Macbeth Test

What word best describes the atmosphere Shakespeare tries to create in the opening scene?

• Serious

• Peaceful

• Idyllic

• Unsettling

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At the beginning of the play, ............ is the King of Scotland.

• Malcolm

• Donalbain

• Duncan

• Macbeth

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Man who will be “lesser than Macbeth”

• Banquo

• Lennox

• Ross

• Hecate

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What do the witches predict in Act I, Scene 3 for Macbeth? For Banquo?

• Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and eventually king. Banquo's descendants will be kings, though he will not be.

• Macbeth will remain Thane of Glamis, Banquo will be Thane of Cawdor, neither will be king.

• Macbeth will be conqueror of Norway, Banquo will be king.

• Macbeth will be king. Banquo will be Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.

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We know that Banquo's ghost is not "real" because

• he doesn't say anything to anyone

• he doesn't look like Banquo

• no one except Macbeth can see him

• he is not fulfilling a real purpose

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It is ironic that Macbeth obtains the title of Thane of Cawdor because...

• Macbeth has no ambition and did not want this title

• Macbeth already knows and believes he will obtain this title, but must act surprised

• Macbeth obtains this title because the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor and Macbeth also

  becomes a traitor

• Macbeth wants this title, but Banquo is jealous of him

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In Macbeth's soliloquy in Act II Scene 1, Macbeth and the reader realize that Macbeth is on the

verge of madness because...

• Lady Macbeth has led him to drink

• He sees a dagger that is not really there

• He believes he has murdered his own sleep

• He believes King Duncan is a ghost

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Lady Macbeth had a detailed plan for Duncan's murder. Which part of the plan

did Macbeth mess up?

• Kill the king with the guards' daggers

• Get Duncan and his guards drunk

• Leave the bloody daggers with the sleeping guards

• Not completely kill the king

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Malcolm and Donalbain...

• They are the king's sons who flee to England and Ireland to save themselves, which makes Macbeth

  seem guilty

• They are the king's guards who are incriminated for the king's murder and seem guilty covered in

  blood

• They are the king's sons who flee to England and Ireland to save themselves, which in turn makes them

  seem guilty

• They are the king's guards whom Macbeth impulsively kills, which makes Macbeth seem innocent

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What is the name of the leader of the witches/goddess who was upset about what the witches had done?

• Persephone

• Hecate

• Donalbain

• Fleance

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