Macbeth

Select the correct year that the play Macbeth was written in?

• 1603
• 1605
• 1606
• 1609

Pick the momentous event that took place the year before the play was written

• The Spanish Armada

• The Great fire of London

• The Gunpowder plot

• The Great Plague

Choose the monarch who died in 1603?

• Mary
• James I
• Edward VI
• Elizabeth

King Duncan announces that _____________, which gets Macbeth angry.

• Macbeth is the new Thane of Cawdor

• Malcolm is the Prince of Cumberland

• Banquo will receive great honors

• the Witches must be executed

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What is it called when the audience knows more than the characters in the play?

• motif

• verbal irony

• Denouement

• Dramatic irony

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After reading Macbeth's letter, Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to be king but worries that he is too

• unintelligent

• scared

• angry

• kind

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One person speaking to a stage full of characters

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Dialect

• Language

Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that when Duncan arrives, to look like an innocent flower on the outside but underneath be a

• snake

• tiger

• wolf

• rat

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Malcom

• Banquo's son

• Macbeth's Son

• Macbeth's Brother In Law

• Duncan's Eldest Son

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In a drama, a crisis is

• when something bad happens

• when the conflict starts

• the turning point for the protagonist

• when everything begins to unravel

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