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9 for 10 - Hamlet Trivia Quiz

Here are nine quotes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Most of them are spoken by Hamlet himself. The first letters of the answers to questions one to nine spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5138

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 195 (0/10), Guest 204 (10/10), Guest 138 (6/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Hamlet says these words after he is upset after seeing his mother, Gertrude with her new husband, Claudius.

"O! That this too, too solid ----- would melt."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"?

"Something is ------ in the state of Denmark."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Hamlet's most famous speech contains this line. What is the missing word?

"The slings and ------ of outrageous fortune."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. After Hamlet's death Horatio says:

"Now cracks a ----- heart"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"?

"I must be ----- only to be kind".
Hint

cruel

gentle

careful

godlike

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Question 6 of 10

6. Hamlet speaks these words when he and Horatio are in the graveyard.

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of -------- jest." Hint

excruciating

instant

infinite

eternal

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Question 7 of 10

7. Finish this quote by Hamlet.

"The rest is -------"

Answer: (One word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"?

"Thus conscience does make ------- of us all."

Answer: (One word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Polonius has many wise things to say. This is one of them.

"For the apparel --- proclaims the man" Hint

new

now

owned

oft

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you have answered the above questions correctly the first letter of each word will spell the name of the character who is on stage as the play opens.

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Hamlet says these words after he is upset after seeing his mother, Gertrude with her new husband, Claudius. "O! That this too, too solid ----- would melt."

Answer: flesh

This is from a soliloquy by Hamlet at the end of the second scene in the first act after he is left alone when the members of the Danish court leave.

2. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"? "Something is ------ in the state of Denmark."

Answer: rotten

This remark is made by Marcellus to Horatio after Hamlet goes to speak with the ghost of his father. They have warned Hamlet not to go with the ghost and they fear for the future.

3. Hamlet's most famous speech contains this line. What is the missing word? "The slings and ------ of outrageous fortune."

Answer: arrows

This is from the best known of Hamlet's soliloquies, the one that starts "To be, or not to be? That is the question." Act III, scene 1.
Hamlet is indecisive about what he should do to avenge his father's death.

4. After Hamlet's death Horatio says: "Now cracks a ----- heart"

Answer: noble

The full quote is:
"Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"

5. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"? "I must be ----- only to be kind".

Answer: cruel

This is said by Hamlet to his mother Gertrude. (Act III, scene 4)

6. Hamlet speaks these words when he and Horatio are in the graveyard. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of -------- jest."

Answer: infinite

When Hamlet and Horatio are at Ophelia's grave, nearby gravediggers unearth a skull. Yorick, was a court jester who amused the young Hamlet.

7. Finish this quote by Hamlet. "The rest is -------"

Answer: silence

Hamlet speaks these last words to his friend Horatio, in the final scene of the play.

8. What is the word missing from this quote from "Hamlet"? "Thus conscience does make ------- of us all."

Answer: cowards

This is another line from the "to be or not be" soliloquy. Act III scene 1.

9. Polonius has many wise things to say. This is one of them. "For the apparel --- proclaims the man"

Answer: oft

These words are part of the advice given by Polonius, to his daughter Ophelia and his son Laertes. Act I scene 3

10. If you have answered the above questions correctly the first letter of each word will spell the name of the character who is on stage as the play opens.

Answer: Francisco

"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" opens with a scene set on 'a platform before the castle'. The castle being Elsinore in Denmark. Francisco is the soldier on watch and is soon joined by an officer, Marcellus.

Source: Author minch

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