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Macbeth Quotations and Techqniues

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Look like th'innocent flower but be the ................. under't"

a)

Snake

b)

Serpent

c)

Poison

d)

thorn

2.

"Too full of the ............... of human kindness"

a)

Warmth

b)

Intelligence

c)

Milk

d)

Trust

3.

"Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder ........."

a)

Sleep

b)

Duncan

c)

Innocence

d)

Everyone

4.

Will all great Neptune's .......... wash this blood / Clean from my hand?

a)

Sea

b)

Water

c)

Fluid

d)

Ocean

5.

Complete the quotation: 'Stars, hide your ___ / Let not ___ see my ___ and ___ desires.' (Act 1)

a)

fires... light... black... deep...

b)

fires... light... dark... deep...

c)

fires... day... dark... strong...

d)

fires... good... black... deep...

6.

Complete the quotation: 'Come you spirits... ____ me here / Fill me from the ____ to the ____ top full of _____ cruelty.' (Act 1)

a)

release...toes....crown...terrible...

b)

unsex...crown...toe...direst...

c)

unsex...toe...crown...direst...

d)

unsex...toe....crown...terrible...

7.

How does the Captain describe Macbeth fighting?

a)

"Too full of the milk of human kindness"

b)

"Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,

Which smoked with bloody execution"

c)

"O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!"

d)

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen"

8.

Complete the quotation: 'A little ____ clears us of this ____.' (Act 2)

a)

water... murder...

b)

water...deed...

c)

wash...blood...

d)

wash...crime...

9.

Complete the quotation: 'O full of _____ is my ____ dear ____.' (Act 3)

a)

evil... mind... lady...

b)

scorpions... mind... lady...

c)

scorpions... mind... wife...

d)

poison...mind... wife...

10.

What does BLOOD symbolise in the play?

a)

Ghosts and deception

b)

Death and the supernatural

c)

Violence and innocence

d)

Violence and guilt

11.

Which of these is an example of dramatic irony?

a)

King Duncan praises Macbeth in between Macbeth's asides which reveal his dark intentions.

b)

Lady Macbeth cannot wash the blood from her hands.

c)

Banquo is told he will be father to a line of kings.

d)

King Duncan is described as a good, virtuous king.

12.

Which of these quotations best relates to the theme of order vs chaos?

a)

'The night has been unruly.' (Lennox)

b)

'This castle hath a pleasant seat.' (Duncan)

c)

'The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,' (Macbeth)

d)

'All my pretty chickens and their dam.' (Macduff)

13.

Which of these quotations symbolises how Macbeth has acted against God's will and feels he will be punished?

a)

'This is a sorry sight.'

b)

'Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.'

c)

'The multitudinous seas incarnadine'.

d)

'Amen stuck in my throat'.

14.

What technique is used when Macbeth refers to the murder of Duncan as the 'deed'?

a)

Simile

b)

Euphemism

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personifiction

15.

What TWO techniques are used in the line: 'Fair is foul and foul is fair'? (SELECT TWO)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Paradox

16.

Dark night ____________ the travelling lamp'

a)

shadows

b)

stops

c)

strangles

d)

suffocates

17.

Who says this? 'There's daggers in men's smiles'

a)

Donalbain

b)

Macbeth

c)

Malcolm

d)

Banquo

18.

Identify the missing words:

“Your ........., my Thane, is as a ........”

a)

heart / book

b)

face / book

c)

soul / book

d)

desire / book