Shakespeare and Hamlet UPDATED Exam
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Hamlet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Prince of Denmark; -Protagonist
-upset that his uncle killed his father to become king and married Hamlet's mother
-pretends to be crazy to give him time to figure out how he can get revenge
-struggles with himself about his hesitation to get revenge
Claudius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-King of Denmark, and Hamlet's Uncle;
Antagonist
-secretly murdered his brother to become king and marry the queen
-plots with Laertes to poison Hamlet when he thinks that Hamlet may know his secret
Gertrude - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-the Queen; Hamlet's mom
-marries Claudius soon after the king dies
-there is no evidence in the play that she knew about the murder but her sudden
marriage to Claudius is suspicious
-Hamlet thinks she is weak, is upset about the remarriage because he thought his
parents were truly in love
-accidentally drinks the poison that is intended for Hamlet
King Hamlet/The Ghost - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅--murdered by his own brother
-appears before three soldiers, who recognize him as the dead king
-asks Hamlet to avenge his death
-though he is disgusted that his wife Gertrude married Claudius, he asks Hamlet not to
hurt her
Polonius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-advisor to King Claudius
-father of Ophelia and Laertes
-a windbag and a rambler of wisdom, thinks Hamlet is driven mad with lust for his
daughter
-spies on Hamlet for the king
-Hamlet stabs him as he is hiding behind a curtain
Laertes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia
-is given advice by his father about how to behave in France
-returns from France when he learns of his father's death
-after Ophelia's death, he plots with Claudius to stage a sword fight in which Hamlet will
be poisoned
Ophelia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Hamlet's girlfriend
-daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes
, -her father tells her not to see Hamlet and her brother tells her Hamlet may not have
good intentions toward her
-Hamlet insults her when he is pretending to be crazy
-she commits suicide after Hamlet kills her father
Horatio - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-loyal friend of Hamlet
-promises to help Hamlet throughout the play
-watches the king during the play to see if he is guilty
-goes to the graveyard with Hamlet
-though he wants to drink the poison too at the end of the play, Hamlet asks him not to
so that he can live and help fix things in Denmark
-the only main character in the play to survive
Marcellus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-a soldier who is Hamlet's friend
-sees the ghost of Hamlet's father
-swears to Hamlet that he will keep what he sees a secret
Fortinbras - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Prince of Norway
-his father, was killed by Hamlet's father
-Fortinbras wishes to attack Denmark to avenge his father's honor
-Hamlet admires how Fortinbras acts to get revenge for his father
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅--old school friends of
Hamlet
-Claudius asks them to spy on Hamlet to figure out why he has gone crazy
-Hamlet realizes they are spying on him, rather than being his friends
-are sent to England with Hamlet, along with a letter from King Claudius instructing the
King of England to kill Hamlet
-they are killed when Hamlet changes the instructions to read that Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are to be killed instead
William Shakespeare - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The playwright who wrote
Hamlet
Hamlet talks to his father's ghost and promises to get _______________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-revenge
The ghost disappears at dawn or when the "cock _________" - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-crows
The ghost reveals that he was killed by poison. . . - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-
poured in his ear while he slept.
How are King Hamlet and Claudius related? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-brothers
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Hamlet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Prince of Denmark; -Protagonist
-upset that his uncle killed his father to become king and married Hamlet's mother
-pretends to be crazy to give him time to figure out how he can get revenge
-struggles with himself about his hesitation to get revenge
Claudius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-King of Denmark, and Hamlet's Uncle;
Antagonist
-secretly murdered his brother to become king and marry the queen
-plots with Laertes to poison Hamlet when he thinks that Hamlet may know his secret
Gertrude - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-the Queen; Hamlet's mom
-marries Claudius soon after the king dies
-there is no evidence in the play that she knew about the murder but her sudden
marriage to Claudius is suspicious
-Hamlet thinks she is weak, is upset about the remarriage because he thought his
parents were truly in love
-accidentally drinks the poison that is intended for Hamlet
King Hamlet/The Ghost - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅--murdered by his own brother
-appears before three soldiers, who recognize him as the dead king
-asks Hamlet to avenge his death
-though he is disgusted that his wife Gertrude married Claudius, he asks Hamlet not to
hurt her
Polonius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-advisor to King Claudius
-father of Ophelia and Laertes
-a windbag and a rambler of wisdom, thinks Hamlet is driven mad with lust for his
daughter
-spies on Hamlet for the king
-Hamlet stabs him as he is hiding behind a curtain
Laertes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia
-is given advice by his father about how to behave in France
-returns from France when he learns of his father's death
-after Ophelia's death, he plots with Claudius to stage a sword fight in which Hamlet will
be poisoned
Ophelia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Hamlet's girlfriend
-daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes
, -her father tells her not to see Hamlet and her brother tells her Hamlet may not have
good intentions toward her
-Hamlet insults her when he is pretending to be crazy
-she commits suicide after Hamlet kills her father
Horatio - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-loyal friend of Hamlet
-promises to help Hamlet throughout the play
-watches the king during the play to see if he is guilty
-goes to the graveyard with Hamlet
-though he wants to drink the poison too at the end of the play, Hamlet asks him not to
so that he can live and help fix things in Denmark
-the only main character in the play to survive
Marcellus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-a soldier who is Hamlet's friend
-sees the ghost of Hamlet's father
-swears to Hamlet that he will keep what he sees a secret
Fortinbras - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Prince of Norway
-his father, was killed by Hamlet's father
-Fortinbras wishes to attack Denmark to avenge his father's honor
-Hamlet admires how Fortinbras acts to get revenge for his father
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅--old school friends of
Hamlet
-Claudius asks them to spy on Hamlet to figure out why he has gone crazy
-Hamlet realizes they are spying on him, rather than being his friends
-are sent to England with Hamlet, along with a letter from King Claudius instructing the
King of England to kill Hamlet
-they are killed when Hamlet changes the instructions to read that Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are to be killed instead
William Shakespeare - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The playwright who wrote
Hamlet
Hamlet talks to his father's ghost and promises to get _______________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-revenge
The ghost disappears at dawn or when the "cock _________" - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-crows
The ghost reveals that he was killed by poison. . . - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-
poured in his ear while he slept.
How are King Hamlet and Claudius related? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-brothers
