In the play, “Hamlet,” who is Yorick ?

Related Mcqs:

1. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet ?

   A. Nine
   B. Five
   C. Seven
   D. Three

2. In “Hamlet,” what is Hamlet’s uncle’s name ?

   A. Polonius
   B. Claudius
   C. Horatio
   D. Fortinbras

3. According to Anthony DiMatteo’s “Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: ’Reason of State’ in ’Hamlet’”, how does Shakespeare tend to present political rulers in Hamlet?

   A. Shakespeare presents political rulers as flawless, perfect human beings.
   B. Shakespeare presents political rulers as often meeting ruinous and violent endings.
   C. Shakespeare only presents fictional political rulers and does not explore any political realities.
   D. Shakespeare considers all political rulers to be corrupt.

4. In Dr. R. Allen Shoaf’s article, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, Shoaf argues which of the following points about the relationship between Hamlet and his mother ?

   A. Hamlet is placed in a position that can be conceptualized as feminine.
   B. Hamlet despises his mother and suspects she has killed his father.
   C. Hamlet is entirely masculinized throughout the play, and thus, is ultimately unlike his mother in terms of his position in the play.
   D. Hamlet has a personality disorder.

5. In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, what does Hamlet mean when he states that, “there is more in heaven and earth … than are dreamt of in your philosophy” ?

   A. There is such a thing as an afterlife.
   B. Dreams always tell the truth.
   C. There are some aspects of existence that cannot be explained through reason.
   D. Heaven exists on earth.

6. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

7. In the play, “Hamlet,” what is the name of Polonius’s daughter ?

   A. Laertes
   B. Ophelia
   C. Gertrude
   D. Fortinbras

8. The play, “Hamlet,” takes place in which of the following countries ?

   A. Denmark
   B. Norway
   C. England
   D. France

9. Hamlet is considered to be what kind of play ?

   A. Comedy
   B. History
   C. Tragedy
   D. Epic poem

10. In “Hamlet,” which character is left alive at the end of the play ?

    A. Hamlet
    B. Claudius
    C. Horatio
    D. Gertrude