WorksheetsMacbeth GCSE Revision
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is TWO things that Lady Macbeth is represented by in the play?
Kingship
The blood on Macbeth’s hands
Hallucinations
Disturbed sleep
Which theme is Macbeth most associated with?
Guilt
Violence
Ambition
Kingship
Appearances
What TWO things are true about Banquo?
Grows mad with guilt
Father to Fleance
Ambitious and ruthless
Killed at the order of Macbeth
Which statement most accurately describes the effect of the weather conditions of the start of the play?
Chaotic and frightening
Dramatic and terrifying
Menacing and sinister
Reassuring and pleasant
Where is Macbeth set?
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Who are the King's sons?
Seyton and Fleance
Siward and Duncan
Ross and Lennox
Malcolm and Donaldbain
Which is the first adjective used to describe Macbeth?
brave
brutal
ambitious
skilful
Who finds the murdered Duncan?
Macduff
Macbeth
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Who does Macbeth 'see' at the banquet?
Duncan
Banquo
Fleance
The Three Witches
What does Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking show?
Her guilt
Her loss of control
Her mental decline
All of the above
Who kills Macbeth?
Ross
Siward
Donaldbain
Macduff
Who becomes King and restores order to Scotland?
Malcolm
Donaldbain
Macduff
Lennox
What is the first line Macbeth utters on hearing his wife is dead?
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.
Out, out, brief candle.
It is a tale told by an idiot.
She should have died hereafter.
Select the correct words to complete the quotation: 'Look like th' ____ ____ but be the ____ _____.'
fairest flower... serpent under't
innocent flower... serpent under't
innocent flower... devil under't
fairest flower... devil under't
3.) What technique is used when Macbeth says 'Stars, hide your fires'.
Similie
Metaphor
Euphemism
Aliteration
5.) What does BLOOD symbolize in the play?
Ghosts and deception
Violence and guilt
Death and the supernatural
Violence and innocence
4.) Select the correct words to complete the quotation:
'A little ____ clears us of this ____.'
water...murder...
water...deed...
wash...blood...
wash...crime...
Which of these is a symbols of the evil, poisonous thoughts that consume Macbeth?
Serpent
Scorpions
Innocent flower
Blood
Which of these quotations best relates to the theme of appearances vs reality?
'All my pretty chickens and their dam.' (Macduff)
'Unsex me here.' (Lady Macbeth)
'Abhorred tyrant'. (Young Siward)
'This castle hath a pleasant seat' (Duncan)
The era in which the play is written in?
Jacobean Age
Elizabethan Age
Georgian Age
Tudor Age
James I was obsessed with which element of the supernatural
Witches and Witchcraft
Fairies
Ghosts
Magic
Which of these is NOT a Jacobean belief about Witches?
Witches can see the future
Witches can see in the dark
Witches can control the weather
Witches are sent to earth by Satan (the Devil)
