TeachersFirst Quiz for Hamlet - Act I; Scene 2


This quiz will check to see that you understand the key events of scene 2.

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1. At the beginning of Act I, scene ii we learn that the current King of Denmark is

2.We learn also that Claudius' has recently died.

3. Claudius sends two messengers, Voltemand and Cornelius, to deliver papers to the ruler of what country?

4. Laertes asks permission to return to school in the country of

5. Hamlet asks permission to return to school in what city?

6. Who gets permission to return to school?

7. Who does not get permission to return to school?

8. In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he compares his to Hyperion.


9. In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he compares his to a satyr.

10. Horatio tells Hamlet that the ghost looks like Hamlet's