HAMLET CURRENT EXAM WITH {50} QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS Who is the first character to see the ghost? - ANSWER Marcellus How is Claudius related to Hamlet before marrying Gertrude? - ANSWER He is the brother of Hamlet's father, and therefore Hamlet's uncle What does Laertes warn Ophelia against? - ANSWER Falling in love with Hamlet Who does the ghost beckon the second time he appears in the play? - ANSWER Hamlet What does the ghost ask Hamlet to do in the next scene? - ANSWER Avenge his death by murdering Claudius Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet? - ANSWER Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet? What reason does Polonius offer for Hamlet's madness? - ANSWER He loves Ophelia Claudius is _________ when Hamlet decides he could kill him, but h olds off. - ANSWER Praying Who overhears the "To be or not to be" speech in Act III? - ANSWER Polonius and Claudius Who killed Hamlet's father? - ANSWER Claudius Who kills Polonius? - ANSWER Hamlet Where is Polonius when he is killed? - ANSWER Hiding behind a curt ain Why does Claudius send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England? - ANSWER To order Hamlet's death Who does Hamlet address in the graveyard, while holding the skull? - ANSWER Yorick What causes Ophelia's death? - ANSWER Drowning "Brevity is the soul of wit." - ANSWER Polonius "Get thee to a nunnery!" - ANSWER Hamlet "A little more than kin, and less than kind." - ANSWER Hamlet "Frailty, thy name is a woman!" - ANSWER Hamlet "A countenance more in sorrow than anger." - ANSWER Horatio "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." - ANSWER Polonius "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." - ANSWER Marcellus "O, woe is me/To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!" - ANSWER Ophelia "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - ANSWER Gertrude "Though this be madness, yet there's method in 't." - ANSWER Polonius Who becomes King of Denmark in the end of the play? - ANSWER Fortinbras How did Hamlet's father die? - ANSWER Poison was poured into his ear Where do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? - ANSWER England What does Hamlet call Polonius after finding him dead? - ANSWER "intruding fool"
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