NAME: _____________________________ DATE:_______________ PERIOD: ______

HAMLET ACT I POP QUIZ

Directions: Number the statements 1-15 in the order they appeared within Act I of Hamlet.

_____Guarding soldiers swear they have seen the ghost of King Hamlet

_____Prince Hamlet is uncertain if the ghost is truly his dead father or the devil there to tempt him

_____King Hamlet dies

_____Prince Hamlet is in shock

_____Prince Hamlet struggles – if he kills an innocent Claudius, he will go to the devil

– if he doesn’t kill a guilty Claudius, he will have failed his duties as a
son and a prince

_____Setting is Elsinore castle in Denmark

_____The ghost continues saying Prince Hamlet must avenge his death

_____The now King Claudius marries the King Hamlet’s widow, Queen Gertrude

_____Soldiers tell Prince Hamlet a ghost shows up at midnight looking for something or someone

_____Prince Hamlet knows he can’t let Claudius, his mother, or Polonius (king’s advisor) know that
he is aware of his father’s murder

_____King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius, takes over as king

_____Prince Hamlet decides he needs proof – but not sure how

_____King Hamlet’s ghost appears to his son

_____Prince Hamlet does not know what to do

_____The ghost tells Prince Hamlet that his father was taking a nap in the garden when Claudius
snuck up to him and poured poison in his ear thus killing him
NAME: ______KEY____________________ DATE:__11-4-21_____ PERIOD: __5___

HAMLET ACT I POP QUIZ

Directions: Number the statements 1-15 in the order they appeared within Act I of Hamlet.

__5__Guarding soldiers swear they have seen the ghost of King Hamlet

_11__Prince Hamlet is uncertain if the ghost is truly his dead father or the devil there to tempt him

__2__King Hamlet dies

_10__Prince Hamlet is in shock

_12__Prince Hamlet struggles – if he kills an innocent Claudius, he will go to the devil

– if he doesn’t kill a guilty Claudius, he will have failed his duties as a
son and a prince

_1___Setting is Elsinore castle in Denmark

_9___The ghost continues saying Prince Hamlet must avenge his death

__4__The now King Claudius marries the King Hamlet’s widow, Queen Gertrude

_6___Soldiers tell Prince Hamlet a ghost shows up at midnight looking for something or someone

_15__Prince Hamlet knows he can’t let Claudius, his mother, or Polonius (king’s advisor) know that
he is aware of his father’s murder

__3__King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius, takes over as king

_14__Prince Hamlet decides he needs proof – but not sure how

_7___King Hamlet’s ghost appears to his son

_13__Prince Hamlet does not know what to do

__8__The ghost tells Prince Hamlet that his father was taking a nap in the garden when Claudius
snuck up to him and poured poison in his ear thus killing him