Act 1
Where does Hamlet take place?
What is Denmark, in the Elsinore Castle?
(50 bonus points if BOTH Denmark and Elsinore Castle are mentioned)
Who are Hamlet's "friends" and the King's spies?
What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Who dies near the end of Act 3?
What is Polonius?
Who tells King Claudius about Polonius' death?
Who is Gertrude?
Who is Denmark in possible war with?
What is Norway?
Why does Polonius believe Hamlet is acting odd?
What is the rejection of Ophelia?
These famous words show Hamlet's indecisive attitude on whether to live or not.
What is "to be or not to be"?
Whose army is passing through Denmark on its way to claim land from Poland?
Who is Fortinbras?
What advice does Laertes give to Ophelia?
What is "to NOT fall in love with Hamlet"?
Hamlet plans this out in order to know the conscience of the king.
What is to stage a play about the murder of a king?
Where does Hamlet send Ophelia to "repent" for her sins?
What is the nunnery?
King Claudius sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do this.
What is find out where Polonius' body is located?
How did King Hamlet die?
What is he was poisoned by his brother Claudius?
Why was Reynaldo sent to Paris?
What is to spy on Laertes?
What does Claudius confess during his "prayer"?
What is "to killing King Hamlet"?
Claudius is concerned about punishing Hamlet too harshly because ___________ like Prince Hamlet.
What is the people of Denmark?
Who is the "he" Hamlet refers to in the following quote?
"There's never a villain dwelling in all Denmark / But he's an arrant Knave" (1.5.137-38).
What is Claudius?
What is the name of the play that Hamlet requests the travelling actors to perform?
What is "'The Murder of Gonzago"?
Claudius uses this biblical allusion in his soliloquy when depicting the murder of King Hamlet.
What is "the biblical allusion of Cain and Abel"?
What does Claudius order in his letters to England?
What is "he orders the 'present death' of Hamlet"?