Macbeth Test

In Act 1 Scene 1 which characters appear and foreshadow impending evil?

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• The Witches

• The Thanes

• King Duncan

How is Macbeth described in the first scene?

• Coward

• Traitor to the king

• Brave and heroic

Which is a prophecy given by the witches?

• Hail Macbeth, thane of Cawdor
• Beware Macduff
• Nobody born of a woman will ever harm Macbeth
• Macbeth will never be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane Hill

At the end of the story, Lady Macbeth is visited by Banquo's ghost.

• True
• False

(From the original language) Who said this: "Is this a dagger which I see before me? The handle toward my hand?"

• Lady Macbeth
• Witch
• Banquo
• Macbeth

What causes Lady Macbeth to imagine blood on her hands at the end of the story?

• Witches
• Guilt
• Sadness
• Fear

Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to unsex her because

• she was unable to conceive a child
• she wanted to embody the male-oriented tendencies toward cruelty and violence
• traditional women’s roles required her to refrain from ordering her husband around
• she needed to be free from lustful thoughts in order to carry out her plan.

Siward is proud when he finds out his son was stabbed in the front.

• True
• False

Who are King Duncan's sons?

• Malcolm and Donaldbain

• Macbeth and Macduff

• Lennox and Ross

• Banquo and Siward

What is the third witch's prophecy to Banquo?

• You are lesser than Macbeth but also greater.

• Your descendants will be kings.

• You are not as happy as Macbeth, yet much happier.