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Find out what you already know about Hamlet by taking this quiz:
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| 1. | In the play, it is revealed that Prince Hamlet's father, the King of Denmark, was murdered by |
 | Prince Hamlet's uncle Claudius, brother of the late king |
| Prince Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude |
| Prince Hamlet's best friend, Horatio |
| The chief court counselor, Polonius |
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| 2. | Hamlet learns the circumstances of his father's death from |
| His uncle Claudius |
| His best friend, Horatio |
| The ghost of his father |
| The ghost of Yorick, the late court jester and Hamlet's childhood friend |
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| 3. | Hamlet is deeply troubled by the murder of his father, and also by the fact that |
| Ophelia, the woman he loves, abandons him for Horatio |
| He must ascend to the throne, and he does not feel prepared to do so |
| Denmark is about to be invaded by Norway |
| His mother married his uncle Claudius within weeks of his father's death |
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| 4. | Hamlet sets a trap to force his father's murderer to reveal his or her guilt. The trap is |
| A fencing match between Claudius and Horatio |
| A fencing match between Horatio and Polonius |
| A play that enacts the murder of his father |
| A saga that tells the story of his father's murder |
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| 5. | Hamlet successfully avenges his father's murder. |
| True |
| False |
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| 6. | Hamlet and Ophelia |
| Make a suicide pact |
| Are forbidden to meet |
| Are murdered |
| Become king and queen of Denmark |
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