$200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 Fathers & Sons Thy kingdom Come Who Done It Grab bag Famous Quotations

Name the three sets of fathers and sons from the play. Category 1: $100: A

King Hamlet – Hamlet King Fortinbras – Fortinbras Polonius - Laertes Category 1: $100: Q

Who does Claudius have spy on his son-in-law? Category 1: $200: A

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Category 1: $200: Q

Give at least five pieces of advice that Polonius gives to his son. Category 1: $300: A

1) Give thy thoughts no tongue. 2) Be thou familiar... [not] vulgar. 3) Remember who your real friends are. 4) Don’t get into fights, but fight to win. 5) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. 6) Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. 7) The apparel oft proclaims the man. 8) Neither a borrow nor a lender be. 9) To thine own self be true. Category 1: $300: Q

Category 1: $400: A Who does Polonius have spy on his son?

Reynaldo Category 1: $400: Q

How do each of the 3 sons in the play “honor” the memory of their fathers? Category 1: $500: A

Fortinbras – wanted to fight to get the land back Laertes – challenged the king Hamlet – killed Claudius Category 1: $500: Q

Name the country of which Claudius presides. Category 2: $100: A

Denmark Category 2: $100: Q

What is the name of the castle in which Claudius resides? Category 2: $200: A

Elsinore Category 2: $200: Q

What country does Fortinbras’ uncle tell him to fight in lieu of Denmark? Category 2: $300: A

Poland Category 2: $300: Q

What country does Fortinbras uncle preside over? Category 2: $400: A

Norway Category 2: $400: Q

How did Claudius get to be king instead of Hamlet? Category 2: $500: A

Hamlet was still away at school when his father died, so Claudius was able to convince the council to elect him instead. Category 2: $500: Q

Who does Hamlet have watch Claudius during the play? Category 3: $100: A

Horatio Category 3: $100: Q

Who was once King Hamlet’s court jester? Category 3: $200: A

Yorick Category 3: $200: Q

Category 3: $300: A Who was present for the first ghost sighting?

Marcellus and Barnardo Category 3: $300: Q

During the duration of the play, who does Hamlet tell he’s not crazy. Category 3: $400: A

Marcellus, Horatio, Gertrude, (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) Category 3: $400: Q

Category 3: $500: A Name all the characters who died and the means of their demise starting with King Fortinbras.

King Fortinbras – killed by king Hamlet in a duel King Hamlet – poison poured in his ear by Claudius Polonius – stabbed by Hamlet Ophelia – drowned Ros. & Guild – killed by king of England Gertrude – poisoned wine Laertes – poisoned wound Claudius – sword and wine Hamlet – poison sword Category 3: $500: Q

Why doesn’t Hamlet just take the ghost’s word without proof? Category 4: $100: A

Because it was possible for it to be an evil spirit trying to get him to damn his soul by doing evil deeds. Category 4: $100: Q

Category 4: $200: A Give the real name of the play and the name Hamlet gives it.

The Murder of Gonzago The Mousetrap Category 4: $200: Q

Category 4: $300: A Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius at the first chance he gets?

Because Claudius was praying, he was afraid he would go right to heaven and his father did not get that same opportunity. Category 4: $300: Q

Category 4: $400: A Why did Gertrude think Hamlet really was going crazy?

Hamlet was talking to the ghost and she did not see the ghost. Category 4: $400: Q

Category 4: $500: A Where were Laertes and Hamlet going to school when King Hamlet died?

France Wittenberg Category 4: $500: Q

What is ironic about the quotation, “Brevity is the soul of wit”? Category 5: $100: A

Polonius says that being to the point shows intelligence, and yet he does not realize that he shows his lack of intelligence in his rambling. Category 5: $100: Q

Who said, “Something rotten is in the state of Denmark,” and why? Category 5: $200: A

Category 5: $200: Q Marcellus says this when Hamlet follows the ghost of King Hamlet who has appeared in the same armor he defeated King Fortinbras. He means that the appearance of the ghost has ominous potential for the kingdom.

When Hamlet said, “Oh that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,” what did he mean and what was on his mind? Category 5: $300: A

He wished he was dead (not that he wanted to kill himself) because he found himself in an uncomfortable position where he felt he “needed” to kill a relative (Claudius) in order to avenge his father’s death. Category 5: $300: Q

When Hamlet said, “Frailty, thy name is woman,” to whom was he speaking, and to whom was he referring? Category 5: $400: A

Hamlet was speaking to himself regretting that he had to do such a horrible deed as kill a relative and then thinks about how his mother remarried so quickly because she “was lonely.” Category 5: $400: Q

Give the speaker and the setting of, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Category 5: $500: A

Gertrude says this after the queen in the play tells her husband that if he were to die she would not remarry. Category 5: $500: Q