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King Hamlet

Claudius poured poison into his ear while he was sleeping in a garden. 

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Where does the story take place?

Denmark (Elsinore Castle) 

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Who first sees the ghost?

Barnardo and Marcellus (2 castle guards)

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"Oh that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew."

Hamlet

100

What type of play is Hamlet?

Tragedy

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Ophelia

Drowned herself in her grief

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Why is the prince of Norway attacking Denmark at the beginning of the play? 

To get revenge for his father's murder

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What does Polonius tell Ophelia about Hamlet in Act 1?

That he is just using her and that she should stay away from him. 

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"This above all: to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Farewell."

Polonius

200

What is a soliloquy?

A speech a character delivers that reflects their inner thoughts and feelings. 

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Polonius

Stabbed by Hamlet while he was spying behind a tapestry

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Who is Polonius?

Advisor to Claudius

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How does Claudius act during the mousetrap play?

He demands the lights be turned on and gets up to leave?

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How strange or odd soe’er I bear myself

(As I perchance hereafter shall think meet

To put an antic disposition on),

Hamlet

300

Why did Shakespeare use wordplay?

For humor and to get his audience to think deeply about things.

400

Laertes

Accidentally hit with the poisoned sword

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How do Laertes and Claudius plan to kill Hamlet?

With a poisoned sword during a duel

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Who is king of Denmark at the end of the story?

Fortinbras

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O Hamlet, speak no more!

Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul,

And there I see such black and grainèd spots

As will not leave their tinct.

Gertrude

400

What is a foil?

Two characters that are used to contrast each other in order to highlight how they are different. 

500

Gertrude

Unknowingly drinks poison from a cup

500

Whose skull does Hamlet talk to in act 5 scene 1?

Yorick (The court jester)

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Where is Hamlet sent after he kills Polonius?

England

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It must be se offendendo. It cannot be else. For here

lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it argues

an act. And an act hath three branches—it is to act, to

do, to perform. Argal, she drowned herself wittingly.

The gravedigger

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What meter did Shakespeare write in?

Iambic pentameter