Macbeth Unit Test Review

This is the opposing force in a drama. For example, Macbeth would have considered Macduff this:

• protagonist

• antagonist

• tragic hero

• foil

Macbeth's ambition led to his downfall and eventually resulted in his death. This is known as a character’s:

• dramatic irony

• tragic irony

• dramatic flaw

• tragic flaw

1. According to the Ancient Greeks, in a tragedy, a character’s downfall is due to his/her extreme arrogance, also known as:

• catharsis

• hubris

• soliloquy

• prose

1. To lighten the mood after serious scenes in a play, ___________________________ is provided (think about the scene with the Porter).

• improvisation

• dialogue

• comic relief

• aside

____________________________ occurs in a play when the audience knows a key detail about the story that other characters in the play do not know.

• Tragic irony

• Dramatic irony

• Tragic flaw

• Aside

This is a dramatic device in which a character, alone on a stage, reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if speaking aloud:

• Aside

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Catharsis

This purging feeling, also known as, ______________________, is an emotional experience an audience can have while watching a dramatic play.

• catharsis

• hubris

• comic relief

• aside

In a play, a character’s comment that is heard by the audience but not by the other characters on the stage is called a(n) :

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• prose

What vision does Macbeth before he kills King Duncan?

• a crown

• a crystal ball

• a dagger

• a nagging wife

What do the Macbeth uses several metaphors and similes to describe life. Which of the following is NOT one that he uses?

• “Out, out, brief candle.”

• “Life is a story told by an idiot, full of noise and emotional disturbance”

• “A battle-filled war”

• “It’s like a poor actor who struts and worries for his hour on the stage and then is never heard from again.”