Question

1) Upon seeing the full title of the play (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) what can we infer about Hamlet?

Answer 1

Here are the answers:
1. C. He will die at the end of the play.

2. A.The plague had caused the closing of the theaters and he wanted to gain back lost money upon their reopening.

3. A. an inability to make up his mind

4. D. A speech was given by a character alone on the stage that reveals thoughts

5. A. characters who have opposite traits.

6. A. Hamlet may have begun pretending to be mad, but the lines between sanity and madness began to blur as the play developed.

7. C. Laertes

8. B. He is the brother of Hamlet's father, and therefore Hamlet's uncle.

9. A. rebellious, headstrong, and stubborn

10. A. True

11. D. conceal his attempts to get information regarding Claudius's guilt

12. A. He loves Ophelia.

13. D. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

14. B. He can’t put thoughts and words into action while a group of actors can.

15. A. True

16. C. Hamlet does not want Claudius to go to heaven

17. A. his nosiness and meddling

18. B. False
19. C. both seek revenge for their father's deaths

20. B. Queen Gertrude

21. A. True

22. C. Laertes will poison the tip of his sword and stab Hamlet