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Macbeth Act 1 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Macbeth is set primarily in which country?

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Ireland

d)

Wales

2.

Where do Macbeth and the witches first meet?

a)

Outside his castle in Inverness

b)

Outside Duncan's castle

c)

On the battlefield

d)

On the heath

3.

What character trait does the following quote reveal?

"The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step/ On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,/ For in my way it lies" (1.4.48-50).

a)

Macbeth's loyalty

b)

Macbeth's fate

c)

Macbeth's guilt

d)

Macbeth's ambition

4.

At the beginning of the play, what title does Macbeth hold?

a)

Thane of Glamis

b)

Thane of Cawdor

c)

Heir to Thane of Cawdor

d)

King of Scotland

5.

Who said it?

"Look like the'innocent flower,/ But be the serpent under't" (1.6.63-64).

a)

Macbeth

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Banquo

6.

Who said it?

"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths;/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray's/ In deepest consequence" (1.3.122-125)

a)

Macbeth

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Banquo

7.

Who says it? “Stars hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires.”

a)

Macbeth

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Banquo

8.

After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth?

a)

She hates her husband

b)

She is afraid of what Macbeth might do

c)

he's too weak to do what's necessary

d)

She is excited he is coming home and they can forget about war

9.

An example of dramatic irony is:

a)

when Macbeth defeats the Norweyan in service of Duncan

b)

when Duncan compliments the beauty and situation of Inverness

c)

when Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to look like the times

d)

when Duncan crowns Malcolm the heir to the throne

10.

Macbeth is set in which century?

a)

11th

b)

12th

c)

15th

d)

16th

11.

Macbeth is based off of a book titled Holinshed's Chronicles.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A soliloquy

a)

Is another word for a monologue

b)

Is another word for a dialogue

c)

Is when a character speaks out loud to themselves in a play

d)

Is when a character thinks to themselves

13.

"These supernatural soliciting/cannot be ill, cannot be good." This quote relates to:

a)

The theme of power

b)

The theme of fate vs free will

c)

The pronouncement that "foul is fair, and fair is foul"

d)

The pronouncement that Macbeth should "screw his courage to the sticking place"

14.

What important role do the witches play in Act I?

a)

They foreshadow events

b)

They help define the setting

c)

They provide historical background

d)

They introduce the other characters

15.

"Foul is fair, and fair is foul" is an example of which literary device?

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification