Macbeth Act 5 BR quiz [theme and tragic hero]

In drama, which best describes a tragic flaw in a character?

• The character could change it if he or she wanted to.

• The character inherited it and cannot change it.

• It is a defect in the character’s looks or appearance.

• It is a weakness that leads to the character’s downfall.

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Read these lines from Act V, Scene iii, of The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Macbeth. Bring me no more reports; let them fly all!

Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane

I cannot taint with fear. What’s the boy Malcolm?

Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know

All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:

“Fear not, Macbeth; no man that’s born of woman

Shall e’er have power upon thee.”

What tragic flaw does Macbeth most clearly reveal in these lines?

• excessive violence

• excessive ambition

• excessive confidence

• all of the above

Which of these statements is the best example of a work’s theme?

• Which of these statements is the best example of a work’s theme?

• Love is something Marcia has always known

• Not all parents believe their children should go away to college.

• Love sometimes means letting one’s children find their own way.

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Read this summary of certain events in The Tragedy of Macbeth.

When Macbeth visits the witches, an apparition warns him to beware Macduff, so he orders the Macduff family killed, although Macduff escapes. He is also told that none of woman born can harm him and that he will not be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane. Thinking these things impossible, he believes he is safe. However, Macduff turns out to have been born by caesarian section, and the soldiers attacking with him creep up on Dunsinane from behind tree branches from Birnam Wood. Soon afterward, Macduff kills Macbeth.

To which of these themes do the summarized events most clearly point?

• Those who perform violent acts will die by violence in the end.

• It is foolish to believe in supernatural forces

• Those who consort with evil may not get what they expect.

• People with a great capacity to do good often do a great deal of harm.

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