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Hamlet's mother is named:
AGertrude
BOphelia
CLavinia
DCordelia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Gertrude
1. Gertrude is queen of Denmark.
2. She marries Claudius after her husband's death.
3. Hamlet treats this as betrayal.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "Hamlet despises her marriage to Claudius as "incestuous""_
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