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💀 Hamlet – A-level
English Literature · A-level — practise plot, soliloquies, characters, revenge tragedy conventions and key quotations.
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Questions
According to the Ghost in Act 1, how was old King Hamlet murdered?
He was stabbed while praying in the chapel
He drank poisoned wine at a royal banquet
He was smothered in his bed at night
Poison was poured into his ear as he slept
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In the graveyard scene of Act 5, whose skull does Hamlet hold and speak to?
Osric, a young courtier
Yorick, the late king's jester
Polonius, Ophelia's father
Gonzago, a murdered duke
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When Claudius asks the name of the play staged in Act 3, what title does Hamlet give it?
The Spanish Tragedy
The Death of Priam
The Mousetrap
The Murder of Gonzago
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Hamlet warns that he may 'put an antic disposition on'. Who is he speaking to?
Horatio and Marcellus
Gertrude and Ophelia
Claudius and Polonius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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In Act 3, Scene 3, why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when he finds him praying?
He still doubts that the Ghost is honest
He sees guards standing close to Claudius
He fears Claudius's soul would go to heaven
He has promised Gertrude to spare Claudius
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Which character describes Ophelia's drowning, beginning 'There is a willow grows aslant a brook'?
Horatio
Gertrude
Laertes
Claudius
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In the final scene, which character is the first to die?
Laertes
Gertrude
Hamlet
Claudius
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In the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, how does Hamlet describe what lies after death?
A goodly prison
The quintessence of dust
An unweeded garden
The undiscovered country
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Who says the line 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark'?
Horatio
Hamlet
The Ghost
Marcellus
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Which earlier revenge tragedy, also with a vengeful ghost and a play within a play, is often compared with Hamlet?
The Spanish Tragedy
The Duchess of Malfi
The Revenger's Tragedy
Doctor Faustus
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