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WorksheetsMacbeth Act I and Act II Test
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 23mins
Macbeth is written by which author?
Henry Campbell
William Shakespeare
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Emily Dickenson
Macbeth is a play that is written as a ______.
Comedy
Tragedy
Which archetypal pattern seems to be most evident in the play?
“the good mother”
“the biggest challenge”
“the number 3”
How many witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo?
2
3
4
How many prophecies are predicted for Macbeth?
4
1
2
3
Which prophecy is already true?
Macbeth is thane of Glamis
Macbeth is king
Macbeth is thane of Cawdor
Banquo is the new king
Who is already the current king of Scotland?
King Hrothgar
King Duncan
King Macbeth
King Banquo
Who do the witches vow to meet with “when the battle is lost and won”?
Duncan
Poseidon
Hecate
Macbeth
Macbeth and Banquo have just defeated _________ in the Battle against Norway.
MacDonwald
Dunsinane
Beowulf
Macbeth and Banquo are generals from which country?
Norway
Finland
Scotland
Greece
In his absence, Macbeth is named the new __________.
Thane of Cawdor
King
Clergymen
Thane of Glamis
The previous Thane of Cawdor is tried and executed for what crime?
Murder
Treason
Robbery
What do the witches predict for Banquo?
that his sons will be king
that he would be king
that he would be the new thane of Glamis
That he would marry a queen
"Fair is foul and foul is fair" is an example of which literary device?
paradox
personification
allusion
onomatopoeia
Who are the king's two sons?
Macbeth and Banquo
MacDonwald and MacDuff
Malcom and Donalbain
Ross and Lennox
Why does the witch decide to put a curse on the sailor?
because he refused to help her find Macbeth
because his wife refused to offer her some of her nuts
because they didn't like the way the sailor looked
How do you know that kings and queens were "divinely" appointed based on the design of their crowns?
the design included crosses and the fleur de lis symbol
the crown was gold
the crown was round
the crown was sturdy
What thoughts do begin to entertain Macbeth when he returns back home?
divorcing Lady Macbeth
killing Banquo
killing the King
retiring as thane of glamis
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she states that Macbeth is "too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearst way"?
he's too nice
he's too arrogant
he's too humble
he's too clingy
Lady Macbeth prays to the gods to "unsex me here". What does she mean?
to unleash horrible spirits on Macbeth
to make her have thoughts less than that of a woman and more bold like a man
Who is to bear the guilt of the murder of the king?
the chamberlains
the sons
Lady Macbeth
What hallucination is Macbeth starting to see?
a floating, bloody dagger
a floating crown
murdering Lady Macbeth
What does the king gift Lady Macbeth for their hospitality?
matching crowns
a pet falcon
a necklace
a diamond
What sound signifies that the deed is to be done?
the ringing of a siren
the heralding of a horn
the ringing of a bell
the cawing of the falcon
Why is it that Lady Macbeth could NOT perform the murder herself?
Duncan has been good to her and her family
Duncan looks like her father
Duncan has given her a diamond
Duncan is a guest in her home
Because of the breach in nature and/or the murder of a divinely appointed figure such as Duncan, strange occurrences begin to unveil. What are these strange occurrences called?
symbols
spirits
omens
intuitions
Which of the following phrases does Macbeth NOT hear as a result of his continued paranoia?
"murder"
"amen"
"god bless us"
"macbeth is a murderer"
What phrase does Macbeth seem to have trouble speaking after committing the murder?
"amen"
"Duncan is dead"
"forgive me"
According to Macbeth, all of the house seems to cry out ____________.
"murderer"
"Thane of Cawdor shall not live"
"sleep no more"
"here lies the murderer"
Who places the daggers on the bodies of the chamberlains?
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
What noise does Macbeth and Lady Macbeth seem to constantly hear on the night of the murder?
sirens
knocking
owls screaming
people screaming
Lady Macbeth telling Macbeth to retrieve water to "clear us of the deed" (to wash his hands) is an example of which literary device?
exaggeration/hyperbole
understatement
alliteration
personification
Macbeth makes the statement that, "this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine; making the green one red" to suggest that even washing his blood-stained hands will not be enough to wash him from the sin of killing Duncan. This is an example of __________.
exaggeration; hyperbole
understatement
onomatopoeia
personification
Macbeth wishes that the growing knocking noises that hears could wake Duncan suggests that ________.
he is satisfied with the deed
that he regrets killing the king
that he wishes the King would knock on the door
What element does the Porter's scene add to Shakespeare's play?
comic relief
suspense
sympathy
empathy
In keeping with the repetition of the archetypal number "three", which three members do the porter say comes to the gate (Hell's gates)?
teacher, principal, janitor
leper, harlot, priest
priest, farmer, equivocator
farmer, equivocator, English tailor
Who retrieves the "sleeping" king from his chambers?
MacDuff
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Ross
What "three" things does the Porter say drinking leads to?
nose painting, sleep, hallucinating
nose painting, sleep, dreaming
nose painting, sleep, urine
nose painting, sleep, trickery
Lady Macbeth creates a diversion by _________.
blurting out who murdered Duncan
dropping a glass dish on the floor
pretending to faint
confessing to the murder
Duncan's two sons, Malcom and Donalbain, flee to England and Ireland because they __________.
fear for their lives
committed the murder
want to look for the real murderers
After the king is killed, this causes a breach in nature or throws off the order of the universe. Which "three" omens occur after the deed?
horses eat each other, earthquakes, tornadoes
lions roar fire, rain turns to hail, men killing each other
statues bleeding, stars fall out of the sky, wind blowing
owl kills the falcon, day turns to night, horses eating each other
Out of "rage" or "fury" that the king has been killed, what does Macbeth do?
he screams "bloody murder"
he faints
he kills the two chamberlains
he hallucinates that Duncan is alive
Who is, now named, the King of Scotland?
Macbeth
MacDuff
Malcom
Lennox
Lady Macbeth asks that Macbeth be a "flower" on the outside but a _________ on the inside in order to perform the murder.
lily
rose
devil
serpent
What literary device does the poet use to highlight the social issues that because of the casualties of war, war is not pleasant?
allusion
alliteration
satire
simile
How magnificent is the war! is an example of __________.
personification
sarcasm
allusion
onomatopoeia
The title of the poem, The War Works Hard, clearly indicates that the war is like a person who works from sun-up to sun-down. This is an example of _________.
allusion
personification
onomatopoeia
satire
