Macbeth Benchmark Review

When a character speaks only to himself alone on the stage

• Aside
• Sleep talking
• Soliloquy 
• Speech

When the audience knows something the character does not know. 

• Secrets
• Dramatic Irony
• Foreshadowing
• Metaphor

When a character speaks to himself only when others are on stage

• Aside
• Sleep talking
• Soliloquy 
• Speech

The opposite of what should be

• simile
• characterization
• foreshadowing
• irony

The poetic method that Shakespeare employs in his dramas is which of the following

• trochaic octameter
• iambic pentameter
• rhyming couplets
• inverted prose

The fact that Scotland is involved in a war is an example of which function of tragedy’s plot structure

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• prologue 

The Porter scene serves the purpose of 

• providing comic relief for the audience
• providing a reasonable length of time for Macbeth and his wife to get into bed
• providing a first view of Macduff as a foil for Macbeth
• wait, who's the Porter?

Macbeth is considered a ______ play.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Romance

• None of these

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 king, although he will not.
• Macbeth will be conqueror of Norway, Banquo will be king
• Macbeth will remain Thane of of Glamis, Banquo will be Thane of Cawdor, neither will ever be king.
• Macbeth will be king.  Banquo will be Thane of Glamis and Cawdor

This character is seen to be a tragic hero, someone who should be great but falls short 

• Macbeth
• Macduff
• Lady Macbeth 
• Banquo