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Macbeth Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

setting (place)

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Ireland

d)

Norway

2.

setting (time)

a)

11th century

b)

Elizabethan period

c)

14th century

d)

4th dynasty

3.

Scots are at war with

a)

England

b)

Rome

c)

Denmark

d)

Norway

4.

Duncan's sons

a)

Malcolm and Donalbain

b)

Banquo and Macbeth

c)

Macduff and Macbeth

d)

Donalbain and Banquo

5.

before Macbeth appears in the play, a messenger describes his

a)

ambition

b)

power

c)

cowardice

d)

bravery

6.

witches prophesy that Macbeth will be all of the following except

a)

thane of cawdor

b)

thane of glamis

c)

thane of fife

d)

King of Scotland

7.

witches prophesy that Banquo would be

a)

thane of dunsinane

b)

king of Scotland

c)

conqueror of England

d)

forefather of kings

8.

when Duncan names Malcolm his heir, Macbeth realizes he must

a)

fight Macduff

b)

murder Duncan

c)

consult with the witches again

d)

wait until Duncan dies

9.

Lady Macbeth says Macbeth is "too full o'the milk of human kindness." This means she is

a)

ruthless

b)

understanding

c)

loyal

d)

sympathetic

10.

Lady Macbeth welcomes Duncan to the castle because she

a)

likes him

b)

expects a present from him

c)

thought she could protect him from Macbeth

d)

thought it provided an opportunity to murder him

11.

who persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan?

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Donalbain

c)

the witches

d)

Banquo

12.

after killing Duncan, Macbeth hallucinates

a)

a dagger

b)

a crown

c)

Duncan's ghost

d)

an accusing hand

13.

why didn't Lady Macbeth kill Duncan herself?

a)

she had no dagger

b)

he resembled her father

c)

Macbeth killed him before she had a chance

d)

she hates the sight of blood

14.

While killing Duncan, Macbeth says he heard

a)

footsteps

b)

a voice

c)

thunder

d)

bells

15.

In act 2, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she

a)

takes full share of the murder

b)

regrets the murder

c)

thinks he needs an alibi

d)

wants to sleep

16.

in act 2, who puts the daggers beside the murdered servants?

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Macbeth

c)

Banquo

d)

Duncan

17.

How does Shakespeare make Duncan's murder more monstrous than it already is?

a)

shows Macbeth as a madman

b)

portrays the king in sympathetic terms

c)

makes the king unlikeable

d)

describes the actual murder

18.

after Duncan's murder, who knocked at the gate?

a)

the porter

b)

Banquo

c)

Macduff and Lennox

d)

Malcolm and Donalbain

19.

who discovered Duncan's murder?

a)

Macduff

b)

Lennox

c)

Macbeth

d)

Lady Macbeth

20.

who killed the guards/grooms?

a)

a servant after Macbeth refused

b)

Macbeth when he saw the dagger

c)

Macbeth when he and Lennox went into Duncan's oom

d)

they committed suicide

21.

Macduff emphasizes his opposition to Macbeth by

a)

fleeing Scotland

b)

publicly swearing allegiance to Malcolm

c)

attempting to rally the thanes against Macbeth

d)

refusing to go to Macbeth's crowning

22.

in act 3, Banquo's soliloquy reveals that he

a)

is planning to kill Macbeth

b)

suspects Macbeth of killing Duncan

c)

hopes to form an alliance with Macbeth

d)

wants to leave Scotland

23.

Macbeth wants Banquo dead because

a)

the witches advised it

b)

Lady Macbeth urges it

c)

he fears Banquo's descendants

d)

Banquo was raising an army against him

24.

Macbeth convinces the murderers that Banquo

a)

is their enemy

b)

is a madman

c)

wants to be king

d)

killed Duncan

25.

Who physically murdered Banquo?

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Macbeth

c)

Ross

d)

hired assassins

26.

