1- The kings How is it that the clouds still

Hang on you ? “showcases how he distances himself fromHamlet by all the

following EXCEPT........

Select one:

Delaying the pronoun ‘you’

The use of the formal ‘you’

Questioning his mourning for his father

The use of the in formal ‘you’

2- Hamlet is convinced that Horatio lies to him.

Select one:

True

False

3- The phrases “mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage” contain....

Select one:

Metaphors

Paradoxes

Puns

Similes

4- Only....... rivals Hamlet in punning and word play.

Select one:

The gravedigger

Horatio

Yorick

Polonius

5- Hamlet’s puns and jokes disturb the symbols of authority and create
comic relief.

Select one:
True

False

6- Denmark had an elected monarchy.

Select one:

True

False

7- The character most usually associated with flowers and roses is.....

Select one:

Ophelia

Gertrude

Yoric

Hamlet

8- Hamlet is thrilled that his mother remarries. ( )

9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are true friends to Hamlet. ( )

9- Hamlet is a patron of drama. ( )

10- Phelia is really in love with Horatio.( )

12. Hamlet goes mad because his mother has married his uncle. ( )

13- Polonius is a lonely old man who cannot stand to lose control of his
children’s lives. ( )

14. Hamlet is convinced that Horatio is aliar. ( )

15. Hamlet can hardly wait to kill his uncle so that he can be king. ( )

16. Elsinore is a castle in Denmark. ( )

17. Polonius sends Reynaldo to Paris to bring Laertes home. ( )

18. Hamlet plays the king in “The Mouse trap.” ( )

19. Gertrude knows that Claudius killed the old king. ( )

20. Fortinbras avenges his father’s death.

( )

21. Ophelia cannot be buried in Christian ground because she might have
com-mitted suicide ( )

22. Hamlet is a true Renaissance prince. ( )

23. What type of play is Hamlet

a. History

b.Tragedy

c. Pastoral

d. Folio.

24- What is Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia the play’s beginning?

a. They are schoolmates.

b. They are cousins.

c- They are in love.

d- They have not met

25. Who poses a military threat to King Claudi at the play’s beginning?

a. Fortinbras

b. Old Norway

c. Poland

d. Hamlet

26. In what country does the play take place?

a. England

b. Germany

c. Denmark

d. Norway

27. Which of the following sees the ghost of let’s father first?

a. Marcellus

b. Claudius
c. Horatio

d. Hamlet

28. In Act 1, Scene 2 Hamlet’sanger springs from his mother’s marriage

which came very hastily, and her marriage to to his uncle, a man Hamlet
seems to abhor. ( )

29. Treating Hamlet like a soldier at the end of the play, Shakespeareis
actually being...

Select one:

Ironic

Sarcastic

Parodic

Satirical

30.According to the gravedigger, in England Hamlet will be indistiguishable

from the English people because.....

Select one:

They are as man as he

He is blond like them

He is a prince

He looks like them

31. Hamlet calls the pirates....

Select one:

Thieves

Murderers

Merceful murderers

Thieves of mercy

32.All major events in “Hamlet” take place on stage. ( )

33.Critics who think Hamlet’s first utterance was not an aside want to
emphasise that Hamlet is acourageous young man who is not afraid of
confronting the king. ( )
34. Hamlet’s soliloquy ‘What a piece of work is a man’ is interrupted by
Rosencrantz. ( )

35.The Ghost is a warrior fit for Icelandic saga,while Prince Hamlet isa
university intellectual,representative of a new age. ( )

36. Hamlet pretends to like the actors in order to use them to catch the
conscionce of the king. ( )

37. To argue how hierarchical structure of society is illusory and

ultimatelycrumbles into dust, Hamlet mentions...

Select one:

A Frued and Julius Caesara

Julius Caesar and Alexander theGreat

Alexander the Great and The King

Queen Elizabeth and King James

38.Shakespeare’s stories are what make him head and shoulders above all
other writers. ( )

39. Horatio described fortinbras as.... (hot and full, delicate and tender, mad,
hot and fool)

39. Who was described as the bearer of good news in the play? (Polonius,
Horatio, Rosencrantz, The Ghost)

40. ..........can be defined as a process to promote certain narratives and

challenge those Promoted by other groups in society. (Framing, Parody, Self-
parody, B and C )

41. All these excite Hamlet and breathe life in him EXCEPT.....

(Yorick’s skull, Ophelia, The players, Horatio)

42. One source of dramati intensity in ‘Hamet’ is its lack of comedy of comic
relief. ( )

43. All Hamlet’s dialectic of Antithetical qualities are resolvable upon his
death. ( )

44. Hamlet’s “Not so, my lord; I am too much i’the sun.” Highlights his to the
king. (love, Threat, closeness, A and C)
45. Shakespeare patterned his tragedies after those of. (Jonson, Kyd, Seneca,
Homer)

