WorksheetsMacbeth Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following best states a theme of the play?
Indecisiveness can lead you down roads you don’t want to go down.
Ambition and the devastation which follows when ambition oversteps moral boundaries.
Appearance and reality, and how people and events are often not as they seem.
Nature/The natural world and its disruption when the bounds of morality are broken.
Which of the following quotes best represents the theme of the play from #1?
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.”
“Stars, hide you fires! Let mot light see my black and deep desires.”
“Screw your courage to the sticking place.”
What is one purpose that the witches serve?
They emphasize the theme of betrayal.
They establish an eerie, supernatural mood.
They represent Macbeth’s fear.
They are a visual portrayal of Macbeth’s soul.
What is one action that Macbeth takes in his fight with Macdonald?
Try to reason with Macdonald verbally
Attack Macdonald from behind
Slit Macdonald open
Remove Macdonald’s helmet
The man who informs Macbeth that he is now the Thane of Cawdor and is known as a messenger in the play is…
Ross
Lennox
Banquo
Duncan
When the witches say, “Not so happy, yet much happier,” it exemplifies what literary device?
Theme
Aside
Soliloquy
Paradox
How does Macbeth react to the witches’ prophecies?
He starts thinking about what would need to happen for him to attain a higher title.
He becomes overwhelmed by the responsibility of a higher title.
He sees them as a bad omen.
He brushes them off because he doesn’t believe that anyone could accurately predict the future.
What negative description can one associate with King Duncan?
Two-faced
Insane
Gullible
Indecisive
What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo?
He heard that Duncan would name Banquo’s son king.
He doesn’t think about the witches anymore.
He heard Macduff plotting to kill Duncan.
He can’t sleep because he’s sick.
What word does Macbeth have trouble saying
Blood
Amen
God
King
Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave Scotland?
They don’t want anyone to see their grief.
They must fight in a war.
They are appointed princes in England.
They believe they are not safe in Scotland.
Who decides not to attend Macbeth’s crowning?
Lennox
Ross
The Porter
Macduff
What is not something Macbeth mentions when trying to convince the murderers to kill Banquo?
He reminds them that Banquo has wronged them.
He says that they have a low social status and are meant for the job.
He says that he can’t kill Banquo himself because they have mutual friends.
He says that he will make them thanes.
After Macbeth behaves strangely at the banquet, what does Lady Macbeth say he needs?
Sleep
Blessing
Food
A good cry
Which of the following statements best explains why it is symbolic that Banquo’s ghost sits in Macbeth’s seat at Macbeth’s banquet?
This act symbolizes that Banquo’s children, not Macbeth’s, will inherit the throne.
This act symbolizes that Banquo will sit with the kings of Scotland in the next life.
This act symbolizes that Lady Macbeth is eyeing the throne and that Macbeth will soon be aware of her real intentions.
This act symbolizes that Macbeth will be betrayed by a close friend, just like Banquo.
In his last speech, what metaphors does Malcolm use to refer to the Macbeths?
A butcher and a fiend-like queen
Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
The poorer and the lesser
The two traitors
Which of the following characteristics best showcases Macbeth’s tragic flaw? In other words, what is Macbeth’s downfall?
His ambition
His indecision
His jealousy
His pride
