Name that Speaker
Complete the Quote
Gertrude
Ophelia
Misc.
100
“That’s a fair thought to lie between maids’ legs.” (Act III, Sc. II)
Hamlet to Ophelia
100
“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove _______” (Act III, Sc. I)
unkind
100
What were Gertrude’s two husbands’ names?
Hamlet and Claudius
100
Who is Ophelia's brother?
Laertes
100
Where does the King want to send Hamlet?
England
200
“I’ll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny” (Act III, Sc. I)
Hamlet to Ophelia
200
“A bloody deed -- almost as bad, good mother, as kill a ______ and marry his brother” (Act III, Sc. IV).
King
200
Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is mad?
Because of the loss of his father
200
Where does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go?
the nunnery
200
True or False: Claudius asks for forgiveness when he prays
False
300
"Do you think I am easier to be played on than a _______ ?" (Act III, Sc. II).
pipe
300
Gertrude wanted Hamlet to marry Ophelia. True or False?
True
300
What were Ophelia’s brother and father trying to protect?
her virginity
300
What is the name of the play within the play in Act III?
"Mousetrap"
400
“You are naught, you are naught. I’ll mark the play” (Act III, Sc. II)
Ophelia to Hamlet
400
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous _________, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them?” (Act III, Sc. I)
fortune
400
Who describes Gertrude as a "seeming virtuous queen?"
Ghost
400
True or false: Hamlet denies ever loving Ophelia
True
400
Where is Polonius hiding when Hamlet murders him?
Behind a tapestry
500
“The Queen your mother, in most great affliction of spirit, hath sent me to you.” (Act III, Sc. II)
Guildenstern to Hamlet
500
"The lady doth protest too much, _______ " (Act III, Sc. II).
methinks
500
The ghost tells Hamlet not to confront his mother because she will be judged somewhere else. Where?
Heaven
500
In Act III, Hamlet says “I loved you not” to Ophelia. What scene directly follows this declaration?
the nunnery scene
500
The king calls the act of murdering his own brother the “primal eldest curse” (Act III, Sc. III). What does this first “curse” refer to?
Cain and Abel