MCQs - "Hamlet" by Shakespeare
SET-1
1.Who says, "Something is rotten in
the state of Denmark"?
A. Horatio
B. Claudius
C. Polonius
D. Marcellus
Answer: D. Marcellus
2.Who is the main character in
"Hamlet"?
A. Claudius
B. Gertrude
C. Polonius
D. Hamlet
Answer: D. Hamlet
3.Who is the first character to die in
"Hamlet"?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Gertrude
D. Claudius
Answer: A. Polonius
4.Who is the author of "Hamlet"?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Charles Dickens
C. Jane Austen
D. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Answer: A. William Shakespeare
5.What is the name of the kingdom where
"Hamlet" takes place?
A. England
B. Denmark
C. France
D. Germany
Answer: B. Denmark
6.Who is the first character to see the
ghost of King Hamlet?
A. Hamlet
B. Horatio
C. Marcellus
D. Bernardo
Answer: C. Marcellus
7.Who delivers the news of Ophelia's death
to Laertes?
A. Polonius
B. Horatio
C. Gertrude
D. Hamlet
Answer: C. Gertrude
8.What is the name of the character who
tells Hamlet about the army headed toward Denmark?
A. Fortinbras
B. Laertes
C. Horatio
D. Polonius
Answer: C. Horatio
9.Who is the character that arranges the
fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes?
A. Polonius
B. Claudius
C. Gertrude
D. Horatio
Answer: B. Claudius
10.What is the name of the character
Hamlet accuses of having a "painted [his] face"?
A. Rosencrantz
B. Guildenstern
C. Polonius
D. Ophelia
Answer: D. Ophelia
11.Who tells Horatio that "the
readiness is all"?
A. Polonius
B. Hamlet
C. Laertes
D. Fortinbras
Answer: B. Hamlet
12.Who tells Hamlet about the poisoning of
the swords in Act V?
A. Claudius
B. Gertrude
C. Laertes
D. Horatio
Answer: C. Laertes
13.Who is praised by Hamlet as
" A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards,
Hast ta'en with equal thanks”?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Horatio
D. Rosencrantz
Answer: C. Horatio
14.Who kills Claudius in the final act of
the play?
A. Hamlet
B. Horatio
C. Laertes
D. Fortinbras
Answer: A. Hamlet
15.Who does Hamlet accidentally kill in
Act V?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Gertrude
D. Ophelia
Answer: B. Laertes
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16.What is the name of the soliloquy in
Act III, Scene 1 where Hamlet debates whether to end his own life?
A. To Be or Not to Be
B. What a Piece of Work is Man
C. O, That This Too, Too Solid Flesh Would
Melt
D. Alas, Poor Yorick
Answer: A. To Be or Not to Be
17.Who tells "Brevity is the soul of
wit"?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Horatio
D. Guildenstern
Answer: A. Polonius
18.Who tells Ophelia to avoid Hamlet's
advances?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Claudius
D. Gertrude
Answer: A. Polonius
19.What is the name of the character that
Hamlet describes as "a king of shreds and patches"?
A. Polonius
B. Claudius
C. Fortinbras
D. Horatio
Answer: B. Claudius
20.Who jumps into Ophelia's grave?
A. Hamlet
B. Laertes
C. Polonius
D. Horatio
Answer: B. Laertes
21.Who delivers the famous line,
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends"( Act 5, Scene 2)?
A. Hamlet
B. Horatio
C. Polonius
D. Claudius
Answer: B. Horatio
22.Who is the person that Hamlet speaks to
in Act 1, Scene 5, whom he believes is the ghost of his father?
A. Polonius
B. Horatio
C. Laertes
D. King Hamlet
Answer: D. King Hamlet
23.Who does Hamlet describe as “Give me
that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear
him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.” (Act 3,
Scene 2)?
A. Horatio
B. Laertes
C. Claudius
D. Polonius
Answer: A. Horatio
24.What is the name of the courtier who
delivers the letters from Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
A. Osric
B. Fortinbras
C. Marcellus
D. Francisco
Answer: A. Osric
25.Who delivers the final lines of the
play, "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of
angels sing thee to thy rest"?
A. Horatio
B. Claudius
C. Gertrude
D. Laertes
Answer: A. Horatio
26.Who advises to "Revenge his foul
and most unnatural murder" (Act-I, Sce-5)?
A. Polonius
B. Horatio
C. Hamlet
D. The Ghost
Answer: D. The Ghost
27.Who delivers the famous line, "The
lady doth protest too much, me thinks"?
A. Hamlet
B. Gertrude
C. Ophelia
D. Polonius
Answer: B. Gertrude
28.Who delivers the famous line, "Get
thee to a nunnery"?
A. Hamlet
B. Polonius
C. Claudius
D. Laertes
Answer: A. Hamlet
29.What is the relationship between
Claudius and Gertrude?
A. Siblings
B. Cousins
C. Husband and wife
D. Father and daughter
Answer: C. Husband and wife
30.Who kills Polonius?
A. Hamlet
B. Laertes
C. Claudius
D. Gertrude
Answer: A. Hamlet
31.Who does Hamlet mistake for a rat
behind the arras and kill?
