Scene 1
Who is Hamlet's best friend?
Horatio
How long did Hamlet's father die when his wife remarried?
2 Months
What is the relationship between Ophelia and Laertes?
Siblings
True or False: Marcellus and Horatio thought it was a bad idea for Hamlet to follow the ghost.
True
According to the ghost, how was King Hamlet murdered?
Claudius poured poison into King Hamlet’s ear
What caused the Ghost to disappear the first time it appeared in the play?
The rooster crow/Morning
Why was Hamlet wearing black clothes during the King and Queen’s wedding?
Mourning of his fathers death
Who is Polonius to Ophelia?
Father
What is the King doing during Act 1 Scene 4?
Drinking & Celebrating
What does the ghost want Hamlet to do?
Revenge
Why was the ghost in armour
An ongoing war
Who said the following quote?: “Frailty, thy name is woman!”
Hamlet
What advice do both Polonius and Laertes give to Ophelia?
Stay away / Don’t trust / will take your virginity
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.
Who said this quote?: “Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me!”
The ghost
What time does the ghost appear?
Midnight
Who were the two soldiers that first spotted the Ghost?
Marcellus and Bernardo
Laertes leaves Elsinore. Where is Laertes going?
France
When Hamlet sees his father's ghost for the first time, what does the ghost silently ask Hamlet to do? Demonstrate it!
Beckoning
What does this quote mean?: “The glow-worm shows the matin to be near”
Sun is rising and the morning is coming
Hamlet references another of Shakespeare’s plays and a major historical event in the first scene. What is it?
Julius Caesar
Who said this quote?: “But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue!”
Hamlet
Who said this quote?: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”
Polonius
What does it mean by the “canonized bones”?
Buried according to Church ceremonies
What did everyone think was the cause of King Hamlet’s death?
King Hamlet was bitten by the poisonous snake