ACT PART 1
ACT 1 PART 2
ACT 1 PART 3
ACT 1 PART 4
VOCABULARY
100

Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because...

He is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost

100

King Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to....

Ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle.

100

King Claudius tells Hamlet to act this way about his father's death...

To stop grieving for his father's death, and to think of him as his father.

100

Prince Hamlet is upset for two reasons.  What are they?

His father has died, and his uncle has married his mother less than two months after his father's death.

100

My teenage daughter was bored by the music at the opera and referred to it as one long funeral ----.

What is dirge?

200

The news that Horatio brings to Prince Hamlet is this...

Horatio tells Hamlet about King Hamlet's ghost.

200

Laertes' advice to Ophelia is for her is this...

For her to stay away from Hamlet and he tells her to protect her virtue.

200

Polonius gives a lot of advice to Laertes, but this statement is not part of that advice. What is it?

"Keep you in the rear of your affection. Out of the shot and danger of desire."

200

At the end of Scene III, Ophelia agrees to obey Polonius' wish, which is....

To stay away from Hamlet and reject his affections.

200

On a foggy night, the crew thought they saw the ---- of their lost ship sailing into the mist and disappearing.

What is apparition?

300

Who is attempting to invade Denmark?

Norway

300

The current King of Denmark is...

Cladius

300

Prince Hamlet swears Horatio to two things.  What are they?

Hamlet asks Horatio not to reveal the events of the evening, and to go along with him (Hamlet) if he pretends to be crazy.

300

The ghost told Hamlet this....

That King Hamlet was murdered by Claudius, and it asked Hamlet to avenge the murder

300

The gang leader lost the use of his arm when he was stabbed in the ---- that attached his biceps muscle to his shoulder bone.

What is sinew?

400

The guards are nervous because....

they have seen a ghost.

400

Hamlet's best friend is...

Horatio

400

Gertrude is....

The Queen of Denmark.

400

Who asks Cladius' permission to return to France?

Laertes asks Cladius' permission to return to France.

400

The students grew silent when they realized they would have to sit through a ---- three-hour lecture.

What is ponderous?

500

Horatio does not want Hamlet to follow the ghost because....  

he is afraid that the ghost will harm him.

500

The mood of Hamlet's soliloquy is....

Angry and sad

500

Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship is that....

they were lovers.

500

Hamlet is upset because....

his father is dead, people have forgotten about his father so quickly, and his mother married his uncle.

500

If anyone ever talks negatively about Alex’s father, his response is to ---- the person with insults.

What is assail?