Hamlet Act 1, Scene 2: Quiz Test
1. Where does Scene 2 take place?
2. Who is Claudius addressing when the scene begins?
3. What is the main reason Claudius gives for marrying Queen Gertrude so quickly after King Hamlet’s death?
4. What does Claudius ask Polonius to do regarding Hamlet?
5. What does Hamlet reveal to Horatio about his feelings towards his mother’s marriage?
6. What literary device does Hamlet use in his lines comparing his mother to the “sun”?
7. What does Polonius advise his son Laertes regarding Ophelia’s relationship with Hamlet?
8. What does Hamlet mean when he says, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”?
9. What does Hamlet ask of Horatio and Marcellus after Polonius leaves?
10. What significant promise does Hamlet make to himself at the end of the scene?