WorksheetsMacbeth Comprehension
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does “False face must hide what the false heart doth know” mean?
Your feelings are false.
You must act out your revenge.
You do not know how to behave.
You must hide your true feelings.
Lady Macbeth’s plan is to blame Duncan’s murder on:
Duncan’s guards
the witches
Banquo
Malcolm
Why did the witches harm the fat lady’s husband?
She wouldn’t give them money.
She wouldn’t share her chestnuts.
She lied to them.
She told the witches that she didn’t believe their prophecies.
At the beginning of the play, the war was between:
Scotland and Sweden
Scotland and Norway
England and Scotland
England and Norway
Which character provides comic relief in the play?
Ross
Lady Macbeth
Lennox
the Porter
Which of the following was NOT a prediction given by the apparitions?
“Beware Macduff”
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth"
Macbeth will never be harmed until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane
“Thou shall get kings, though thou be none"
Who joins Malcolm and Macduff to overthrow Macbeth at the end of the play?
Fleance
Banquo
Duncan
Siward
Where is Duncan killed?
Scone
Dunsinane
Inverness
Birnam Wood
Who discovers Duncan’s body?
Macbeth
Macduff
Siward
the Porter
What does Lady Macduff call her husband?
villain
traitor
hero
thief
Who becomes King of Scotland at the end of the play?
Macduff
Malcolm
Fleance
Old Siward
Who was “from his mother’s womb, untimely ripped”?
Macduff
Malcolm
Fleance
Young Siward
Macbeth sees all of the following apparitions EXCEPT a:
line of men with mirrors
crowned child with a tree
child holding a burning cross
head with a helmet
What is the prophecy given to Banquo?
He will be the father of kings
He will be killed by someone
close to him
He will become king
He will be labelled a traitor
Lady Macbeth can best be described as:
loving and supportive
vengeful and sympathetic
motherly and driven
ambitious and motivated
Which characters flee Scotland in fear of their own lives?
Macduff and Malcolm
Macduff, Malcolm, and Banquo
Fleance and Donalbain
Donalbain, Malcolm, and Macduff
Who breaks the news to Macduff that his family was killed?
Macbeth
Lennox
Fleance
Ross
Duncan pushes Macbeth over the edge in Act One by announcing that he is:
going to attack England
stripping Macdonwald of his title
demoting Macbeth
making Malcolm the next king of Scotland
Banquo can best be described as:
fatherly and loving
loyal and intuitive
vengeful and hateful
naïve and immature
As she reads the letter from her husband, Lady Macbeth becomes:
anxious that the king is coming
convinced she wants Duncan dead
nervous that Macbeth will be home early
afraid the witches will visit her
How does Macbeth justify killing the King’s servants?
He says he watched them kill the king.
He blames them for killing the king.
He said he didn’t trust or like them.
He said he was afraid they would kill again.
How many witches are in the play?
2
3
4
5
Macbeth takes place in:
Scotland
England
Ireland
Wales
Who jokes that he is Hell’s gatekeeper?
Macbeth
Macduff
the Porter
Ross
Macbeth’s tragic flaw is his:
ambition
wife
seizures
failing memory
When Macbeth is unable, Lady Macbeth:
kills Duncan
plants the bloody daggers
kills the king's servants
explains to Macduff how they found the king dead
Who does Malcolm lie to in order to test his allegiance?
Macbeth
Duncan
Macduff
Lennox
Duncan’s sons are immediately suspected of Duncan’s murder because they:
have blood on their hands
run away
find the bloody daggers
accuse Macbeth of committing the murder
At the news of his wife’s death, Macbeth:
breaks down and cries
vows revenge
prays
insists “life goes on”
When Lady Macbeth appears sleepwalking in Act Five, she is:
washing her hands
drinking a potion
carrying a knife
carrying a light
Who said [Life] is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury / Signifying nothing”?
Macbeth
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Who is the goddess of witchcraft?
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Hecate
Hester
Who will never be king, but will be the father of kings?
Macduff
Banquo
Macbeth
Malcolm
34. Who said “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
– One, two. Why, then, ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky”
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Malcolm
Hecate
Who said “Tyrant, show thy face! / If thou be’st slain and with no stroke of mine, / My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still”?
Macbeth
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Who said “A little water clears us of this deed / How easy is it then”?
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Macduff
Ross
Who said “I grant him bloody, / Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, / Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin / That has a name”?
Ross
Lennox
Macduff
Malcolm
Who said “Fathered he is, and yet he’s fatherless”?
Ross
Lennox
Malcolm
Lady Macduff
Who said “Fair is foul and foul is fair”?
Macbeth
Macduff
the Witches
Banquo's ghost
Who said “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the topful / Of direst cruelty”?
Macbeth
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
