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Macbeth Act I Review Game

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the point of Act I, scene i, in reference to the entire play?

a)

Introduce the Weird Sisters

b)

Set the mood and introduce several motifs

c)

Show dramatic irony

d)

Set the tone and introduce Macbeth

2.

King Duncan calling Macbeth, "Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!" this is an example of which literary device?

a)

Allusion

b)

Imagery

c)

Irony

d)

Symbolism

3.

Why is the Thane of Cawdor executed?

a)

Killing Macdonwald

b)

Plotting to murder King Duncan

c)

For having wounded the sergeant

d)

Being a traitor and deceiving King Duncan

4.

Which is NOT one of the predictions made by the three Weird Sisters in scene iii?

a)

Macbeth will be the Prince of Cumberland

b)

Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor

c)

Macbeth will be king

d)

Banquo will have descendants that will be kings

5.

How does King Duncan respond to the execution of the Thane of Cawdor?

a)

There's no art to find the minds construction in the face: he was a gentlemen on whom I built an absolute trust

b)

He hath lost noble Macbeth hath won

c)

No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive, so pronounce his present death

d)

None of the above

6.

What is Macbeth's deepest desire?

a)

To be home with his wife

b)

To be Thane of Glamis

c)

To be king

d)

To kill the king

7.

What is Lady Macbeth's prayer to the spirits?

a)

To fill her with cruelty

b)

Help her kill the king with poison

c)

To make her Queen of Cawdor

d)

Turn her into a man

8.

What is the meaning of the following Lady Macbeth quote: “look like an innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (I,v)?

a)

Learn to hide your true feelings

b)

Be who you are and say what you feel

c)

Patience is a virtue

d)

Evil is always lurking

9.

Which argument is NOT one that Macbeth uses to convince himself against killing King Duncan?

a)

He has done no particular evil

b)

He is a good and virtuous king

c)

He is someone he loves and respects

d)

He is drunk and sleeping

10.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to commit murder?

a)

She calls him a coward

b)

She tells him to be a man and get what he wants

c)

She questions his manhood

d)

She says she'll get someone else to do it

11.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Lady Macbeth's plan?

a)

They will get the king's guards drunk and then Macbeth will murder him in his sleep

b)

They will frame the guards

c)

They will poison his drink and he will die in his sleep

d)

They will use the guard's knives to kill the king

12.

Which is not a Shakespearean genre?

a)

horror

b)

comedy

c)

history

d)

tragedy

13.

What kind of genre is Macbeth?

a)

History

b)

Horror

c)

Tragedy

d)

Comedy

14.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

Scotland

b)

Stratford Upon Avon

c)

London

d)

Rome

15.

Who did Shakespeare marry?

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

Hamnet Shakespeare

d)

Mary Arden

16.

Which is NOT a role Shakespeare filled?

a)

actor

b)

knight

c)

business man

d)

playwright

17.

Which is a way the plays were announced to the public?

a)

Canons were fired

b)

A flag was raised

c)

A trailer was released

d)

A poster stood outside the theater's entrance