46. Gertrude’s eulogy is too sweet, too rich, too utterly probable to fit both
the situation and the narrator. ( )

47. Old Hamlet associates all women with makeup, or the artificial
appearance that hides their true faces. ( )

48. When Gerdtude says that death is ‘common’ and that ‘all that live must
die, Hamlet finally is Convinced and decides a stay in Denmark. ( )

49. Gertrude’s eulogy is too sweet,too rich, too utterly probable to fit both
the situation and the narrator. ( )

50. Hamlet and Horatio give Similar portrayal of prince fortinbras. ( )

51. According to Bloom, Shakespeare’s characters Are... (Simple, Varied,

Repeated, Similar)

52. “This is I, / Hamlet, the Dane” Signals Hamlet’s.... (Hesitancy, Sloth,

Growth and maturity, Obedience to his father)

53. We find evidence that Brabantio’s relationship with Desdemona is not

entirely close ( )

54. Hamlet declares a subtle verbal war against King Claudius by

(Punning and playing on words, insulting him, mocking him, not talking to
him)

55. Shakepeare has 6 grandest inventions. Falstaff’s wit, Hamlet’s

ambivalent yet charismatic intensity. Cleopatra’s mobility of spirit find their
rivals in Macbeth’s proleptic imagination, Rosalind’s control of all
perspectives, and Lago’s. (Genius for Improvisation, Tolerance, Articulation,
Story-telling skills)

56. It's not difficult to tell when Hamlet is acting Hamlet, with or without an
antic disposition. ( )

57. Hamlet's "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark “foreshadows a

play about political corruption. ( )

58. The ghost tells Horatios and the other soldiers it will only speak to
Hamlet. ( )
59. Horatio’s first question in the play is “Has the ghost appeared again
tonight?” ( )

60. “I lov’d Ophelia: brothers Could not, with all their quantity of love,
280Make up my sum.” (Forty-four, Forty, Four, Fourteen)

61. When Ophelia told her father there is affection between her and Hamlet,
Polonius Described her as ....(a wise woman, a smart woman, A green girl, a
mature woman)

62. Claudius distances himself from Hamlet by all the following except...

(Talking formally with Hamlet, Talking to Laertes first, Using thou’ to address,
Laertes, Telling Hamlet to go back to university)

63. In Scene 2 Act 1, Claudius is presented to us as.. ( pragmatic, diplomatic,

poetic, all answers)

64. Gertrude helped Claudius kill her husband, old Hamlet. ( )

65. ......Plays the role of an uncomplicated rash young man who does not go
through any of Hamlet’s deliberations (Laertes, Fortinbras, Osric, Yorick)

66. The gravedigger scene has...... impact on Hamlet. (No, Little, Profound,
Small)

67. When Lago promises to kill Cassio, he pleads for Desdemona’s life
because Loves her. ( )

68. "Something is ..... in the state of Denmark." (Rotten, wrong, dead, Nasty)

69. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of.....? ( hate, humanity, Dust,
revenge)

70. According to..... ‘Hamlet’ is best described as ‘poem Unlimited. (Polonius,

Eliot, Shakespeare, Bloom)

71. One thing that makes “Hamlet” more dramatically intense is the fact that
it is void of comic relief. ( )

72. Assuming “Long live the King? “in the opening scne is an answer in the
form of a question, it showcases....

(Doubt in the new king, Love of the king, Peace and serenity, Trust in the new
king)

73. Bloom describes the last scene in Hamlet as all the following EXCEPT
(Suicidal, Slaughter, Selfish, Redeeming)

74. Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift / As.... or the thoughts
of..., / May sweep to my revenge.

(Fire ... death, death... fire, love... meditation, meditation ... love)

75. To Harold Bloom, Kyd’s ‘The Spanish Tragedy” was a major influence on
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. ( )

76. ...... Is the soul of wit. (Poetry, Brevity, Music, Food)

.77 By melting into the European culture, Othello clearly isolates himself
from his Origins. (

.78 Like Shakespeare, Hamlet is neither a Protestant nor a Catholic. ( )

.79The story of "Hamlet" is an original Shakespearean story. ( )

.80Laertes: “Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead “quick means....

