Test Your Knowledge


1	William Shakespeare:
		A)	Was born in 1564
		B)	Never attended college
		C)	Was an actor
		D)	Wrote plays and poetry
		E)	All of the above


2	Where is Hamlet set?
		A)	England
		B)	Scotland
		C)	Wales
		D)	Denmark
		E)	Ireland


3	For all of the play, Hamlet is in agony over the death of:
		A)	His mother
		B)	His uncle
		C)	Ophelia
		D)	His father
		E)	Yorick


4	Which of the following characters says: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy"?
		A)	Hamlet
		B)	Polonius
		C)	Laertes
		D)	Rosencrantz
		E)	King


5	The remark, "Frailty, thy name is woman!" is uttered by Hamlet about which of the following characters?
		A)	Ophelia
		B)	Niobe
		C)	Rosencrantz
		D)	Gertrude, his mother the Queen
		E)	Fortinbras

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