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Macbeth Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who does Macbeth kill at the beginning of Act 1?

a)

Macduff

b)

Banquo

c)

Duncan

d)

Macdonwald

2.

What does Macbeth do with Macdonwald's body?

a)

Feed his body to the animals

b)

Leave him on the battlefield

c)

Bury him inside of the kingdom

d)

Put his head on the castle walls

3.

What is the witches' prophecy regarding Banquo?

a)

He will lose his sanity

b)

That his future descendants will become king, not him

c)

That he will become king

d)

He will be murdered by the king

4.

What happened to the former Thane of Cawdor?

a)

He was executed by Duncan's men

b)

He was pardoned from all of his crimes

c)

He was held prisoner

d)

He escaped from the battle

5.

Who does Duncan name the Thane of Cumberland?

a)

Donalbain

b)

Fleance

c)

Macduff

d)

Malcolm

6.

Why was Macbeth afraid to kill Duncan?

a)

He was afraid of the consequences

b)

He liked Duncan

c)

He was afraid to get caught

d)

All of the above

7.

Which wasn't a part of Lady Macbeth's plan to kill King Duncan?

a)

Get the guards drunk

b)

Take the guards' weapons

c)

Blame the death on Duncan's sons

d)

Blame the death on the guards

8.

What does Banquo dream about?

a)

Plagued thoughts

b)

Fleance

c)

Macbeth's tyrannical reign

d)

Normal things

9.

Who enters the castle when the Porter opens the door?

a)

Malcolm and Donalbain

b)

Macduff and Lennox

c)

Fleance

d)

Banquo

10.

Where do Malcolm and Donalbain go after their father's death?

a)

Malcolm to Ireland, Donalbain to England

b)

Donalbain to Ireland, Malcolm to Engalnd

c)

They both stay in the castle

d)

They both move to France

11.

Who becomes king after Duncan's death?

a)

Donalbain

b)

Malcolm

c)

Fleance

d)

Macbeth

12.

Why does Macbeth order murderers?

a)

To kill Malcolm

b)

To kill Banquo and Fleance

c)

To kill Lady Macbeth

d)

To kill only Banquo

13.

How does Macbeth's plan go awry?

a)

The murderers killed the wrong people

b)

Fleance escapes

c)

Banquo escapes

d)

None of the above

14.

Who enters the banquet and sits in Macbeth's seat?

a)

Fleance

b)

The ghost of Banquo

c)

Malcolm

d)

The ghost of Duncan

15.

Why does Macbeth yell at the guests?

a)

They are yelling at him

b)

Because they're making fun of him

c)

They are all calling him crazy

d)

Because they don't seem to be affected by what Macbeth is yelling at

16.

Why does Macduff go to England?

a)

To try and make some peace with the British

b)

To leave his family behind

c)

To convince the king to fight against Macbeth

d)

To bring Malcolm back home

17.

Who do people blame Banquo's death on?

a)

Macbeth

b)

The murderers that were hired

c)

Fleance

d)

Lady Macbeth

18.

What does the first apparition state?

a)

Nobody born from a woman can ever harm Macbeth

b)

Macbeth won't be defeated until Birnam Woods marches towards him

c)

To fear Macduff

d)

None of the above

19.

What does the second apparition state?

a)

Nobody born from a woman can ever harm Macbeth

b)

To fear Macduff

c)

Macbeth won't be defeated until Birnam Woods marches towards him

d)

None of the above

20.

What does the third apparition state?

a)

Nobody born from a woman can ever harm Macbeth

b)

Macbeth won't be defeated until Birnam Woods marches towards him

c)

To fear Macduff

d)

None of the above

21.

What does Macbeth plan to do when he hears about Macduff's flee to England?

a)

To steal the Thane of Fife's title

b)

To take over his area

c)

Absolutely nothing

d)

To kill his family

22.

What do the doctor and the gentlewoman come across?

a)

Fleance

b)

A dead Lady Macbeth

c)

A sleepwalking Lady Macbeth

d)

Macduff

23.

Who is leading Macduff's army?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Macduff

c)

Old Siward

d)

All of the above

24.

Where is Macduff's army meeting up at?

a)

Macduff's castle

b)

The witches' place

c)

Birnam Woods

d)

Macbeth's castle

25.

How does Macduff's army conceal their numbers?

a)

By sectioning off the army into smaller groups

b)

By running through areas that Macbeth can't see through

c)

By taking the branches off from the trees at Birnam Woods

d)

By letting Macbeth see their numbers

26.

Who does Macbeth kill first?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Young Siward

c)

Macduff

d)

Old Siward

27.

What does Macduff return with?

a)

Macbeth's sword

b)

Young Siward's body

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Macbeth's head

28.

What happened to Lady Macbeth?

a)

Killed by Macbeth

b)

Killed by Macduff

c)

Killed by Macbeth's murderers

d)

Killed by herself

29.

Who becomes king by the end of the play?

a)

Macduff

b)

Malcolm

c)

Donalbain

d)

Old Siward

30.

Who never reigned Scotland in the play?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Macduff

c)

Duncan

d)

Malcolm

31.

The first apparition was a floating child...

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Duncan's oldest son is Donalbain...

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Duncan's sons are suspected of their father's murder...

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Lady Macbeth talks about Banquo in her sleep...

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Macbeth is the Thane of Fife...

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Lady Macbeth devised the plan to kill Banquo and Fleance...

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Lady Macduff and her children were killed by Macbeth's murderers...

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The witches' apparitions came true...

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Macbeth sees a floating head leading him to Duncan...

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Lady Macbeth doesn't see Banquo's ghost...

a)

True

b)

False

41.

"The milk of human kindness"

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Macbeth

c)

Macduff

d)

Duncan

42.

"It is a tale told by an idiot"

a)

Banquo

b)

Macbeth

c)

Fleance

d)

Duncan

43.

"Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me now"

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Malcolm

c)

The Doctor

d)

Lady Macduff

44.

"There's daggers in men's smiles. The near the blood, the nearer bloody"

a)

Malcolm

b)

Donalbain

c)

Duncan

d)

Fleance

45.

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"

a)

Macbeth

b)

The witches

c)

Macduff

d)

The murderers

46.

"Things without all remedy should be with regard: what's done, is done"

a)

Macbeth

b)

Lady Macduff

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Macduff

47.

"To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself"

a)

Macbeth

b)

Fleance

c)

Duncan

d)

Banquo

48.

"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't"

a)

The murderers

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Banquo

d)

Lady Macduff

49.

"Something wicked this way comes"

a)

Macbeth

b)

The witches

c)

Malcolm

d)

Macduff

50.

"Stars, hide your fires"

a)

Donalbain

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Macbeth