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WorksheetsMacbeth
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Select the correct year that the play Macbeth was written in?
a)
1603
b)
1605
c)
1606
d)
1609
2.
Pick the momentous event that took place the year before the play was written
a)
The Spanish Armada
b)
The Great fire of London
c)
The Gunpowder plot
d)
The Great Plague
3.
The era in which the play is written is known as the
a)
Jacobean Age
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Georgian Age
d)
Tudor Age
4.
James I was obsessed with which element of the supernatural
a)
Witches and Witchcraft
b)
Fairies
c)
Ghosts
d)
Magic
5.
This was the belief that God had designed an ordered system for both nature and humankind within which every creature and person had an allotted place. It was considered an offence against God for anyone to try to alter their station in life
a)
The Status Quo
b)
Great Chain of Being
c)
The Great Seal
6.
This was the belief that the power of monarchs was given directly by God, and thus monarchs were answerable only to God
a)
Divination
b)
Divide and Conquer
c)
Divide and Rule
d)
Divine Right of Kings
7.
A character who makes an error in judgement leading to their downfall. At the end, we see Macbeth as a_______ who has fallen from greatness to despair.
a)
Tragic hero
b)
Usurper
c)
Machiavelli
d)
Tyrant
8.
Who (what) did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
a)
The tree witches laughing at him
b)
Banquo's Ghost
c)
Blood from the daggers in his wine cup
d)
The image of Duncan's beating heart
9.
How does Macbeth die?
a)
He is attacked by a group of Macduff's soldiers
b)
He "accidentally" falls on his own sword
c)
Macduff beheads him (after killing him)
d)
One of his own soldiers mistakenly kills him.
10.
At the end of the play who will become the King of Scotland?
a)
Ross
b)
Macduff
c)
Malcom
d)
Siward
11.
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
12.
What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?
a)
He shouldn't eat too much, because that would make him too sleepy to commit the murder quickly.
b)
He should let Banquo in on the plan so that he has more help
c)
He must learn to look innocent even when his heart is full of evil.
d)
This would not be a good time to murder Duncan. They should wait a few days.
13.
Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires." What are Macbeth's desires?
a)
He wants to go home to see Lady Macbeth
b)
He wants to raise the taxes in the lands he rules
c)
He is very tired. He wants the stars to stop shining so he can sleep
d)
He wants to be king
14.
What is Macbeth's reaction to Lady Macbeth's death?
a)
He is glad, because now his secret has died with her.
b)
He is calm, saying that she would have died sooner or later, anyway.
c)
He flies into a rage and kills the doctor
d)
He calls on the witches to bring her back to life
15.
Who wrote The Tragedy of Macbeth?
a)
Henry Higgins
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
John Donne
d)
J. K. Rowling
16.
What does Duncan call Macbeth when he hears Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald
a)
"Treacherous rebel! Despised rogue!"
b)
"Your Majesty, Lord of all Scotland!"
c)
"My Precious!"
d)
"Valiant Cousin! Worthy Gentleman"
17.
What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing?
a)
She is crying and tearing at her clothes
b)
She is sleepwalking and talking about the murders
c)
She is singing and dancing down the halls of the castle
d)
She is making brownies for their company
18.
Which idea or "motif" is not introduced in the first scene?
a)
Fair being foul
b)
Man as a sinner
c)
Fair is foul and foul is fair
d)
The stormy fate of Scotland
19.
What is Macbeth's plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work?
a)
He has his soldiers attack them, Banquo is wounded but Fleance dies
b)
He poisons their meal and they both die
c)
He plans to kill them that night. They find out and both escape
d)
He gets two convicted murderers to wait along the road and ambush them. Banquo is killed but Fleance escapes
20.
What is Lady Macbeth's "prayer" to the spirits after she learns King Duncan is coming?
a)
She wants to be filled with cruelty, given the hard heart and thick blood necessary to do what has to be done to make Macbeth king.
b)
She prays that Duncan will die on the way.
c)
She asks for a sign that her decision is the right one for her husband and for the country.
d)
She want's her husband's nerve to become stronger.
21.
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
22.
Why is Macbeth crowned king after Duncan is murdered and not Duncan’s sons?
a)
Duncan has no children
b)
Duncan had named Macbeth his heir
c)
the witches told them to
d)
Duncan's sons have run away and seem guilty
23.
Which one is not a prophecy made by the witches to Macbeth, when he goes to see them?
a)
beware Macduff
b)
your son will be king
c)
you are safe til Birnam's wood moves
d)
no one born of a woman can harm you
24.
Who is “from his mother’s womb untimely ripp’d”?
a)
Macbeth
b)
Macduff
c)
Fleance
d)
Malcolm
25.
Why does Birnam Wood appear to move?
a)
the soldiers have disguised themselves with branches
b)
there are Ents in the wood
c)
the witches have put a spell on it
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