A. Polonius
B. Laertes
C. Rosencrantz
D. Guildenstern
Answer: A. Polonius
32.Who delivers the famous line,
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"?
A. Hamlet
B. Horatio
C. Polonius
D. Rosencrantz
Answer: A. Hamlet
33.What is the name of the poison that
Claudius uses to kill King Hamlet and later poisons Laertes' sword with?
A. Strychnine
B. Arsenic
C. Hemlock
D. Hebanon
Answer: D. Hebanon (Explantion: Some
scholars have suggested that "hebenon" could refer to henbane, yew,
or some other poisonous plant. Therefore, the identity of the poison used in
"Hamlet" remains a matter of debate and interpretation.)
34.What is the famous soliloquy in Act
III, Scene 1 of "Hamlet"?
A. "To be or not to be, that is the
question"
B. "How all occasions do inform
against me"
C. "O all you host of heaven! O
Earth! What else?"
D. "O, what a rogue and peasant slave
am I!"
Answer: A. "To be or not to be, that
is the question"
35.Who is Hamlet's best friend in the
play?
A. Laertes
B. Horatio
C. Rosencrantz
D. Guildenstern
Answer: B. Horatio
36.What is the relationship between Hamlet
and Ophelia?
A. Husband and wife
B. Brother and sister
C. Cousins
D. Lovers
Answer: D. Lovers
37.Who kills Hamlet's father, King Hamlet?
A. Polonius
B. Claudius
C. Laertes
D. Horatio
Answer: B. Claudius
38.Who delivers the famous line,
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"?
A. Polonius
B. Hamlet
C. Laertes
D. Gertrude
Answer: A. Polonius
39.What is the name of the play within the
play in Act III, Scene 2 that Hamlet uses to catch his father's murderer?
A. Romeo and Juliet
B. The Murder of Gonzago
C. The Tempest
D. Macbeth
Answer: B. The Murder of Gonzago (also
known as The Mousetrap)
40.How does Ophelia die?
A. She drowns herself
B. She is poisoned
C. She is stabbed
D. She falls from a tower
Answer: A. She drowns herself
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SET-II
80. Why does
Hamlet kill Polonius?
A. Because he believes his mother is having an affair
B. Because Polonius opposes Hamlet and Ophelia's marriage
C. Because he is going crazy
D. Because he mistakes Polonius for Claudius
Answer: Because he mistakes Polonius for Claudius
81. Why does
Gertrude think Hamlet is mad?
A. Because he killed Polonius
B. Because he accuses Claudius
C. Because he appears to be talking to himself
D. Because he attacks her
Answer: Because he appears to be talking to himself
82. What message
does the ghost bring Hamlet?
A. To leave his mother alone
B. To remember his revenge
C. To hide Polonius's body
D. To give up
Answer: To remember that he has not yet gotten revenge
83. Whom does
Gertrude rush to see after Polonius is killed?
A. Claudius
B. Hamlet
C. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
D. Ophelia
Answer: Claudius
84. What does
Gertrude compare herself to?
A. A wilting flower
B. A bruised fruit
C. The violent ocean
D. A hurt child
Answer: The violent ocean
85. What is
Claudius's main concern?
A. Gertrude's emotional state
B. Hamlet's sanity
C. His own conscience
D. Keeping his power
Answer: Keeping his power
86. What does
Hamlet accuse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of?
A. Not caring about him
B. Being spies for Claudius
C. Courting Ophelia
D. Revealing his secrets
Answer: Being spies for Claudius
87. What does
Hamlet allow Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?
A. Explain their allegiances to Claudius
B. Leave Denmark
C. Accompany him back to Claudius
D. Kill him
Answer: Accompany him back to Claudius
88. Who reveals
the location of Polonius's body?
A. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
B. Gertrude
C. Horatio
D. Hamlet
Answer: Hamlet
89. What orders
does Claudius send to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
A. That Hamlet be institutionalized
B. That Hamlet be killed
C. That Hamlet be imprisoned
D. That Hamlet be set free
Answer: That Hamlet be killed
90. What is
Fortinbras doing when he comes across Hamlet?
A. Attacking Poland
B. Avenging his father
C. Finding Hamlet
D. Attacking Denmark
Answer: He is on his way to attack Poland
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SET-III
16. What noise
drives the ghost offstage?
A. A string quartet
B. His wife with Claudius
C. A cock's crow
D. Hamlet crying
Answer: a cock's crow
17. Where does
Hamlet say Ophelia should go?
A. A bakery
B. A castle
C. Russia
D. A nunnery
Answer: a nunnery
18. What does
Hamlet's letter to Horatio say?
A. He leaves Denmark in Horatio's hands
B. He's at peace with his father's death
C. He's returning with news
D. Pirates hold him captive
Answer: That he is returning to Denmark with news
19. Hamlet's
famous speeches are called
A. Dramatic irony
B. Unilogues
C. Dialogues
D. Soliloquys
Answer: soliloquys
20. How will
Claudius react to the play, according to Hamlet?
A. He will laugh
B. He will cry
C. He will enjoy it
D. He will appear guilty
Answer: He will appear guilty.
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