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Macbeth Test

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said it:
"All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!"
a)
the witches
b)
Banquo
c)
Lady Macbeth
d)
Duncan
2.

Who are the witches referring to with these statements?

"Your children shall be kings."

"You shall be king."

a)

Banquo and Macbeth

b)

the witches and Banquo

c)

Duncan and Macbeth

d)

Macbeth and Banquo

3.
Who said it:
"Glamis and Cawdor! The greatest is behind!"
a)
Macbeth
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
Duncan
d)
Malcolm
4.
Who said it:
"We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland"
a)
Macbeth
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
Ross
d)
Duncan
5.
Who said it:
"To beguile the time, / Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, / Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower; / But be the serpent under't."
a)
Macbeth
b)
Duncan
c)
Lady Macbeth
d)
Banquo
6.
Who said it:
"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well / It were done quickly."
a)
Banquo
b)
Macbeth
c)
Lady Macbeth
d)
Duncan
7.
Who said it:
"When you durst do it, then you were a man."
a)
Lady Macbeth
b)
Macbeth
c)
Duncan
d)
the witches
8.

Before Macbeth makes his first appearance in the play, we learn about his

a)

ambition

b)

great power

c)

superstition

d)

bravery

9.
Who is named the Prince of Cumberland?
a)
Banquo
b)
Macbeth
c)
Ross
d)
Malcolm
10.

Why does Lady Macbeth think that Macbeth will not be able to kill King Duncan?

a)

He is not strong enough to do it.

b)

He is not smart enough to pull it off.

c)

His nature is too kind.

d)

He does not have the ambition to be King.

11.
Where is the play set?
a)
England
b)
Wales
c)
Ireland
d)
Scotland
12.
Why was the original Thane of Cawdor executed?
a)
He cheated on his wife.
b)
He was a traitor.
c)
He killed the Queen.
13.
Macbeth and his wife plan to: 
a)
poison both Duncan and the guards
b)
trick Macduff and Banquo into killing the King
c)
push the king out a window 
d)
get the guards drunk and frame them by using their weapons to kill the king
14.
Lady Macbeth says that she would sooner murder her own infant than
a)
doubt her husband.
b)
go back on a promise she had made. 
c)
behave in a dishonest way.
d)
give away her husband's plan.
15.
In scene 5, Lady Macbeth's immediate reaction upon reading her husband's letter is to express doubt about
a)
her own determination.
b)
the witches' prophecies.
c)
Macbeth's ambition.
d)
Macbeth's capacity for evil.
16.
This is a long speech that a character speaks alone on stage to reveal inner thoughts.
a)
Scene
b)
Act
c)
Aside
d)
Soliloquy
17.
This is a shorter speech a character says to the audience but (usually) not to other characters on stage. 
a)
Aside
b)
Soliloquy
c)
Scene
d)
Act
18.
What are the smaller divisions within an act called?
a)
Sections
b)
Divisions
c)
Scenes
19.
This type of drama ends in defeat and sometimes death.
a)
Tragedy
b)
Comedy
c)
History
20.
How many acts are there in Shakespeare's plays?
a)
Three
b)
Four
c)
Five
21.
A reference to a literary or historical person or event to further explain a present situation.
a)
Allusion
b)
Soliloquy
c)
Aside
d)
Implication 
22.
The tone or mood established by events, places, or situations.
a)
Setting
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Allusion
d)
Soliloquy
23.
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
24.
A contrast between what is and what appears to be.
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
25.
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 
26.

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

27.
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
28.
Who was the first to discover Duncan's dead body?
a)
Malcolm
b)
Macduff
c)
The Porter
d)
Lennox
29.
Who is the comic relief in "Macbeth"?
a)
Macduff
b)
Ross
c)
Banquo
d)
The Porter
30.
How does Lady Macbeth react when she "discovers" the king has been murdered?
a)
She laughs.
b)
She remains composed. 
c)
She faints. 
d)
She demands that his body be removed. 
31.
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.
32.
Who is named king at the end of Act II?
a)
Macbeth
b)
Malcolm
c)
Lennox
d)
Donalbain
33.

To show an unfelt sorrow is an office

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

a)

Malcolm

b)

Banquo

c)

Macduff

34.

The porter pretends he is the gatekeeper for this demon:

a)

Beelzebub

b)

Ursula

c)

Frankenstein

35.

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.

36.

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.

37.

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.

38.

Which rhetorical appeal focuses on emotions?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

39.

Which rhetorical appeal focuses on facts, statistics, etc.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

40.

Which rhetorical appeal focuses on establishing credibility and emphasizes the fact that the speaker is an ethical person?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

