JL Sample Quiz

The tragic flaw in 'Hamlet' is

How many sonnets of Shakespeare are addressed to W.H.?

• 26

• 120

• 126

• 136

How many Soliloquies does Hamlet make?

• 10

• 8

• 18

• 2

Who said, "It is custom,more honoured in the breach than the observance."?

• Horatio

• Hamlet

• Polonius

• Claudius

Who said, "Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light."?

• Hamlet

• Horatio

• Polonius

• Cladius

Hamlet was a prince of _______

Who called Claudius 'a half Iago'?

Hamlet was a student of _____ University.

• Oxford

• Cambridge

• London

• Wittenburg

Who said this about Shakespeare, "Others abide our question, thou art free. We ask and ask - thou smilest and art still"

• Thomas Carlyle

• John Dryden

• Matthew Arnold

• George Gorden

Who described Shakespeare's characters as 'real' beings of flesh and blood?

• Hazlitt

• Ben Johnson

• Carlyle

• Dryden