Lady Macbeth

a)

goaded her husband into murdering Banquo

b)

knew nothing about the plan to kill Banquo

c)

gave Macbeth a plan for killing Banquo

d)

urged her husband not to kill Banquo

27.

Macbeth was distressed by Fleance's escape because he

a)

feared Fleance would poison him

b)

feared Fleance would bring an army against him

c)

had been insulted by Fleance

d)

thought he would become king

28.

in the banquet in act 3, Macbeth chastises Banquo for being absent. This is ironic because

a)

Banquo is present as a ghost

b)

the lords know Banquo has been murdered

c)

Macbeth doesn't know Banquo is dead

d)

Banquo escaped the murder

29.

at the banquet in act 3, Macbeth's guilty conscience causes him to

a)

drink excessively

b)

confess his murder of Duncan

c)

challenge Banquo's ghost

d)

murder Lady Macbeth

30.

Lady Macbeth says her husband's strange behavior is caused by

a)

a fit

b)

a headache

c)

a fainting spell

d)

a vision

31.

at the end of act 3, Macduff goes to

a)

Ireland

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Norway

32.

act 4, Macbeth visits the witches again because he

a)

wants to kill them

b)

is afraid of them

c)

wants to reward them

d)

is dependent on them

33.

the first apparition tells Macbeth to beware of

a)

Fleance

b)

Malcolm

c)

Macduff

d)

Siward

34.

the second apparition tells Macbeth to scorn the power of

a)

witches

b)

any man born of a woman

c)

the ghost of Banquo

d)

all supernatural visitations

35.

the third apparition says Macbeth has nothing to fear until Great Birnam would

a)

should come to Dunsinane

b)

was burned to the ground

c)

became his home

d)

disappeared

36.

Macbeth ordered Macduff's family killed because

a)

he was afraid of them

b)

Lady Macduff had betrayed him

c)

Lady Macbeth was jealous of her

d)

he couldn't get to Macduff

37.

after the prophecies from the witches in act 4, Macbeth

a)

repents of his crimes

b)

feels secure

c)

no longer believes them

d)

resolves to attack Malcolm

38.

Malcolm misrepresented himself to Macduff because he

a)

didn't want to go back to Scotland

b)

wanted to get rid of Macduff

c)

was playing a joke on Macduff

d)

wanted to be sure of Macduff's loyalty

39.

Malcolm and Macduff fight Macbeth with help from

a)

Ireland

b)

Norway

c)

England

d)

France

40.

after his conversation with Malcolm, Macduff is convinced

a)

he would be a good king

b)

he had murdered Lady Macduff

c)

he would betray Scotland

d)

he would be worse than Macbeth

41.

who tells Macduff that his family is dead?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Lennox

c)

Ross

d)

the doctor

42.

in act 5, Lady Macbeth

a)

quarreled with her husband

b)

became mentally deranged

c)

thwarted some of her husband's plans

d)

attempted to kill her husband

43.

in act 5, like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is incapable of

a)

repenting

b)

recognizing her crime

c)

sleeping

d)

giving up

44.

while sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth

a)

commits another murder

b)

protests her own innocence

c)

turned Macbeth in

d)

washed her hands

45.

until the very end of the play, Macbeth believed that

a)

he was the rightful king

b)

people would support him

c)

the predictions assured his safety

d)

he had done no wrong

46.

preparing for battle in act 5, Macbeth is disappointed that old age will not bring

a)

children

b)

love and honor

c)

retirement

d)

sleep

47.

Young Siward dies with honor at Macbeth's hands because

a)

he fights without a sword

b)

he fights with damaged armor

c)

Macbeth has more experience

d)

he doesn't run from Macbeth

48.

at the end, most characters refer to Macbeth as a

a)

coward

b)

tyrant

c)

madman

d)

soldier

49.

Macbeth meets his death with

a)

indifference

b)

cowardice

c)

bravery

d)

spirit of a martyr

50.

at the end of the play, who is crowned king?

a)

Macduff

b)

Ross

c)

Lennox

d)

Malcolm