Macbeth Unit Test Review

All of the following themes develop throughout the course of the play EXCEPT…

• Fate vs. Free Will

• Ambition & Power

• Love & Romance

• Gender & Cruelty

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The murder of Lady Macduff and her child differs from the murder of Banquo and Duncan because… (RL.9-10.3)

• Macbeth has no valid motive to murder Macduff’s family. His pure evil and cruelty drives him to commit violent acts.

• Macbeth’s murderers failed to murder Lady Macduff and they all survived, unlike Banquo.

• Macbeth committed the murder of Lady Macduff and her child himself, where before he hired a team of murderers.

• For once, Lady Macbeth begged him not to kill them because she thought it was too cruel, even for her.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of following quotes reflects the content of the third apparition’s prophecy in Act V, Scene V when the Messenger says: “As I did stand my watch upon the hill, / I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought / The Wood began to move.” (RL.9-10.5)

• “Beware Macduff! / Beware the Thane of Fife! Dismiss me. Enough.”

• “Laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth.”

• “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him.”

• “Show his eyes and grieve his heart. / Come like shadows; so depart.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Lady Macbeth says “Out damned spot, out I say!” during a sleepwalking episode. Which of the following quotes from Act II after the murder of Duncan represents the irony in her saying this? (RL.9-10.4)

• “My hands are of your color; but I shame / To wear a heart so white.”

• “‘Tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, / I’ll gild the face of the grooms withal, / For it must seem their guilt.”

• “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?”

• “A little water clears us of this deed. / How easy it is, then! / Your constancy / Hath left you unattended.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Macbeth says in his famous soliloquy in Act V: “Out, out, brief candle! / Life’s but a walking shadow. A poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more.” What is he acknowledging through this quote? (RL.9-10.3)

• He is acknowledging that life is short and relatively meaningless.

• He is acknowledging that Lady Macbeth’s life was too short, and he wishes that she would not have committed suicide.

• He is acknowledging that his reign as king is too short because he has no sons to pass the crown onto after he dies.

• He is acknowledging that Lady Macduff’s life was too short, and that he ultimately should not have murdered her.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following quotes represents the content of the second apparition’s prediction in Act V, Scene VIII when Macduff says: “Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripped.” (RL.9-10.5)

• “Beware Macduff! / Beware the Thane of Fife! Dismiss me. Enough.”

• “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him.”

• “Laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth.”

• “Show his eyes and grieve his heart. / Come like shadows; so depart.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

How was Macduff not a “woman born?” (RL.9-10.5)

• Macduff was born via cesarean section.

• Macduff was born from one of the three witches.

• Macduff was born from a woman who died during childbirth.

• Macduff was born from Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft.  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who is crowned the King of Scotland at the end of the play? (RL.9-10.5)

• Macbeth

• Macduff

• Malcolm

• Donalbain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

At the end of the play, the audience may feel an emotional cleansing or a sense of relief once all of the action has stopped. This element of Shakespearean drama is called catharsis. Which of the following quotes best represents this element? (RL.9-10.10)

• “Hail, king! For so thou art. Behold where stands / Th’ usurper’s cursed head. The time is free.” 

• “We shall not spend a large expense of time / Before we reckon with your several loves / And make us even with you.”

• “Some must go off; yet by these I see / So great a day as this is cheaply bought.”

• “They say he parted well and paid his score, / And so, God be with him. Here comes newer / comfort.”  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

In Act IV, Scene I, Macbeth says: “From this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand.” What “vow” is Macbeth making at this moment? (RL.9-10.4)

• He will be a better king to Scotland and fix the atrocities that he has committed.

• He will think more carefully about his actions from now on, but he still plans to go after Macduff and Malcolm.

• He will make amends with Lady Macbeth and fix the stresses that the murders have put on their relationship.

• He will immediately act on his impulses from now on, no matter what the consequences may be.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3