WorksheetsMacbeth Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the setting of Macbeth?
a)
England and Scotland
b)
Germany and France
c)
America and Canda
d)
Italy and Finland
2.
Who said, "Foul is fair and fair is foul?"
a)
Macbeth
b)
Duncan
c)
The Witches
d)
Lady Macbeth
3.
Who killed Duncan?
a)
Lady Macbeth
b)
Macbeth
c)
Ross
d)
Lennox
4.
One of the images or themes that runs throughout the play is that of
a)
ships at sea
b)
battle armor
c)
brotherly love
d)
blood
5.
What does Lady Macbeth say stopped her from killing Duncan?
a)
She believes Macbeth must do the murder
b)
The shriek of an owl frightened her
c)
Duncan reminds her of her father
d)
She fears the king's guards
6.
What is Lady Macbeth's plan for Duncan's murder?
a)
She will poison his food and it will look like a natural death
b)
She will drug the king's guards and Macbeth will then go into the king's room and kill him.
c)
They will bribe the guards and offer them money to kill the king.
d)
Macbeth's soldiers will come into the banquet disguised as robbers and they will commit the murder.
7.
What news does Ross bring to Macbeth in Act I?
a)
Lady Macbeth has had a son
b)
The Thane of Glamis has been killed
c)
Macbeth now holds the title of the Thane of Cawdor
d)
The army has just lost the battle with the Norwegians
8.
Who wrote The Tragedy of Macbeth?
a)
Henry Higgins
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
John Donne
d)
J. K. Rowling
9.
What do the witches predict in Act I scene 3 for Macbeth? For Banquo?
a)
Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and eventually king. Banquo's descendants will be king, although he will not.
b)
Macbeth will be conqueror of Norway, Banquo will be king
c)
Macbeth will remain Thane of of Glamis, Banquo will be Thane of Cawdor, neither will ever be king.
d)
Macbeth will be king. Banquo will be Thane of Glamis and Cawdor
10.
King Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because
a)
Malcolm is going to
become a prince, thus leaving his position open
b)
Macbeth has fought
valiantly for the king
c)
Banquo told Duncan
about the prophecies
d)
Duncan knows that
Macbeth will betray him otherwise
11.
“And often times to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with hones trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.”
In this speech, Banquo warns Macbeth that
In this speech, Banquo warns Macbeth that
a)
it is sometimes good for a
man to suffer
b)
the witches will expect to
be rewarded
c)
the witches will betray
Macbeth by telling him what he wants to hear
d)
the witches might speak truthfully
and bestow small favors in order to cause Macbeth's downfall
12.
Duncan names Malcolm as prince of
a)
Dunsinane
b)
Inverness
c)
Cumberland
d)
Fife
13.
Macbeth reveals his reluctance to kill Duncan in all of the following EXCEPT
a)
"Bloody instruments ...
return to plague the inventor."
b)
"I am his kinsman and
his subject."
c)
"as his host ... should
against his murderer shut the door."
d)
"If it were done ...
then 'twere well it were done quickly."
14.
When Macbeth returns from killing Duncan, he makes the mistake of bringing
a)
a bloody towel
b)
bloody daggers
c)
the king's crown
d)
an old letter
15.
Following the discovery of Duncan's body, Lady Macbeth faints because
a)
she is genuinely upset by
the king's death
b)
she is surprised by the
amount of blood
c)
she does not like knives and
violence
d)
she wants to distract
attention from Macbeth
16.
“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unilineal hand.”
The foregoing underlined words all refer to
The foregoing underlined words all refer to
a)
Macbeth's mental torment following the death of Duncan.
b)
Macbeth's inability to accomplish anything as king.
c)
the witches' prophecy that Banquo's descendants would be kings.
d)
Macbeth's suspicions that his subjects did not respect him.
17.
At the banquet, Banquo’s ghost says,
a)
"Murder!"
b)
"Help me."
c)
"Traitor!"
d)
nothing
18.
How many people can see the ghost?
a)
everyone
b)
three
c)
two
d)
one
19.
Malcolm tells a series of lies to ___ to determine where his allegiance is.
a)
Donalbain
b)
Macduff
c)
Siward
d)
Macbeth
20.
AT the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a general in a war with
a)
Norway
b)
Sweden
c)
England
d)
Germany
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