WorksheetsMacbeth Act 1 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Macbeth is set primarily in which country?
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Where do Macbeth and the witches first meet?
Outside his castle in Inverness
Outside Duncan's castle
On the battlefield
On the heath
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).
Macbeth's loyalty
Macbeth's fate
Macbeth's guilt
Macbeth's ambition
At the beginning of the play, what title does Macbeth hold?
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cawdor
Heir to Thane of Cawdor
King of Scotland
Who said it?
"Look like the'innocent flower,/ But be the serpent under't" (1.6.63-64).
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
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)
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
Who says it? “Stars hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth?
She hates her husband
She is afraid of what Macbeth might do
he's too weak to do what's necessary
She is excited he is coming home and they can forget about war
An example of dramatic irony is:
when Macbeth defeats the Norweyan in service of Duncan
when Duncan compliments the beauty and situation of Inverness
when Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to look like the times
when Duncan crowns Malcolm the heir to the throne
Macbeth is set in which century?
11th
12th
15th
16th
Macbeth is based off of a book titled Holinshed's Chronicles.
True
False
A soliloquy
Is another word for a monologue
Is another word for a dialogue
Is when a character speaks out loud to themselves in a play
Is when a character thinks to themselves
"These supernatural soliciting/cannot be ill, cannot be good." This quote relates to:
The theme of power
The theme of fate vs free will
The pronouncement that "foul is fair, and fair is foul"
The pronouncement that Macbeth should "screw his courage to the sticking place"
What important role do the witches play in Act I?
They foreshadow events
They help define the setting
They provide historical background
They introduce the other characters
"Foul is fair, and fair is foul" is an example of which literary device?
Assonance
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
