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Renaissance & Macbeth Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?

a)

A few plays; 1 sonnet

b)

154 plays; 43 sonnets

c)

40 plays; 15 sonnets

d)

38 plays; 154 sonnets

2.

Which of the following is NOT a major difference between the Medieval Period and the English Renaissance?

a)

Religion

b)

Knowledge

c)

Sexual Freedom

d)

Economic Fairness

3.

Which of the following is NOT a major development of the Renaissance?

a)

Music

b)

Art

c)

Poetry

d)

None of the Above

4.

Which of the following best describes a major theme of the play?

a)

Indecisivenness can lead you down a road you don't want to go down.

b)

Ambition and the devastation which follows

c)

Appearance and reality

d)

The Natural World and Its Disruption

5.

Which of the following was NOT a major writer of the Renaissance?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Ian McKellen

d)

Christopher Marlowe

6.

Which of the following is the best definition of a "Renaissance Man"?

a)

A man who is brilliant at everything

b)

A man who loves music and art

c)

A man who has many talents and interests

d)

None of the above

7.

"Knock, knock, knock! Who's there?" is an example of...

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

paradox

8.

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of...

a)

simile

b)

paradox

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

"The Heavens are troubled with men's acts" is an example of...

a)

personification

b)

allusion

c)

paradox

d)

alliteration

10.

This person hired murders to kill Banquo and Fleance.

a)

Duncan

b)

Macbeth

c)

Macduff

d)

Hecate

11.

This person's wife and children were brutally murdered.

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Banquo

c)

Macduff

d)

Malcom

12.

This person is assassinated by Macbeth; the murder is covered up.

a)

Macduff

b)

Duncan

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Donalbain

13.

This person encouraged Macbeth to commit the murders.

a)

Macduff

b)

The Weird Sisters

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Hecate

14.

How does Macbeth die?

a)

He sustains injuries in battle

b)

He's poisoned by Macduff

c)

He's stabbed in his sleep by a guard

d)

None of the above

15.

Where is the setting of Macbeth?

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Norway

d)

None of the above

16.

What is meant by the term Renaissance?

a)

A period of rebirth

b)

A time of great war and controversy

c)

A period of religiousness

d)

None of the above

17.

A dramatic work with a sad ending is a...

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

Neither

18.

What makes a poem an Epic Poem?

a)

One where our hero dies

b)

Lengthy and narrative in nature

c)

A poem in Iambic Pentameter

d)

None of the above

19.

How many lines does a sonnet have?

a)

Seven

b)

Fourteen

c)

Twenty-three

d)

Five

20.

How many quatrains and couplets does a sonnet have?

a)

3 quatrains, 1 couplet

b)

2 quatrains, 1 couplet

c)

4 quatrains, 3 couplets

d)

3 quatrains, 2 couplets