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Macbeth recap

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
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1.

What do the witches decide in the opening scene of the play?

a)

To kill Macbeth

b)

To meet with Macbeth

c)

To destroy society

2.

The witches say: There to (a)   with Macbeth.

3.

How is Macbeth described by the captain and King Duncan in the opening scenes of the play?

a)

Brave

b)

Worthy

c)

Weak

d)

Cowardly

e)

Noble

4.

The captain says: For (a)   Macbeth - well he deserves that name.'

5.

Macbeth's sword 'smok'd with bloody (a)   '

6.

When fighting in the battle at the start, Macbeth ' (a)   out his passage'.

7.

When Macbeth killed Macdonald, he ' (a)   '_ him from the nave to the chaps'.

8.

How does Macbeth react to the witches' prophecies?

a)

Compelled and desires knowledge

b)

Wants nothing to do with them as he's scared

c)

Asks Banquo to protect him

9.

Banquo says 'the instruments of darkness tell us truths; win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence'. What is he warning Macbeth about?

4 lines
10.

Macbeth's decision about the prophesies initially is to shift the responsibility to fate:

'If ______ will have me king, why ______ may crown me.'

(same word in both gaps)

(a)  

11.

How does Macbeth react to hearing Malcolm named heir to Duncan?

a)

Says he will have to assume the prophecies were a lie

b)

Thinks he'll have to find a way to get past/jump over Malcolm

c)

Starts to have evil thoughts and hiding from heaven

d)

Is deeply disappointed and cries for hours

12.

Macbeth, having heard that Malcolm is heir, says: 'Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my (a)   and deep desires'.

13.

What does Lady Macbeth decide as soon as she has read Macbeth's letter?

a)

To pack her bag and leave him

b)

To plan a party

c)

To make him become King by any means

14.

In her soliloquy after reading the letter, Lady Macbeth says: 'Hie thee hither, that I may (a)   my spirits in thine ear'.

15.

What fills the gaps?

'Look like the _______ ______, but be the _______ under't'.

a)

crouching tiger

b)

innocent flower

c)

hidden dragon

d)

snake

e)

serpent

16.

What does Lady Macbeth mean by 'look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't'?

a)

Dress up in fancy dress but have layers in case something gets spilt on it.

b)

Be fragile and lose all your sense of strength so you are trusted.

c)

Behave as you are expected to and appear like a loyal soldier, but be deadly underneath.

17.

Fill the gaps:

'Come, you _______, that ____ on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.'

a)

demons

b)

tend

c)

feast

d)

spirits

e)

hell-hounds

18.

Why do you think Lady Macbeth chooses to organise all of the murder, telling Macbeth: 'Leave all the rest to me'?

4 lines
19.

At the start of Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth is indecisive about killing King Duncan. Why is he feeling like this?

4 lines
20.

Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into agreeing to kill the King so that he feels he has to choose to do it. What are the things she says?

a)

When you durst do it, then you were a man

b)

Such I account thy love

c)

I would have dashed the brains out had I so sworn

d)

Are you a drunkard who can't be trusted

e)

All our hopes and dreams withall are lost

21.

What's the difference between how Banquo and Macbeth deal with the prophecies?


You could mention something to do with Banquo's comment at the start of Act 2: 'So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom and allegience clear, I shall be counselled.'

4 lines
22.

Lady Macbeth chooses to go to put the daggers back in King Duncan's bed chamber after Macbeth refuses to do so. When she returns, she says 'a little water clears us of this deed'.


What is ironic about this?

4 lines
23.

Fill the gaps:

'Will all great _______'s ocean wash this blood _____ from my hand? No:'

a)

fresh

b)

Poseidon

c)

Noden

d)

Neptune

e)

clean

24.

Macbeth kills the guards without Lady Macbeth's permission. He tells Macduff and the other listeners that Duncan's 'gashed stabs look'd like a breach in nature' which led him to do it.


What has Macbeth realised about his murder of King Duncan?

4 lines
25.

Malcolm and Donaldbain decide to run away after their father's murder. Why?

a)

They needed to get more popcorn for the party that they'd been having.

b)

They wanted to travel the world while they were still young.

c)

They were in fear for their lives and thought they might also be killed.

26.

Donaldbain is worried about other people after the death of his father and tells Malcolm that 'there are (a)   in men's smiles'.

Which word fills the gap?

27.

Macbeth plots to have Banquo killed because...?

a)

He hates his 'fruitless crown' and wants his future children to be Kings instead of Banquo's.

b)

Banquo betrayed him by getting Lady Macbeth to cheat on him.

c)

Banquo laughed at the new clothes he had to wear as king - particularly his 'barren sceptre'.

28.

At the start of Act 3, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he is worried about how secure he is as King. He says: 'we have (a)   '_ the snake, not killed it.'

29.

Instead of a close relationship, Macbeth chooses to hide his plot to kill Banquo from Lady Macbeth. He says: 'Be ________ of the knowledge, _______ chuck.'

Which words fill the gaps?

a)

dearest

b)

aware

c)

little

d)

my

e)

innocent

30.

What is the consequence of Macbeth choosing to hire murderers to murder Banquo and his son?

a)

Everybody spends too much time mourning Banquo and not concentrating on him being King.

b)

Banquo's ghost haunts him at a big banquet he holds to celebrate his role as King.

c)

Lady Macbeth stops talking to him in disgust at his secrets.

31.

Where does Macbeth decide to go after he's seen Banquo's ghost at the banquet? Why?

4 lines
32.

After the banquet, Macbeth says:

'I am in blood, stepp'd in so far that should I wade no more, returning was as tedious as go o'er'. What does Macbeth think?

a)

It's easier to keep going with violence now he's into it

b)

He should learn to swim as it's too much hard work at the moment

c)

He doesn't like blood very much and it's making him sick.

33.

After he's seen the visions from Hecate and the three witches, Macbeth decides that he will be more decisive from now on. Fill the gap:

'From this moment, the very firstlings of my (a)   shall be the firstlings of my hand.'

34.

How does Malcolm decide to trust Macduff when they meet in England?

a)

Duels Macduff to see if he's strong enough to be part of an army

b)

He meditates in a corner for four hours to see if a choice comes to him naturally

c)

He tests Macduff by lying about his good qualities to see how he would react

35.

Why do Malcolm and Macduff choose to invade Scotland with the English army?

4 lines
36.

What's the consequence of Lady Macbeth choosing to be involved in Duncan's murder?

a)

Sleepwalking and hallucinating

b)

Life-long imprisonment in jail

c)

Pride and she boasts about it to her friends all the time

37.

What does Macbeth decide to do once he realises he is under attack at the end of the play?

a)

Run away so he can still maintain his power

b)

Fight to the death

c)

Send out an army to fight on his behalf

38.

In Act 5, Macbeth realises he is under attack and that the witches have tricked him. He says: 'I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack'd. Give me mine armour.'

This decision to fight reminds us of the start of the play.

What is this device?

a)

Contrast

b)

Repetition

c)

Cyclical structure

d)

Juxtaposition

39.

What is the consequence of Macbeth choosing to believe the witches throughout the play?

a)

He has to pay them a large sum of money as compensation

b)

He realises too late that they misled him, making him a tragic hero

c)

He behaves like a little child and has a tantrum because he hates being deceived

40.

What decision does Malcolm make at the end of the play that indicates that he is going to be a better King than Macbeth was?

a)

Gives everyone the day off

b)

Declares it to be a national holiday

c)

Promotes his thanes to earls to reward loyalty

d)

Bans Macbeth's name from ever being spoken again.