Plot Twists
Famous Quotes
Character Actions
Spying & Deception
Symbols & Themes
100

Polonius believes this is the cause of Hamlet’s madness?

What is Ophelia's rejection of him?

100

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." Who says this, and about whom?

Who is Polonius about Hamlet?

100

Who arranges for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet?

Who is Claudius?

100

Polonius sends this person to spy on Laertes in Act 2?

Who is Reynaldo?

100

The play The Mousetrap symbolizes?

What is Hamlet’s attempt to reveal the truth about Claudius' guilt?

200

Hamlet plans to do this with the play The Mousetrap?

What is "catch the conscience of the king"?

200

Finish this famous line: “The lady doth protest too much, ______.”

What is "methinks"?

200

What does Hamlet do to Ophelia during the "nunnery" scene?

What is insult her and deny ever loving her?

200

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern attempt to trick Hamlet and gain his trust by doing this.

What is by pretending to be his friends but actually spying for the king?

200

Hamlet compares life and death to in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy to these two ideas. 

What are sleep and dreams?

300

Who is accidentally killed behind the arras in Act 3?

Who is Polonius?

300

Who says, “To be, or not to be: that is the question”?

Who is Hamlet?

300

Why does Gertrude think Hamlet has gone mad in Act 3, Scene 4?

What is he speaks to the ghost of King Hamlet, which she cannot see?

300

The reason Hamlet gives for pretending to be mad?

What is to throw off his enemies and hide his true intentions?

300

This is the symbolic significance of Hamlet’s behavior toward Ophelia?

What is the theme of misogyny and his distrust of women?

400

What does Claudius do when he watches The Mousetrap?

What is stand up and leave in distress?

400

Who calls Hamlet “the glass of fashion and the mold of form”?

Who is Ophelia?

400

What plan does Claudius make after Hamlet kills Polonius?

What is send Hamlet to England to be executed?

400

Claudius' reaction to The Mousetrap reinforces the theme of guilt when he does this.

What is ending and leaving the play proves he is guilty of the crime?

500

Why does Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius when he finds him praying?

What is he believes Claudius' soul will go to heaven if he is killed while confessing?

500

What does Hamlet say to Ophelia in Act 3, Scene 1, to insult her and all women?

What is "Get thee to a nunnery"?

500

Who is the first to realize that Hamlet is not actually mad but acting?

Who is Claudius?

500

The way Polonius dies.

What is he is stabbed while spying behind the arras in Gertrude's room?

500

Hamlet means this when he tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, “Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?”

What is he knows they are trying to manipulate him like an instrument?

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