HAMLET - Mcqs for UGC NET

Hi Folks, How is your preparation going, today let us review our knoweldge of Shakepeare's famous play The tragedyof Hamlet, the prince of Denmark.



1. In which country is the play Hamlet set in?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Denmark
d. England
Answer: c

2. What is the name of the castle featured in the play?
a. Élysée
b. Tuileries
c. Fontainebleau
d. Elsinore
Answer: d

3. Where was Hamlet studying before his father’s death?
a. Wittenberg
b. Vienna
c. Rome
d. Heidelberg
Answer: a

4. Who is the close friend of Hamlet?
a. Marcellus
b. Horatio
c. Polonius
d. Laertes
Answer: b

5. Whom did the ghost want Hamlet to take revenge?
a. Claudius
b. Gertrude
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Answer: a

6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
a. Soldiers of King Hamlet
b. Soldiers of King Claudius
c. Friends  and classmates of King Claudius
d. Friends and classmates of Prince Hamlet
Answer: d

7. The play within the play in Hamlet is called
a. The Knight of Rhodes
b. The Murder of Gonzago
c. The taming of the shrew
d. None of the above
Answer: b

8. What did Hamlet tell to Ophelia his lover?
a. To  marry him
b. To forgive him
c. To join nunnery
d. To kill Claudius
Answer: c

9. Who told the famous lines “To be or not to be”?
a. Gertrude
b. Polonius
c. Claudius
d. Hamlet
Answer: d

10. In the story of Gonzago, the Duke of Vienna, is killed by
a. Polonius
b. Claudius
c. Lucianus
d. Baptista
Answer: c
Explanation:  Baptista, the wife of Gonzago marries the Lucianus the murderer nephew.

11. Why Hamlet did not kill Claudius when he had opportunity?
a. Because he was afraid
b. Because Claudius would kill his mother
c. Because he loved Claudius
d. Because Claudius was saying prayers
Answer: d

12. Who did Hamlet kill thinking that it was the Claudius who was hiding?
a. Polonius
b. Laertes
c. Horatio
d. Marcellus
Answer: a

13. Hamlet was expected to leave Denmark and go to
a. France
b. England
c. Wittenberg
d. Italy
Answer: b

14. Prince Fortinbras  of Norway wanted to attack?
a. Denmark
b. France
c. Poland
d. England
Answer: c

15. Who is Hamlet’s opponent in the duel?
a. Polonius
b. Laertes
c. Horatio
d. Marcellus
Answer: b

16. How did the queen Gertrude die?
a. She was stabbed by Claudius
b. She was stabbed by Hamlet
c. She drank the goblet of poison
d. She committed suicide
Answer: c

17. How did Claudius die?
a. He killed himself
b. Laertes  stabbed him
c. He drank the cup of poison
d. Hamlet stabbed him with the poisoned sword
Answer: c &d
Explanation: Hamlet stabbed him and forced him to drink the cup of poison.

18. How did Hamlet die?
a. Wounded by poisoned sword of Laertes
b. He killed himself
c. Claudius killed him
d. He drank the cup of poison
Answer: a

19. How did Claudius kill King Hamlet?
a. He stabbed him
b. He poisoned his food
c. He poured poison into his ears
d. None of the above
Answer: c