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100

Who are Ophelia's blood relatives?

Polonius and Laertes

100

What is an antonym of antipathy?

sympathy

100

What is the term that shows Hamlet's hate for women?

Misogyny

100

Approximately how much time has passed between the death of King Hamlet and the remarriage of Gertrude to Claudius?

Two months

100

What is the name of the theater that most of Shakespeare's plays were performed?

Globe Theatre

200

Who is the survivor of the play?

Horatio

200

Tell me three synonyms of ghost.

specter, vision, apparition

200

Why is Hamlet considered unique among revenge plays?

Because action is repeatedly put off (postponed)

200

How does Ophelia die?

She drowns in the river.

200

Name three of Shakespeare's occupations.

playwriter, poet, actor

300

Finish the Quote: "Alas poor______I knew him, Horatio--a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy."

Yorick

300

What does withersoever mean?

Whatsoever

300

What is Hamlet trying to decide in his “To be” soliloquy?

if he is ready and willing to die

300

What play does Hamlet want the players to perform?

The Murder of Gonzago

300

What is the name of a playing company, which Shakespeare mostly wrote for his career?

Lord Chamberlain's men

400

Who is the character who said, " My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words without thoughts never to heaven go"

Claudius

400

There are three meanings of lest. What are those?

so that, to prevent, not to avoid

400

Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius after the play, before going to his mother’s chamber?

  • He doesn’t want Claudius to be able to repent his sins before dying.
  • He fears for Gertrude’s health if she loses another husband.
  • He knows Claudius’ guards are nearby.
  • He wants an audience when he exacts his revenge.
400

How many characters die during the course of the play? (characters who died after the play begin)

Eight

400

What is the name of literary work and its author that is known to be the origin of the play "Hamlet"?

Saxo Grammaticus' Amleth

500

The ghost is first spotted

on the deck of the ship  

in Gertrude's chambers 

in the graveyard 

outside the castle 

500

Tell me three synonyms of mental disorder.

unhinged, perturbation of mind, lunacy, distemper, malady,

500

Who says the following:  “Madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.”

Claudius

500

Why does the apparition appear in Gertrude’s chamber?

  • To protect Gertrude from Hamlet’s excessive anger
  • To prove to Gertrude that Hamlet is not mad
  • To show Gertrude that she is forgiven for remarrying so quickly
  • To warn Gertrude that Claudius is a murderer
500

What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Anne Hathaway