WorksheetsMacbeth Act I Review Game
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the point of Act I, scene i, in reference to the entire play?
Introduce the Weird Sisters
Set the mood and introduce several motifs
Show dramatic irony
Set the tone and introduce Macbeth
King Duncan calling Macbeth, "Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!" this is an example of which literary device?
Allusion
Imagery
Irony
Symbolism
Why is the Thane of Cawdor executed?
Killing Macdonwald
Plotting to murder King Duncan
For having wounded the sergeant
Being a traitor and deceiving King Duncan
Which is NOT one of the predictions made by the three Weird Sisters in scene iii?
Macbeth will be the Prince of Cumberland
Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor
Macbeth will be king
Banquo will have descendants that will be kings
How does King Duncan respond to the execution of the Thane of Cawdor?
There's no art to find the minds construction in the face: he was a gentlemen on whom I built an absolute trust
He hath lost noble Macbeth hath won
No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive, so pronounce his present death
None of the above
What is Macbeth's deepest desire?
To be home with his wife
To be Thane of Glamis
To be king
To kill the king
What is Lady Macbeth's prayer to the spirits?
To fill her with cruelty
Help her kill the king with poison
To make her Queen of Cawdor
Turn her into a man
What is the meaning of the following Lady Macbeth quote: “look like an innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (I,v)?
Learn to hide your true feelings
Be who you are and say what you feel
Patience is a virtue
Evil is always lurking
Which argument is NOT one that Macbeth uses to convince himself against killing King Duncan?
He has done no particular evil
He is a good and virtuous king
He is someone he loves and respects
He is drunk and sleeping
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to commit murder?
She calls him a coward
She tells him to be a man and get what he wants
She questions his manhood
She says she'll get someone else to do it
Which of the following is NOT a part of Lady Macbeth's plan?
They will get the king's guards drunk and then Macbeth will murder him in his sleep
They will frame the guards
They will poison his drink and he will die in his sleep
They will use the guard's knives to kill the king
Which is not a Shakespearean genre?
horror
comedy
history
tragedy
What kind of genre is Macbeth?
History
Horror
Tragedy
Comedy
Where was Shakespeare born?
Scotland
Stratford Upon Avon
London
Rome
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
Queen Elizabeth I
Hamnet Shakespeare
Mary Arden
Which is NOT a role Shakespeare filled?
actor
knight
business man
playwright
Which is a way the plays were announced to the public?
Canons were fired
A flag was raised
A trailer was released
A poster stood outside the theater's entrance
