Who said the line, “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” and who did they say it to?
Hamlet, soliloquy
100
Who does Hamlet sit beside during the play?
Ophelia
100
Who offers to spy on Hamlet and Gertrude’s conversation?
Polonius
100
Who was hiding behind the tapestry, listening in to Hamlet and Gertrude's’ conversation?
Polonius
200
Why does Claudius decide to send Hamlet off to England?
He thinks that Hamlet could be dangerous.
200
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play?
To watch Claudius
200
After witnessing Hamlet's behavior during the play what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern think about him?
They think he is crazy
200
What did Hamlet see that Gertrude could not see, making Hamlet appear deranged to his mother?
His father's ghost
300
Why did Hamlet urge Ophelia to get to a nunnery?
Hamlet feels that is where a woman has a best chance at being faithful. In a nunnery, she won't have children and bear wicked men-like his uncle-that do awful things.
300
Why does Hamlet want to see the king’s reaction to the scene in the play where the king is poisoned?
To prove Claudius’ guilt from his reaction
300
What was King Claudius doing that prevented Hamlet from killing him at that moment?
Claudius was confessing his sins.
300
Where in the Queen's room does Polonius die?
Behind the tapestry/ in the Queen's closet
400
How does Hamlet regard women, love, and marriage? Why?
He thinks that it shouldn’t exist. H feels that way because of his mother and Claudius’ marriage.
400
Who are the three people who see Hamlet after the play?
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Polonius
400
Who is to spy on Hamlet on the voyage to England?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
400
Who does Hamlet assume is hiding behind the curtain?
Claudius
500
What does Claudius think about Hamlet after overhearing his conversation with Ophelia?
Hamlet isn’t crazy, and it’s not about love, but something else.
500
In Hamlet’s soliloquy near the end, he says “I will speak daggers to her (Gertrude), but use none.” What does this mean?
He wants to hurt Gertrude with words, not physical violence.
500
“ O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, a brother's murder."”
King Claudius says this statement, what offence is he talking about?
Killing the previous king.
500
“Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! I took thee for thy better; take thy fortune: Thou find’st to be too busy is some danger” Who is saying this to who?