41.
Why was Macbeth so interested in discovering Banquo's plans for the evening?
a)
He wanted to make sure Banquo came to his banquet.
b)
He was planning Banquo's murder. 
42.
Of what is Macbeth trying to convince the murderers when they first meet?
a)
That Macduff needs to be killed.
b)
That Banquo has made their lives miserable. 
43.
How does Macbeth feel about the murdered Duncan at the beginning of the act?
a)
He envies how peaceful he must feel.
b)
He claims that "what's done is done.
44.
Why aren't the murder plans completely successful?
a)
Banquo tells the other noblemen of Macbeth's deeds before he dies. 
b)
Fleance (Banquo's son) escapes. 
45.
What literary term is being used in the following lines: "There the grown serpent lies. The worm that's fled/ Hath nature that in time will venom breed..."?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Paradox
46.
What does Macbeth "see" at the banquet? 
a)
Banquo's ghost
b)
worms and serpents
47.
The day after the banquet, what two things does Macbeth plan to do?
a)
Talk to the witches and interrogate the servant who has been spying on Macduff.
b)
Talk to the witches and kill Macduff. 
48.
What is the name of the witch leader/ goddess who was upset at what the witches had done?
a)
Polixenes
b)
Hecate
c)
Macdonwald
49.
Who says, "I fear, Thou played'st most foully for't" in his opening speech from Act III?
a)
Banquo
b)
Macbeth
c)
Lady Macbeth
50.
What was the name of the theatre in London where most of Shakespeare's plays were originally performed?
a)
The Orpheum
b)
The Globe
51.
Why is Lady Macbeth so eager to get rid of the guests during the banquet?
a)
She doesn't like them.
b)
She is scared that Macbeth will reveal too much.
52.
Who is hoping "that a swift blessing/ May soon return to this our suffering country/ Under a hand accursed"?
a)
Lady Macbeth
b)
Donalbain
c)
Lennox
53.
Where is Malcolm at the end of Act III?
a)
Scotland
b)
England
c)
Spain
54.

Who said it?

"How did you dare / to trade and traffic with Macbeth/ in riddles and affairs of death"?

a)

Macduff

b)

Lady M.

c)

Lennox

d)

Hecate

55.

What does Hecate plan to do to lead Macbeth to his downfall?

a)

Show him visions that will make him feel overconfident.

b)

Poison him.

c)

Raise an army to defeat him.

d)

Curse his family.

56.

Which tone word best describes Lennox's speech in Act III, scene 6?

Example: "Did he not straight in pious rage the two delinquents tear / That were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep?/ Was that not nobly done?"

a)

Admiring

b)

Sarcastic

c)

Depressing

57.

Where has Macduff gone in Act III?

a)

To Ireland to visit Donalbain

b)

To England to request help from King Edward

c)

To his home in Fife

58.

What is King Edward's plan to deal with the "Macbeth problem"?

a)

He is preparing for war against Macbeth.

b)

He is going to have Macbeth executed.

c)

He cares not for what happens in Scotland.

59.

Who said it?

"Naught's had, all's spent/ Where our desire is got without content./ 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."

a)

Macbeth

b)

Lennox

c)

Lady Macbeth

60.

Who said it?

"Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill."

a)

First Murderer

b)

Macbeth

c)

Lady M.

61.

We knew that Macduff’s family was killed when he did not. This is an example of...

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Foreshadowing

62.
Which character provides comic relief in Macbeth?
a)
Fleance
b)
Macbeth
c)
Lady Macbeth
d)
Porter
63.
What is exemplified in the bolded words?
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player…”
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance 
d)
Internal Rhyme
64.
What is the first apparition/ vision that the witches show Macbeth?
a)
A bloody child
b)
A child with a tree branch
c)
A head with a helmet
65.
What is the second apparition/ vision that the witches show Macbeth?
a)
A floating head with a helmet
b)
A bloody child
c)
A child with a tree branch
66.
What is the third apparition/ vision that the witches show Macbeth?
a)
A head with a helmet
b)
A bloody child
c)
A child with a tree branch 
67.
What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?
a)
Inability to make decisions
b)
Ambition
c)
His love for Lady M. 
d)
Compassion
68.
Who was the “man not born of woman”?
a)
Macbeth
b)
Ross
c)
Fleance
d)
Macduff
69.
Who died at the hands of Macduff?
a)
Lady Macbeth
b)
Macbeth
c)
Fleance
d)
Duncan
70.

How did Birnam Wood march toward Dunsinane?

a)

Because of an earthquake

b)

Because the soldiers hid themselves behind tree branches as they marched.

c)

Because the soldiers replanted the trees from the woods near Macbeth’s castle.

d)

Because of a tornado

71.
Who said: 
"Out, damned spot!"
a)
Lady Macduff
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
Macbeth
72.
Who said:
"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day..."
a)
Banquo
b)
Macduff
c)
Macbeth
73.
Who said:
"Is this a dagger I see before me"?
a)
Duncan
b)
Macbeth
c)
Banquo
74.
In Malcolm's final speech, what does he plan to do?
a)
Give the thanes new titles (earls), call back their exiled friends, and punish those who were loyal to the Macbeths.
b)
Rebuild Dunsinane, give the thanes new titles (earls), and call back their exiled friends.
c)
Rebuild Dunsinane, give the thanes new titles (earls), and place Macbeth’s head on a stake.
75.

What happened to Lady Macbeth (supposedly)?

a)

She killed herself.

b)

Macbeth killed her.

c)

She fled to Ireland.

d)

She joined forces with Malcolm.

76.

How does Malcolm test Macduff's allegiance?

a)

He asks Macduff if he is loyal to Macbeth

b)

Malcolm pretends to be an even more brutal man and leader than Macbeth.

c)

He hires spies to follow Macduff.

77.

Macbeth kills this character in the final Act.

a)

Macduff

b)

Lady M.

c)

Young Siward

78.

This character is upset with her husband for abandoning her.

a)

Lady Macduff

b)

Lady Macbeth

79.

After Macduff hears of his family's murders, of what does Malcolm convince him?

a)

To turn his grief into anger and fight Macbeth.

b)

To end his own life.

c)

To escape Scotland.

80.

The following quote is an example of which literary term:

"No; this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red."

a)

hyperbole (exaggerated speech)

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

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