“Think you can give a true account of the bloody business in the queen’s closet, and of the sudden death of an eavesdropper? The Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4 Quiz will test your memory of the ghost’s appearance and the harsh words for Gertrude. Let’s see if you can take the heat this family breakdown.

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Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4 Quiz Questions
- Who can see the Ghost in this scene?
- What does Gertrude believe Hamlet is seeing?
- What does the Ghost tell Hamlet to do regarding Gertrude?
- What does Hamlet urge Gertrude to do about Claudius?
- What does Hamlet say about Polonius’s death?
- How does Hamlet describe Claudius to Gertrude?
- What object does Hamlet force Gertrude to look upon?
- How does Hamlet compare his father and Claudius?
- What does Hamlet promise Gertrude about his madness?
- What does Hamlet intend to do with Polonius’s body?
- What message does Hamlet ask Gertrude to keep from Claudius?
- How does Gertrude respond after the Ghost departs?
- What moral warning does Hamlet give his mother?
- What theme is most evident in this scene?
- What literary device dominates Hamlet’s confrontation with Gertrude?
- What emotion dominates Gertrude by the end of the scene?
- How does the scene end?
- Where does Act 3 Scene 4 take place?
- Who hides behind the arras before Hamlet enters?
- Who sends for Hamlet at the start of this scene?
- What does Polonius plan to do while hiding?
- What does Hamlet accuse Gertrude of when he enters?
- What does Gertrude initially fear Hamlet will do?
- What noise prompts Hamlet to stab through the arras?
- Whom does Hamlet kill behind the arras?
- What does Hamlet call Polonius after killing him?
- How does Gertrude react to the murder?
- What does Hamlet command Gertrude to do?
- Who appears in the chamber during their confrontation?
- What is the Ghost’s purpose in appearing?
