Macbeth Test Review

What is another name for the three witches?

• The Evil Hags

• The Coven

• The Strange Siblings

• The Weird Sisters

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What literary device is the following an example of?

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour on the stage."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

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Why is Hecate upset with the witches?

• They interacted with Macbeth without permission.

• They killed Banquo.    

• They refused to answer her questions.

• They showed up at Macbeth’s banquet.

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What is Macbeth’s response concerning Banquo when Lady Macbeth asks him for details about his most recent plan?

• He tells her all of the details about his new murder plot.

• He tells her part of the plan and then asks her to help with the remaining details again.

• He tells her a story, but everything he says is a lie.

•  He tells her not to be concerned about it and doesn’t give her specific information.

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In Act 4, which of the following is not an apparition that Macbeth sees when he visits the witches again?

• An armored head

• A bloody boy

• A royal line of queens

• A crowned child holding a branch

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How do the woods walk to Dunsinane?

• Macbeth hallucinates that they uproot themselves and travel in a line up a hill

• Malcolm has his army disguise themselves with tree branches

• Malcolm orders his men to cut down branches and make them into arrows which are fired onto Dunsinane

• Malcolm is aided by the witches who help them disguise themselves

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What ultimately happens to King Duncan's guards?

• They run away once he's attacked

• They are framed for the murder and are killed

• They murder Duncan on Macbeth's behalf and are taken away

• They join the search party for the real murderer

Draw the animal symbol that shows up periodically throughout the graphic novel version of Macbeth.

What prophecy do the witches give to Banquo?

• They tell him that he will be the next king.

• They tell him that he will become king after Macbeth is finished being the king.

• They tell him that he will rule over kings from foreign countries.

• They tell him that his sons will be kings.

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What thematic topics found in the play is most clearly illustrated in Lady Macbeth's efforts to persuade her husband to murder King Duncan?

• The association of cruelty with masculinity

• The differences between perception and reality

• The question of whether fate or free will controls things

• The difference between being a king and being a tyrant

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