Deck 3: Trivia Shakespeares Hamlet

Question 1

Who is Prince Hamlet's closest friend?

A)horatio
B)marcellus
C)guildenstern
D)rosencrantz

Answer 1

horatio

Question 2

Who delivers the first line of Hamlet?

A)hamlet
B)king hamlet
C)barnardo
D)claudius

Answer 2

barnardo

Question 3

Who are the first two characters to appear on stage in Hamlet?

A)horatio and marcellus
B)barnardo and horatio
C)barnardo and hamlet
D)barnardo and francisco

Answer 3

barnardo and francisco

Question 4

Hamlet was published in ____

A)1599
B)1601
C)1602
D)1603

Question 5

Polonius is killed by ____ in the play Hamlet.

A)claudius
B)hamlet
C)yorick
D)fortinbras

Question 6

Who is the Queen of Denmark?

A)gertrude
B)miranda
C)ophelia
D)desdemona

Question 7

Who is Prince Hamlet's lover in the play, Hamlet?

A)portia
B)gertrude
C)ophelia
D)juliet

Question 8

Who is the young Prince of Norway in the play Hamlet?

A)osric
B)barnardo
C)horatio
D)fortinbras

Question 9

What is the name of the play within the play in Hamlet?

A)the murder of antonio
B)the murder of iago
C)the murder of the king
D)the murder of gonzago

Question 10

Who murdered Fortinbras' father in the play Hamlet?

A)king hamlet
B)prince hamlet
C)claudius
D)fortinbras\ uncle

Question 11

Who killed King Hamlet according to the Ghost of King Hamlet?

A)claudius
B)polonius
C)prince hamlet
D)gertrude

Question 12

Whom does Gertrude marry after her husband's death?

A)king of poland
B)claudius
C)polonius
D)fortinbras

Question 13

____ and ____ were the courtiers sent by Claudius to Norway to prevent an attack from Fortinbras.

A)horatio and laertes
B)laertes and polonius
C)rosencrantz and guildenstern
D)cornelius and voltimand

Question 14

Where does Polonius get killed by Hamlet?

A)in polonius\ chamber
B)in gertrude\s chamber
C)in hamlet\s chamber
D)in the king\s chamber

Question 15

Find the odd one out.

A)gloucester
B)osric
C)francisco
D)reynaldo

Question 16

Who is sent to France by Polonius in the play Hamlet?

A)francisco
B)marcellus
C)reynaldo
D)gloucester

Question 17

How does Ophelia die in the play Hamlet?

A)she is poisoned
B)she falls off a cliff
C)she drowns
D)she is stabbed to death

Question 18

Who is Ophelia's brother in the play Hamlet?

A)laertes
B)horatio
C)fortinbras
D)polonius

Question 19

Hamlet and Laertes engage in a match of _____ towards the end of the play.

A)jousting
B)fencing
C)sword fight
D)wrestling

Question 20

Who kills Prince Hamlet in the play Hamlet?

A)laertes
B)ophelia
C)fortinbras
D)claudius

Question 21

Who kills Claudius in the play Hamlet?

A)king of norway
B)fortinbras
C)prince hamlet
D)laertes

Question 22

How does Queen Gertrude die in the play Hamlet?

A)she commits suicide
B)she is poisoned
C)she is accidentally stabbed
D)she is strangled to death

Question 23

Who becomes the King of Denmark at the end of the play Hamlet?

A)king of poland
B)osric
C)horatio
D)fortinbras

Question 24

Which of the following characters is alive at the end of the play?

A)gertrude
B)horatio
C)hamlet
D)ophelia

Question 25

Who wrote the play the Duchess of Malfi?

A)john webster
B)william shakespeare
C)ben johnson
D)christopher marlowe