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WorksheetsMacbeth Act I
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is the play set?
a)
England
b)
Wales
c)
Ireland
d)
Scotland
2.
Why would Shakespeare choose to open the play with a scene of the three witches?
a)
To introduce the witches as the main characters of the play
b)
To add humor and a lighthearted feel to the play
c)
To build a creepy and supernatural mood for the play
d)
To provide more opportunities for female actors to be on stage.
3.
What important role do the witches play in Act I?
a)
They foreshadow events
b)
they help define the setting
c)
they provide historical background
d)
they introduce the other characters
4.
The witches greet Macbeth by the title of
a)
The Thane of Glamis
b)
The Thane of Cawdor
c)
King, hereafter
d)
All of the above
5.
What best describes Macbeth in the beginning of the play?
a)
Relaxed and light-hearted
b)
Courageous and loyal
c)
Controlling and manipulative
d)
Traitorous and evil
6.
What is an obstacle with Macbeth becoming King?
a)
Lady Macbeth is against it
b)
King Duncan is against it
c)
King Duncan appoints his son prince of Cumberland
d)
Banquo knows of his evil plan
7.
What happened to the previous Thane of Cawdor (before Macbeth gained the title)?
a)
He died in battle defending King Duncan
b)
He moved away to Norway to elude execution
c)
He was Macbeth's father who died shortly before the play began
d)
He was a traitor who was executed
8.
Who says "Fair is foul and foul is fair."
a)
Macbeth
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
The witches
9.
Who helps Macbeth come up with his plan to kill the King?
a)
Banquo
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
The witches
10.
What is dramatic irony?
a)
The audience knows something before a character does
b)
A very dramatic moment in the play
c)
A very sarcastic moment in the play
d)
The audience doesn't know what is going to happen
11.
The citation :
Your face, my Thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. (I,v)
is a/an
Your face, my Thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. (I,v)
is a/an
a)
metaphor
b)
personnification
c)
simile
d)
Allusion
12.
If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir (I,iii)
is an example of a/an
is an example of a/an
a)
Personnification
b)
Aside
c)
Allusion
d)
Alliteration
13.
Which is not a theme of Macbeth's play
a)
superstition affects human behaviour
b)
blind ambition
c)
power corrupts
d)
things are what they seem
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