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Leaving Cert English: Hamlet
How often Hamlet comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 2 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Quick ones on Hamlet.
- Norway
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Inverness
- Dunsinane
- Elsinore
- Yorick's
- His father's
- Polonius's
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(a) Denmark
(b) Elsinore
(c) Yorick's
Higher Level
Asked on 2 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Single Text |
| 2023 | Not asked |
| 2022 | Not asked |
| 2021 | Not asked |
| 2019 | Not asked |
| 2018 | Not asked |
| 2017 | Single Text |
| 2016 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Hamlet questions
Hamlet, 2 marks
Who finally kills Claudius?
- Laertes
- Horatio
- Hamlet
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Hamlet
He wounds Claudius with the poisoned sword and forces him to drink the poisoned wine, taking revenge as he himself dies.
Hamlet, 2 marks
What is Gertrude's relationship to Claudius when the play opens?
- She is his daughter
- She is his wife
- She is his sister
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She is his wife
Gertrude married Claudius very soon after her husband's death, which disgusts Hamlet and fuels his first soliloquy.
Hamlet, 2 marks
Which foppish courtier invites Hamlet to the fencing match?
- Osric
- Reynaldo
- Marcellus
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Osric
Hamlet mocks Osric's flowery speech; Osric brings Claudius's wager and acts as judge at the duel.