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Macbeth Act 2 Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A reference to a literary or historical person or event to further explain a present situation.
a)
Allusion
b)
Soliloquy
c)
Aside
d)
Implication 
2.
A brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Allusion
c)
Monologue
d)
Aside
3.
The tone or mood established by events, places, or situations.
a)
Setting
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Allusion
d)
Soliloquy
4.
In ancient Greek drama, the singing and dancing group whose words formed commentary or interpretation of action.
a)
Troupe
b)
Chorus 
c)
Protagonist
d)
Antagonist
5.
A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story.
a)
Comedian
b)
Rising Action
c)
Comic relief
d)
Climax
6.
A hint of what is to come in the story.
a)
Premonition
b)
Foreshadowing 
c)
Allusion
d)
Soliloquy
7.
A term used to describe words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Scenery 
8.
A contrast between what is and what appears to be.
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
9.
A statement which seems to be contradictory but is at the same time profoundly logical...may be used to emphasize a particular theme or idea (Ex: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen”).
a)
Metaphor
b)
Paradox
10.
A small unit of a play in which there is no shift of locale or time.
a)
Act
b)
Scene
11.
A figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things which are similar in some aspect (uses “like” or “as”).
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
12.

A long speech given by a character alone on the stage in order to let the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling.

a)

Aside

b)

Soliloquy

13.
A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering.
a)
History
b)
Comedy
c)
Tragedy
14.

Who said it?

Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.And fill me from the crown to the toe top-fullOf direst cruelty.

a)

Witches

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Macbeth

15.

Who said it?

That which hath made them drunk hath made me

Bold. What hath quenched them hath given me fire.

a)

Banquo

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Macbeth

16.

Who said it?

He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,Strong both against the deed; then as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this DuncanHath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, againstThe deep damnation of his taking-off…

a)

Banquo

b)

Macbeth

c)

King Duncan

17.

Who said it?

To Ireland I. Our separated fortune

Shall keep us both the safer.

a)

Donalbain

b)

Banquo

c)

Macbeth

d)

Lady Macbeth

18.

Who was the first to discover Duncan's dead body?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Macduff

c)

The Porter

d)

Banquo

19.
Who is the comic relief in "Macbeth"?
a)
Macduff
b)
Ross
c)
Banquo
d)
The Porter
20.

How does Lady Macbeth react when she hears that her husband has killed the guards?

a)

She laughs.

b)

She remains composed.

c)

She faints.

d)

She demands that their bodies be removed.

21.
Malcolm and Donalbain's decision to flee Scotland causes others to think...
a)
They are in mourning.
b)
They bribed the guards to kill their father.
22.
Who is named king at the end of Act II?
a)
Macbeth
b)
Malcolm
c)
Lennox
d)
Donalbain
23.
A main division of a drama. There are five of these in all of Shakespeare's plays. 
a)
Scene
b)
Act 
c)
Prologue
d)
Aside
24.

Who said it?

To show an unfelt sorrow is an office

Which the false man does easy. I’ll to England.

a)

Malcolm

b)

Banquo

c)

Macduff

25.

The porter pretends he is the gatekeeper for this demon:

a)

Beelzebub

b)

Ursula

c)

Frankenstein

26.

Which quote reveals that Lady M. might have some goodness in her?

a)

When you durst do it, then you were a man...

b)

Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't.

c)

That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold.

27.

Which line most likely causes Lady M. to "faint"?

a)

Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious,

Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

b)

The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood

Is stopped; the very source of it is stopped.

c)

Oh, yet I do repent me of my fury,

That I did kill them.

28.

Which of the following supernatural occurrences happen in Act II?

a)

An owl ate a falcon.

b)

Macbeth turns an ocean red with the blood on his hands.

c)

A robin eats a snake.

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