WHAT HAPPENS?
HAMLET
CHARACTERS
CLOSE READING
Shakespeare Language
100

Who told Laertes his father was dead?

A) Queen Gertrude

B) Ophelia

C) King Claudius 

D) Hamlet

C) King Claudius

100

Who does Hamlet murder?

A) Horatio

B) Rosencrantz

C) Polonius

D) King Claudius

C) Polonius

100

Who tells King Claudius that Hamlet killed Polonius?

A)Guildenstern

B) Rosencrantz

C) Queen Gertrude

D) Hamlet

C) Queen Gertrude

100

How large was the rebellion Laertes caused? Pg. 213

A) Small

B) Giant

C) Minuscule

D) Gineminosaurus

B) Giant

100

“If by direct or by collateral hand” (P. 219 Line 213)

A) Damage

B) Security 

C) Indirect

D) Collaborative

C) Indirect

300

Who starts to sing about death at the end of scene 5?

A) Ophelia

B) Queen Gertrude

C) Hamlet

D) King Claudius

A) Ophelia

300

Who does Hamlet not want to tell where Polonius' body was hidden? (pg. 191)

A) King Claudius 

B) Rosencrantz

C) Guildenstern

D) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

D) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

300

Who will the Queen not speak to? (Pg. 205)

A) King Claudius

B) Horatio

C) Hamlet

D) Ophelia

D) Ophelia

300

What does Hamlet compare a fat king to? Pg. 195 

A) A queen.

B) A messenger.

C) Another king.

D) A lean beggar.

D) A lean beggar.

300

“And, where ‘tis so, th’ offender’s scourge is weighed,…” (Pg. 193)

A) Advantage

B) Punishment

C) Agony

D) Response

B) Punishment

500

What does Hamlet mean when he calls Rosencrantz a “sponge”? (pg. 191)

A) He's clean.

B) He's a pushover. 

C) He never listens (disobedient).

D) He lives in a pineapple under the sea.

B) He's a pushover.

500

Where does Hamlet hide the dead body (Polonius)?

A) Under the King's bed.

B) In the attic in front of the window.

C) In the basement behind the fridge.

D) Under the stairs into the lobby.

D) Under the stairs into the lobby.

500

Who does Laertes think killed Polonius? 

A) Hamlet 

B) King Claudius 

C) Ophelia 

D) Queen Gertrude

B) King Claudius

500

How are Hamlet’s thoughts at the end of act 4 scene 4?

A) Joyful

B) Crazy

C) Bloody

D) Pure

C) Bloody

500

What does countenance mean on pg. 191?

A) Accept

B) 1,2,3,4,5,6

C) Counter

D) Favor

D) Favor