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Macbeth Recall

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who also fought bravely with Macbeth in the battle at the beginning of the play?
a)
King Duncan
b)
Malcolm
c)
Banquo
d)
Lady Macbeth
2.
What title was Macbeth given for his heroic deeds (actions) in battle?
a)
Thane of Scotland
b)
Lord of Cumberland
c)
Thane of Cawdor
d)
Lord of Inverness
3.
What is Banquo's son called?
a)
Fleance
b)
Malcolm
c)
Donalbain
d)
Lennox
4.
Which era was this play written?
a)
Elizabethan
b)
Victorian
c)
Jacobean
d)
Post-Modern
5.
What word can Macbeth not say? 
a)
Amen 
b)
Duncan 
c)
Murder
d)
Sleep 
6.
Why was the original Thane of Cawdor executed?
a)
He cheated on his wife.
b)
He was a traitor.
c)
He killed the Queen.
d)
He didn't like Macbeth.
7.
The witches greet Macbeth by the title of 
a)
The Thane of Glamis
b)
The Thane of Cawdor
c)
King, hereafter
d)
All of the above
8.

Donalbain

a)

Duncan's Second Son

b)

Duncan's Eldest Son

c)

Thane of Ross

d)

Thane of Cawdor

9.
Who said the following quotation: "No more the Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth."
a)
Angus
b)
Duncan
c)
Ross
d)
Banquo
10.
"To beguile the time, / Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, / Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower; / But be the serpent under't."
a)
Macbeth
b)
Duncan
c)
Lady Macbeth
d)
Banquo
11.
"Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires"
a)
Macbeth
b)
Lady Macbeth
c)
Ross
d)
Malcolm
12.
Macbeth most likely brings the bloody daggers to Lady Macbeth because he . . .
a)
needs to show how easy the deed was for him
b)
has to prove that he has murdered Duncan
c)
wants to frighten her for encouraging him
d)
feels distressed and shocked at his actions
13.

Lady Macbeth wanting her husband Macbeth to be king as soon as possible.

a)

Appearance vs. Reality

b)

Fate vs. Free Will

c)

Ambition & Power

d)

Cruelty & Masculinity

e)

The Psychology of Guilt

14.

"Fair is foul, foul is fair"; the contrast of good and bad.

a)

Appearance vs. Reality

b)

Fate vs. Free Will

c)

Ambition & Power

d)

Cruelty & Masculinity

e)

The Psychology of Guilt

15.

When Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it".

a)

Appearance vs. Reality

b)

Fate vs. Free Will

c)

Ambition & Power

d)

Cruelty & Masculinity

e)

The Psychology of Guilt

16.

After Macbeth is told by the witches of his prophecies (both times), it drives him to go on a "killing spree".

a)

Appearance vs. Reality

b)

Fate vs. Free Will

c)

Ambition & Power

d)

Cruelty & Masculinity

e)

The Psychology of Guilt

17.
Select the correct year that the play Macbeth was written in?
a)
1603
b)
1605
c)
1606
d)
1609
18.

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

19.
James wrote a book about the supernatural called
a)
The true and historical lives of Scotland's withces
b)
Muggles and Magic
c)
Daemonologie
d)
Sorcery's Secrets
20.
Machiavelli wrote a very influential essay in Medieval times called
a)
The King
b)
The Prince
c)
The Lord
d)
The Knight
21.
From Machiavelli we get the phrase that 
a)
Absolute Power corrupts absolutely
b)
The ends justify the means
c)
Checks and balances
d)
Habeas Corpus
22.

This term describes a character who usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate:

a)

antagonist

b)

tragic hero

c)

protagonist

d)

foil

23.

When an audience knows more about the characters and this knowledge helps build suspense, that is called

a)

dramatic irony

b)

an aside

c)

soliloquy

d)

a tragedy

24.

Aside describes

a)

the opposing force of the protagonist

b)

exposure of a character's thoughts and feelings to the audience

c)

a character's private thoughts

d)

building suspense

25.

During an aside, others on stage can hear the character's remarks.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Audience members in Shakespeare's time who watched from the cheapest seats.

a)

groundlings

b)

foil

c)

aside

d)

soliloquy

27.

a long speech given by one character

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

prologue

28.

An extended speech given by one character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

aside

d)

prologue

29.

a character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character

a)

foil

b)

act

c)

line

d)

groundling

30.

What does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth lacks?

a)

The intelligence to be King

b)

The ambition to succeed

c)

Modesty

d)

The manliness to pursue his ambitions

31.
This is the driving force of Macbeth's life. It is the tragic hero's greatest weakness
a)
Ambition
b)
Supernatural
c)
Revenge
d)
Masculinity
32.
Macbeth admits that it is only ambition that drives him to kill Duncan
a)
true
b)
false
33.
The witches are most connected to what theme?
a)
Supernatural
b)
Ambition
c)
Evil, order and disorder 
d)
Masculinity
34.
Macbeth’s guilt that causes him to imagine he sees Banquo’s ghost at the banquet is an example of
a)
External conflict
b)
Internal conflict
c)
Theme
d)
Poetic license
35.
What is the name of the witch leader/ goddess who was upset at what the witches had done?
a)
Polixenes
b)
Hecate
c)
Macdonwald

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