Act I
This figure appeared to the guards in the play's opening scene.
Who is the ghost of the dead king?
Polonius' son, and the son's occupation.
Who is Laertes, a student in Paris?
Hamlet uses this metaphor for death in his "to be or not to be" soliloquy.
What is sleep?
Hamlet calls this character a sponge.
Who is Rosencrantz?
Who is Yorick?
The dead king's brother.
Who is Claudius?
What is his unrequited love for Ophelia?
Hamlet kills this person behind a curtain.
Who is Polonius?
Claudius sends Hamlet here to be executed.
Where is England?
This symbol of innocence surrounds Ophelia in her death and burial.
What are flowers?
Claudius became king this way.
What is by marrying Gertrude, the dead king's wife?
These characters are unknowing pawns of Claudius.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Claudius cannot repent for this reason.
What is he would be forced to give up crown and queen?
Hamlet compares himself with this figure in his soliloquy.
Who is Fortinbras?
This character challenges Hamlet to a duel.
Who is Laertes?
Claudius' loyal but silly courtier.
Who is Polonius?
Hamlet calls Polonius this, before acknowledging that Polonius is not so honest.
What is a fishmonger?
Finish this quote and tell me who said it: "Get thee to a ________!"
What is a nunnery? Hamlet to Ophelia
What is she went mad and drowned?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's end.
What is Hamlet sends them to their deaths?
Where is Norway?
Hamlet uses this to find out whether Claudius is guilty.
What is a play?
Finish this quote and give the context: "Methinks the _______ doth _________ too much!"
What is "lady," "protest"? Gertrude says this about the Player Queen.
This character acts as a foil to Hamlet.
Who is Laertes?
These characters die in the end.
Who are Hamlet, Laertes, Claudius, and Gertrude?