Hamlet Trivia V

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HAMLET TRIVIA V

41) Where is the university Hamlet and Horatio studied at?

STUTTGART COPENHAGEN WITTENBERG OXFORD

Prince Hamlet is said to have studied in Wittenberg, which was also the supposed home of Dr. Faustus.

42) Who storms Elsinore Castle with a group of armed followers?

HAMLET LAERTES ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN FORTINBRAS

Enraged by his father's death, Laertes storms the castle demanding justice.

43) What role did Polonius play in a university production of Julius Caesar?

ANTONY CASSIUS JULIUS CAESAR BRUTUS

POLONIUS: I did enact Julius Caesar: I was killed i' the
Capitol; Brutus killed me.

44) In what year was Hamlet most likely written?

1572 1601 1589 1611

The play was written sometime between 1599 and 1602.

45) Where on the body of Fortune do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern claim to reside?

ON HER CAP IN THE SOLES OF HER SHOES ON HER BREAST IN HER PRIVATES

HAMLET: Then you live about her waist, or in the middle of her favours?
GUILDENSTERN: 'Faith, her privates we.
HAMLET: In the secret parts of fortune? O, most true; she is a strumpet.

46) Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius after the traveling players' perform their play?

CLAUDIUS HAS A SWORD CLAUDIUS IS SLEEPING CLAUDIUS IS CRYING CLAUDIUS IS PRAYING

Claudius is praying, and Hamlet doesn't want to send him to Heaven, so he vows instead to kill him when he is "about some act that has no relish of salvation in't."

47) Who does Claudius appoint as ambassadors to Norway?

CORNELIUS & VOLTEMAND ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN OSRIC & BERNARDO HORATIO & MARCELLUS

In Act II, scene ii, Cornelius and Voltemand return with news from Norway.

48) What animal does Hamlet NOT claim to see in the clouds?

WEASEL CAMEL WHALE SERPENT

HAMLET: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?
LORD POLONIUS: By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed.
HAMLET: Methinks it is like a weasel.
LORD POLONIUS: It is backed like a weasel.
HAMLET: Or like a whale?
LORD POLONIUS: Very like a whale.

49) What are Hamlet's last words?

O, I DIE, HORATIO HE HAS MY DYING VOICE THE REST IS SILENCE I FOLLOW MY MOTHER

Hamlet's last words are: "The rest is silence."