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Hamlet Act 5 Quiz
Hamlet Act 5 Quiz
Why is Ophelia’s burial controversial?
She was a traitor
She was unfaithful to Hamlet
She may have committed suicide
She was a noblewoman
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What phrase does Hamlet use to describe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s fate?
“They are not near my conscience.”
“They are lost forever.”
“They knew too much.”
“They deserved a fairer end.”
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Who was Yorick?
The king’s jester
Hamlet’s tutor
A Danish soldier
Gertrude’s advisor
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Who drinks from the poisoned cup accidentally?
Osric
Horatio
Laertes
Gertrude
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Who wounds Hamlet first in the duel?
Claudius
Osric
Laertes
Hamlet
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What does Hamlet reflect upon while watching the gravedigger?
The justice of kings
His love for Ophelia
His plan for revenge
The inevitability of death
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What does Claudius plan after the graveyard scene?
To exile Hamlet again
To flee Denmark
To imprison Hamlet
To arrange Hamlet’s duel with Laertes
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Who are the first characters seen in Act 5?
Hamlet and Horatio
Two gravediggers
Laertes and Claudius
Gertrude and Ophelia
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What happens when the swords are switched?
Osric stops the duel
Claudius is struck first
The poison is neutralized
Hamlet wounds Laertes with the poisoned blade
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What does Hamlet say while holding Yorick’s skull?
“Good night, sweet prince.”
“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.”
“To be or not to be.”
“The rest is silence.”
None
How does Hamlet treat Osric?
He ignores him
He mocks him with wordplay
He praises his manners
He threatens him
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What are Hamlet’s dying words?
“Good night, sweet prince.”
“O, I am slain.”
“To be or not to be.”
“The rest is silence.”
None
What did Hamlet do to the letter Claudius sent to England?
Added a false seal to confuse the king
Replaced it with one ordering Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s deaths
Destroyed it completely
Copied it for Horatio
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In Act 5 Scene 2, who tells Hamlet about the altered letter?
Horatio
Osric
Gertrude
Rosencrantz
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How does Hamlet reveal himself at the grave?
He leaps into Ophelia’s grave
He approaches Laertes calmly
He sends a letter
He shouts from hiding
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Whose skull does the gravedigger show Hamlet?
Yorick’s
Ophelia’s
Claudius’s
Polonius’s
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What does Laertes confess before he dies?
That Gertrude helped him
That Hamlet was innocent
That he killed Polonius
That Claudius plotted the murder
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Who restrains Laertes and Hamlet after their fight in the grave?
Claudius’s guards
The priest
Gertrude alone
The attendants and Horatio
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What is Laertes’s true motive in the duel?
To kill Hamlet using a poisoned sword
To prove his honor fairly
To reconcile with Hamlet
To win back Ophelia’s memory
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Who enters the graveyard during Hamlet’s conversation with Horatio?
Laertes and a funeral procession
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Fortinbras and his army
Claudius and Gertrude
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Whose funeral does Hamlet witness?
Gertrude’s
Ophelia’s
Laertes’s
Polonius’s
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What does Horatio vow to do after Hamlet’s death?
Tell Hamlet’s story truthfully
Destroy the poisoned weapons
Avenge Hamlet
Flee to Norway
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Where does Act 5 Scene 1 take place?
In the throne room
On the battlefield
At Elsinore’s gate
In a graveyard
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How does Hamlet kill Claudius?
He orders guards to seize him
He traps him with Laertes’s sword
He stabs him and forces him to drink poison
He throws him from the stage
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What emotion does Laertes express at the graveside?
Joy and relief
Resignation
Fury and grief
Indifference
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What backup plan does Claudius prepare?
An ambush of soldiers
A poisoned cup of wine
A hidden dagger
A snare under the stage
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What does Hamlet claim about his love for Ophelia?
It was brief but true
It was an illusion
It never existed
It was greater than forty thousand brothers’ love
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Who becomes the new ruler of Denmark?
Horatio
Fortinbras
Osric
Laertes
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What are the gravediggers arguing about?
Who owns the land
Whether Ophelia should receive a Christian burial
The value of gold coins
Whether Hamlet is mad
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Who invites Hamlet to duel Laertes?
Horatio
Osric
Polonius
Claudius
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