Macbeth Review

The setting of the play is primarily in

• Norway

• Ireland

• England

• Scotland

Macbeth first meets the Witches when he is returning home from

• A coronation ceremony.

• A battle he has just won.

• A meeting with King Duncan.

• Banquo's residence.

In the first Act, the Witches predict

• That Birnam Wood will come to Dunsinane.

• That Macbeth will be King but Banquo will not.

• That Duncan will be killed and Lady Macbeth will kill herself.

• That civil war will end and they will meet Macbeth.

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Macbeth believes it is equally unlikely that he will be named either Thane of Cawdor or King of Scotland. However, the audience already knows that Duncan has ordered the Thane of Cawdor's execution and he plans to give Macbeth the title; therefore, this is an example of

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

Why does Macbeth become Thane of Cawdor?

• Duncan rewards him for bravery and loyalty.

• The witches predicted it.

• He kills the last Thane of Cawdor.

• He is the son of the last Thane of Cawdor.

What is Lady Macbeth's attitude toward the murder of Duncan before it happens?

• She encourages it.

• She is torn between loyalty to the king and ambition for her husband.

• She is worried about the consequences.

• She urges Macbeth not to do it.

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Why is Lady Macbeth unable to kill Duncan when she has the chance?

• Duncan has been too kind to her.

• He reminds her of her father.

• She hears the guards stirring.

• She fears damning her soul.

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What error did Macbeth commit in regard to the murder?

• He screamed.

• He awakened the King before he killed him.

• He used the wrong daggers.

• He brought the daggers out of the room with him.

When Macbeth refuses to put the servants' daggers back in the room, Lady Macbeth

• Buries the daggers under the steps.

• Causes such an uproar that she wakes the porter.

• Stabs Macbeth with one of the daggers.

• Takes the daggers back into the servants' room herself.

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Who murdered the chamberlains?

• Donalbain

• Macbeth

• King Duncan

• Malcolm

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