. Someone poured poison down his ear.

Why is there a 'play within the play'? What is the function of this?

1. Hamlet wants to find out if Claudius is guilty.
2. Hamlet wants to show his mother the truth.
3. Hamlet wants to know if Ophelia really loves him.
4. Hamlet wants to find out if G. had an affair.

Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

1. Because he wants to marry Ophelia.
2. He kills him by mistake; he thinks it's Claudius.
3. Because Polonius is in love with his mother.
4. P. accused Hamlet of having killed his father.

Why does Hamlet go to England?

1. Claudius sends him there to have him killed.
2. To ask the king of England to help him.
3. To go on holiday with his friends.
4. H. needs time to think about everything.

What has happened when Hamlet returns to England?

1. Laertes is angry with Hamlet.
2. Gertrude has died.
3. Claudius has fled to Germany.
4. Ophelia has died.

What happens in the famous "gravedigger's scene"?

1. Ophelia's skull is being dug up.
2. Hamlet doesn't know at first that O. is dead.
3. Hamlet and Laertes fight.
4. Hamlet commits suicide.

What happens after the famous "gravedigger's scene"?

1. Gertrude says that she is not Hamlet's mother.
2. The final duel between Hamlet and Claudius.
3. The final duel between Hamlet and Laertes.
4. It appears that Ophelia is not dead after all.

Who is the first person to die in the last scene?

1. Gertrude
2. Laertes
3. Claudius
4. Hamlet