Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
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Who is Hamlet’s best friend?
Horatio
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How long was Hamlet’s father dead when his wife remarried?
Two months
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What is the relationship between Ophelia and Laertes?
Siblings (Sister - Brother)
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True or False: Marcellus and Horatio thought it was a bad idea for Hamlet to follow the ghost.
True
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According to the ghost, how was King Hamlet murdered?
Claudius poured poison into King Hamlet’s ear
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What caused the Ghost to disappear the first time it appeared in the play?
The rooster’s crow / the morning
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Why was Hamlet wearing black clothes during the King and Queen’s wedding?
He was mourning his father’s death.
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What does this quote mean? "Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act."
Think before you speak/act
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What is the King doing during Act 1 Scene 4?
Drinking and Celebrating
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What does the ghost want Hamlet to do?
Revenge
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Why was the Ghost in armor?
An ongoing war
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Who said the following quote?: “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark."
Queen Gertrude
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What advice do both Polonius and Laertes give to Ophelia?
Stay away / Don’t trust / will take your virginity
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Why are Hamlet's friends reluctant to let Hamlet follow the ghost?
They are afraid the ghost will trick Hamlet into doing something self-destructive like walk off a cliff or walk into the ocean.
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Who said this quote?: “Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me!”
The Ghost
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What time does the Ghost appear?
Midnight
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Who were the two soldiers that first spotted the Ghost?
Marcellus and Bernardo
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Laertes leaves Elsinore. Where is Laertes going?
France
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When Hamlet sees his father's ghost for the first time, what does the ghost silently ask Hamlet to do? Demonstrate it!
Beckoning
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What did everyone think was the cause of King Hamlet’s death?
King Hamlet was bitten by the poisonous snake
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Hamlet references another of Shakespeare’s plays and a major historical event in the first scene. What is it?
Julius Caesar
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Who said this quote: "Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father, but you must know your father lost a father That father lost, lost his; and the survivor bound."
King Claudius
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Who said this quote?: “be wary then: best safety lies in fear. Youth to itself rebels, though none else is near.”
Laertes
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What does it mean by the “canonized bones”?
Buried according to Church ceremonies
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What two things does Hamlet ask Horatio and Marcellus to swear not to do?
Tell people about the ghost sighting Explain why Hamlet is acting strange