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What is the name of the legend that Hamlet is based on?
a) Amleth
b) Arthur
c) Aristotle
d) None of the above

How does King Hamlet die?
a) He drowns
b) He is stabbed
c) He is poisoned
d) None of the above

When Hamlet says to be or not to be, what is he talking about?
a) Life and death
b) Revenge
c) Justice
d) None of the above

What is the first step that Claudius takes to gain the throne?
a) He marries Gertrude.
b) He murders the king.
c) He challenges the king to a duel.
d) None of the above

Who is still alive at the end of the play?
a) Horatio
b) Rosencrantz
c) Laertes
d) None of the above

How does Ophelia die?
a) She hangs herself.
b) She drowns.
c) She is poisoned.
d) None of the above

How does Polonius die?
a) He is poisoned.
b) He is strangled.
c) He is stabbed.
d) None of the above

How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die?
a) They are killed by pirates.
b) They are stabbed.
c) They are hung.
d) None of the above.

What is one major difference between this play and the legend it's based on?
a) In the legend, the nobles are burned alive.
b) In the legend, the foreign prince invades the castle.
c) In the legend, the queen murdered the king.
d) None of the above

What is the correct term for the killing of one's brother?
a) Patricide
b) Fratricide
c) Sorocide
d) None of the above

Where is Fortenbras from?
a) England
b) Denmark
c) Norway
d) None of the above

Why didn't Hamlet kill Claudius at the first chance?
a) Claudius was repenting his sins.
b) Hamlet was too nervous.
c) Gertrude stopped him.
d) None of the above

Hamlet says that dying is just like going to sleep. What is the catch, though?
a) You might get lost in your dreams.
b) You might go crazy.
c) You might have nightmares.
d) None of the above

What does Hamlet tell Horatio at the end of the play?
a) To set the army against Fortinbras
b) To turn Fortinbras away
c) To tell Fortinbras what happened
d) None of the above

What was Shakespeare's son's name?
a) Hamnet
b) Hamleth
c) Himlet
d) None of the above

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