Act 1 Scene 2 Quiz: Hamlet

 

Hamlet Act 1, Scene 2: Quiz Test

 

1. Where does Scene 2 take place?

a) Elsinore Castle gardens
b) The Queen’s chamber
c) Claudius’s private study
d) The throne room (Correct)

2. Who is Claudius addressing when the scene begins?

a) Hamlet
b) Polonius
c) Gertrude
d) The court (Correct)

3. What is the main reason Claudius gives for marrying Queen Gertrude so quickly after King Hamlet’s death?

a) Love and passion
b) Political stability
c) Duty and obligation (Correct)
d) Financial gain

4. What does Claudius ask Polonius to do regarding Hamlet?

a) Keep him entertained
b) Spy on his activities
c) Treat him with kindness
d) Send him back to Wittenberg (Correct)

5. What does Hamlet reveal to Horatio about his feelings towards his mother’s marriage?

a) Approval and acceptance
b) Indifference and detachment
c) Anger and disgust (Correct)
d) Grief and sadness

6. What literary device does Hamlet use in his lines comparing his mother to the “sun”?

a) Metaphor (Correct)
b) Simile
c) Personification
d) Hyperbole

7. What does Polonius advise his son Laertes regarding Ophelia’s relationship with Hamlet?

a) Encourage their courtship
b) Remain neutral and observe
c) Warn Hamlet against his intentions
d) Break off the relationship immediately (Correct)

8. What does Hamlet mean when he says, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”?

a) He believes in magic and the supernatural.
b) He suspects Claudius of foul play.
c) He is questioning the limitations of human knowledge. (Correct)
d) He is simply being philosophical.

9. What does Hamlet ask of Horatio and Marcellus after Polonius leaves?

a) To join him in a revenge plot against Claudius.
b) To keep his encounter with the Ghost a secret. (Correct)
c) To swear an oath of loyalty to him.
d) To help him stage a play to test Claudius’s guilt.

10. What significant promise does Hamlet make to himself at the end of the scene?

a) To love and cherish Ophelia.
b) To seek revenge on Polonius for his interference.
c) To obey his mother’s wishes.
d) To hold true to his father’s ghost’s demands. (Correct)

 

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