Characters
Act I
Act II
Act III
100

Hamlet's (ex)girlfriend

Who is Ophelia?

100

The country threatening Denmark with invasion.

What is Norway?

100

The first person to whom Hamlet pretends (probably) to be losing his mind.

Who is Ophelia?

100

What Hamlet is considering when he asks "To be or not to be?"

ending his life
200

The family relationship between King Claudius and young Hamlet.

What is an uncle? OR What is a stepfather?

200

The reason that Laertes thinks Ophelia shouldn't fall in love with Hamlet.

What is "the fact that Hamlet is a Prince and cannot freely choose his own wife"?

200

Hamlet's childhood friends

Who are Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?

200

How Polonius & Claudius decide to test whether Hamlet is really insane for love of Ophelia.

What is They send Ophelia to encounter him & then hide to secretly watch their conversation.

300

Hamlet's mother, Claudius's wife, Queen of Denmark.

Who is Gertrude?

300

The method by which Hamlet's father was murdered.

What is ear poison?

300

How Hamlet plans to test Claudius's guilt

What is a play about a king being murdered?

300

The person who kills Polonius.

Who is Hamlet?

400
The name of Hamlet's father

What is Hamlet?

400

The reason why Hamlet's friends try to stop him from following the Ghost.

What is "They think the ghost might intend to harm him"?
400

The way that Rosencrantz & Guildenstern have betrayed Hamlet.

What is accepting payment for spying on him for Claudius?

400

How Claudius reveals his guilt (2 possible answers)

What is

1. He becomes upset when watching the play OR

2. He states his guilt when he is alone & praying.

500

The name of Claudius's advisor & Ophelia's father

Who is Polonius?

500

The first step in Hamlet's plan to avenge his father.

What is "to put an antic disposition on," i.e. to pretend to be losing his mind?

500

When Hamlet compares the Player to himself, why does he think he himself looks bad?

Because he is not publicly showing his feelings about/taking action about his father's death.

500

The place where Hamlet repeatedly tells Ophelia to go.

What is a nunnery?

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