(Young, Alive, Sad, Fast)

.81The theatre has long been considered to belong to the masses. ( )

.82Ophelia is totally blameless for what happened to her or to Hamlet. ( )

83. There are about seventeen signatures attributed to Shakespeare; none of

them is the one we Use today. ( )

.84The last word in “Hamlet” is Granted to....( Fortinbras, Horatio, Hamlet,

Osric)

.85Ben Jonson praised Shakespeare’s knowledge of Latin and Greek. ( )

86. In ‘Hamlet, Shakespeare follows Artistolian dramatic traditions.( )

87. Had Ophelia been a Commoner, she would have never been given a
Christian burial. ( )

89. Bloom likens Shakespeare’s “Hamle to (King of the jungle, A white tiger,
A white elephant, A black cat)

90. Hamlet is thrilled that his mother remarries; he is just sad it was Hasty. (
)

91. Who survives at the end of the play? (Ophelia, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern, Horatio)
92. When Hamlet holds Yorick’s Skull, he recites .....(To be or not to be, I
knew him, Horatio , What a pieace of work is man!, What an ass am I!)

93. According to Mohammed Alhirthani. ......

Hamlet’s love of life prevents him from avenging his father’s death.

There is no room for love in Hamlet’s heart.

Love and revenge are constantly struggling within Hamlet.

Hamlet is controlled by love.)

94. Horatio described fortinbras as.... (hot and full, delicate and tender, mad,
hot and fool)

95. On hearing Hamlet loves Ophelia, Polonius......(starts to plan their

marriage, praises her, tells Ophelia he is proud of her, mocks her)

96. .......Thy name is woman! (Revenge, Frailty, Love, Hate)

.97Hamlet’s first utterance “Who’s there?” foreshadows a play full of

questions and quesitonable deeds. ( )

97. “Hamlet” begins in medias res.( )

98. Claudius uses ‘thou’ when talking to Laertes which is considered a more
formal than ‘you’ which he uses to address Hamlet. ( )

99. Approximately how much time has passed between the death of King
Hamlet and there marriage of Gertrude to Claudius? (Two months, Two
weeks, Two years, Two days)

100. Of all his contemporaries, Shakespeare keeps mocking and parodying...

(Marlowe, Webster, Kyd, Jonson)

101. Soon after his first speech, the King speaks to.......First. (Polonius,
Laertes, Gertrude, Hamlet)

102. Hamlet’s character is best understood through.. (Gertrude’s eyes ,His

soliloquies. ,His mad scenes., His discussions with Ophelia.)

103. Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is
the priest’s answer?

a. He says she is lucky to begetting a nice funeral as she is, considering

the nature of her death.
 b. He says that women are inferior beings and only deserve very simple
funerals.
c. He agrees and sets about Preparing one.
d. He says there is no one to pay for it, since Polonius is a already dead.)

104. What has Claudius arranged for Hamlet in England?

(Execution, Admission to a new, University, Passage on a ship to another,

unknown port, A prison term)

105. Who said the following quotation. Oh what a dreadful fate, that In was
ever born to set them right”? (Polonius, Hamlet, Claudius, Lago)

106. Who said the following quotation, “A little more than kin and less than
kind.”? (Lago, Hamlet, Polonius ,Claudius)

107. Which of the following paraphrases the main points of Hamlet’s famous
soliloquy “To be or not to be”?

He questions whether peace of mind is a good substitute for a material

wealth.

He questions whether love, either romantic or family love, is worth all of the
pain it causes.

He questions the traditions about succession to the throne in Denmark.

He is pondering whether a miserable life is better than the unknown of the

death.)

108. Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they?

a. Hamlet asks Horatio not to reveal the events of the evening, and to go
along with him if he disguises his seeming.

b. Hamlet asks Horatio to promise to observe Claudius, and to take care of

Ophelia.

c. Hamlet asks Horatio to promise to protect his mother, and to defend the
country against Fortinbras.

e. Hamlet asks Horatio to defend him in battle, and to kill Claudius if he

does not do it first.)

109. Why is it ironic that Polonius is the character who says, "Brevity is the
soul of wit" in the play?
a. Because Polonius is manipulative and he assists Claudius with the murder
of the former king

b. Because Polonius is always happy and forgets what is truly happening

around him

c. Because Polonius possesses little soul and even less wit

d. Because Polonius is not brief, proven by his many long speeches in the
play)

110. Destiny and the purpose of life is the central question of the play of
Hamlet. ( )

111. Hamlet’s mother thinks that he is Definitely insane when he talks to the
Ghost in her room. ( )

112. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news?

a. He decides to ready his army For battle.

b. Hamlet decides to go to confession and communion.

c. He decides to have a doctor Examine his mother.

d. Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify

Horatio’s news.

113. Who is still alive at the end of the Play?

( Fortinbras, Polonius, and Horatio

Claudius and Laertes,

Hamlet, Gertrude, and Claudius,

Horatio and Fortinbras)

114. Hamlet was harsh and bitter with his a mother because he hates her. (
)

115. Who said the following quotation. This is true madness of love?

( Lago, Polonius, Hamlet, Claudius)

116.