WorksheetsMacbeth End of Play Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the setting of Macbeth?
Scotland, 18th century
England, 13th century
Denmark, 7th century
Scotland, 11th century
Which of the following would be an example of dramatic irony in the play?
King Duncan formally names Malcolm, his son, heir to the throne.
Audiences know that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to kill Duncan when the king arrives at Inverness.
The king’s horses eat each other.
Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk in act five.
Which of the following could NOT be considered a theme in the play?
the danger of toxic masculinity
the power of guilt
the overcoming of prejudice
the evil of unchecked ambition
What genre would the play of Macbeth be considered?
Fantasy
Tragedy
Comedy
History
Which of the following would be an example of foreshadowing in the play?
While sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth writes and seals a letter, hinting at her later suicide.
The witches predict that Banquo will father kings, and Fleance becomes king in Act 5.
Macbeth dreams of seeing a ghost, and later Banquo’s ghost appears at Macbeth’s coronation banquet.
Donalbain mentions that he wishes that he could live in Ireland, and he later flees to the country.
In response to Macbeth’s letter about the king prophecy, Lady Macbeth calls on evil spirits, “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (1.5.37-38). What does her request suggest about gender stereotypes in Renaissance England?
Most women of the upper classes were involved in witchcraft.
Women often made the major decisions for their households.
Women were seen as too morally pure to be capable of murder.
Women were viewed as incredibly intelligent.
What is ironic about Macduff saying to Lady Macbeth, “Oh, gentle lady, / ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak” (2.3.75-76) after he finds Duncan’s body?
Macduff assumes Lady Macbeth is too fragile to hear of Duncan’s murder, but she was the one who planned the crime.
Lady Macbeth used to be a nurse and never faints at the sight of blood.
Macduff already knows that Lady Macbeth came up with the plan to kill Duncan.
Lady Macbeth is partially deaf, so she cannot fully hear what Macduff says.
Why does the porter speak in paragraphs, not iambic pentameter, in act 2, scene 3?
He is of a lower class than the other characters in the play.
He is conspiring with the witches in the play.
He is a thane with fewer lines than the other noblemen.
He is meant to appeal to American audiences.
In act 1, scene 7, after Macbeth states, “We will proceed no further in this business” (31), how does Lady Macbeth convince him to murder Duncan?
She tells Macbeth that Duncan never actually trusted or respected him.
She reminds Macbeth how rich they will be if they are king and queen.
She claims that they must kill Duncan, so Banquo cannot try to take the throne
She calls him a coward and questions his manliness/masculinity.
At the beginning of act 4, scene 1, the text reads, “[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]” This would be an example of which dramatic convention?
aside
monologue
stage directions
verbal irony
In what way does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane?
Malcolm and his men cover themselves in branches from the forest to disguise their numbers while they march to the castle.
An earthquake causes many of the trees in the forest to fall on the castle.
Malcolm’s men use ladders made from the forest trees to siege the castle and climb over its walls.
A tribe who lives in the forest joins Malcolm’s army to defeat Macbeth.
Which of these statements does NOT express a main theme of The Tragedy of Macbeth?
Breaking moral codes leads to feelings of futility and guilt.
Monarchs are inherently corrupt.
Those who consort with evil will meet an evil end.
Unchecked ambition can lead to paranoia and excessive violence.
Which quote best shows how Macduff is a foil to Macbeth?
"I shall do so; / But I must also feel it as a man"
"This avarice / Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root"
"We have willing dames enough. There cannot be / That vulture in you, to devour so many"
"Hail, King! for so thou art"
What is symbolic about where Banquo’s ghost sits during the banquet in act 3, scene 4?
He sits in Lady Macbeth’s chair, indicating that he knows that she was involved in Duncan’s murder.
He sits in Fleance’s chair, hinting that his son will become king.
He sits in the seat of Macduff, who is suspiciously missing from the banquet.
He sits in Macbeth’s chair, foreshadowing that his bloodline will take control of the kingship.
In act 4, scene 1, the second apparition states, “The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth” (80-81). How does this prophecy remain true at the end of the play?
Malcolm, who never knew his mother, kills Macbeth.
Banquo, whose mother died in childbirth, kills Macbeth.
Macduff, who was born via an emergency C-section, kills Macbeth.
One of the witches, who is not fully human, kills Macbeth.
Which statement best describes Macduff's response to the news that his wife and children have been murdered?
He worries that Macbeth will try to him next, and he asks Malcolm for protection.
He sees their deaths as acts of random violence that he could not have prevented.
He is too preoccupied with the fate of Scotland to deal with personal grief.
He blames himself for endangering them by coming to England, and he is overwhelmed with grief.
Which of the quotations from the sleepwalking scene best conveys Lady Macbeth's guilt?
"A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our pow'r to accompt?"
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
"The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?"
"There's a knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand!"
Which of Malcolm's lines from Act IV best conveys his feelings about the state of Scotland under Macbeth's rule?
"If such a one be fit to govern, speak: / I am as I have spoken"
"Were I King, / I should cut off the nobles for their lands"
"Yet my poor country / Shall have more vices than it had before"
"It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds"
Identify Macbeth's tone in the quote below:
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury / Signifying nothing" (V.v.24-28).
optimistic, hopeful
despairing, nihilistic
aggressive, angry
worried, sorrowful
Why does Malcolm have the last lines of the play?
He is now king of Scotland.
He is the highest-ranking person in Scotland.
It is his duty to restore order and honor to the kingdom.
All of the reasons listed here.
