Macbeth Review

Which of the following best states a theme of the play?

• Indecisiveness can lead you down roads you don’t want to go down.

• Ambition and the devastation which follows when ambition oversteps moral boundaries.

• Appearance and reality, and how people and events are often not as they seem.

• Nature/The natural world and its disruption when the bounds of morality are broken.

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Which of the following quotes best represents the theme of the play from #1?

• “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”

• “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.”

• “Stars, hide you fires! Let mot light see my black and deep desires.”

• “Screw your courage to the sticking place.”

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What is one purpose that the witches serve?

• They emphasize the theme of betrayal.

• They establish an eerie, supernatural mood.

• They represent Macbeth’s fear.

• They are a visual portrayal of Macbeth’s soul.

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What is one action that Macbeth takes in his fight with Macdonald?

• Try to reason with Macdonald verbally

• Attack Macdonald from behind

• Slit Macdonald open

• Remove Macdonald’s helmet

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The man who informs Macbeth that he is now the Thane of Cawdor and is known as a messenger in the play is…

• Ross

• Lennox

• Banquo

• Duncan

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When the witches say, “Not so happy, yet much happier,” it exemplifies what literary device?

• Theme

• Aside

• Soliloquy

• Paradox

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How does Macbeth react to the witches’ prophecies?

• He starts thinking about what would need to happen for him to attain a higher title.

• He becomes overwhelmed by the responsibility of a higher title.

• He sees them as a bad omen.

• He brushes them off because he doesn’t believe that anyone could accurately predict the future.

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What negative description can one associate with King Duncan?

• Two-faced

• Insane

• Gullible

• Indecisive

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What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo?

• He heard that Duncan would name Banquo’s son king.

• He doesn’t think about the witches anymore.

• He heard Macduff plotting to kill Duncan.

• He can’t sleep because he’s sick.

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What word does Macbeth have trouble saying

• Blood

• Amen

• God

• King