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1. Q: In what country does Hamlet primarily take place?B: Denmark-------------------------------------2. Q: Who do the guards first tell about the ghost that has appeared before them?B: Horatio-------------------------------------3. Q: Who is the Prince of Norway?A: Fortinbras-------------------------------------4. Q: Who is Hamlet in love with?D: Ophelia-------------------------------------5. Q: How is Claudius related to Hamlet?B: uncle-------------------------------------6. Q: How did Claudius kill Hamlet's father, the king?B: poured poison in his ear-------------------------------------7. Q: Who returns as a ghost and tells Hamlet to kill Claudius?A: Hamlet's Father-------------------------------------8. Q: Who is Polonius?B: The Lord Chamberlain-------------------------------------9. Q: Who are the two clowns?C: grave diggers-------------------------------------10. Q: What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?A: Take Hamlet to England-------------------------------------11. Q: What country does Fortinbras decide to invade instead of Denmark?D: Poland-------------------------------------12. Q: What does Polonius initially think caused Hamlet's madness?C: His love for Ophelia-------------------------------------13. Q: Why does Hamlet decide to stage the murder of his father?B: To see Claudius' reaction-------------------------------------14. Q: Who listens behind a curtain to Hamlet and Ophelia's meeting?D: the King and Polonius-------------------------------------15. Q: "Who says ""To be or not to be..""?"C: Hamlet-------------------------------------16. Q: What does Claudius do when the actor pours the poison into the king's ear during the play?B: He got up and left in anger-------------------------------------17. Q: Why does Hamlet not kill the king while the king is praying?A: Because he fears the king would go to heaven-------------------------------------18. Q: Who overhears the meeting between Hamlet and Gertrude?C: Just Polonius-------------------------------------19. Q: Who does Hamlet kill when he finds him spying?B: Polonius-------------------------------------20. Q: Who vows to avenge Polonius' death?D: Laertes-------------------------------------21. Q: How does Hamlet get rid of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?C: He has them executed in England-------------------------------------22. Q: Who suggests that Laertes provoke Hamlet into a duel?D: Claudius-------------------------------------23. Q: How did Ophelia die?A: Drowned-------------------------------------24. Q: Why was Hamlet saddened to find Yorick's skull when talking to the grave diggers?C: Because Yorick was the fool who amused him as a child-------------------------------------25. Q: Why does Hamlet not make it to England?C: He never left in the first place-------------------------------------26. Q: How do Laertes and Claudius plan to fix the duel between Claudius and Hamlet?A: They will poison Hamlet's drink and Laertes' sword-------------------------------------27. Q: Who drinks from the poison goblet that Claudius gives to Hamlet?C: Gertrude-------------------------------------28. Q: Who was Reynaldo?A: A servant to Polonius-------------------------------------29. Q: Who does not die in the final scene?C: Horatio-------------------------------------30. Q: Who ends up ruler of Denmark at the end of the play?B: Fortinbras-------------------------------------Click here for the Shakespeare's Hamlet questions
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