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WorksheetsMacbeth Test Review
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 41mins
What is the source of the play?
Holinshed's Chronicles
The History of Banquo
Hardy's History of England
Harewood's Chronicles
What type of play is Macbeth?
Comedy
Tragic Comedy
Tragedy
History
What is the release of emotions experienced by an audience called?
Invocation
Assonance
Catharsis
Paradox
Who is the ruler of England at the time Shakespeare wrote the play?
Elizabeth I
King Fergus
King Charles II
King James I
Which interests of England’s ruler appear in the play?
Witchcraft
Faith Healing
Nature
Swords and Daggers
Which is NOT one of the traitors in the play?
Banquo
Macbeth
1st Thane of Cawdor
Macdonwald
Who are Duncan's sons?
Young Siward
Donalbain
Fleance
Malcolm
After Duncan's murder, where does Malcolm hide?
(a)
After Duncan's murder, where does Donalbain hide?
(a)
What is the first apparition?
Bloody Child
Child with a crown
Head in Armor
Line of Kings
What or who does the first apparition symbolize?
The Witches
Macduff
Malcolm
Macbeth
What does the third apparition carry?
A mirror
A tree
A crown
A baby
Who does the third apparition symbolize?
Macduff
Malcolm
Macduff
Banquo
How does the 4th apparition come true?
At the end of the play
In real life
It doesn't come true
It comes true only in Macbeth's mind
Who kills Duncan?
(a)
Who is supposed to be blamed for the murder of Duncan?
Murderers
Chamberlains
Banquo
Macduff
Who knows about Banquo's impending death?
(a)
Who actually is blamed for the murder of Duncan?
Malcolm
Macduff
Donalbain
Banquo
What does Lady Macduff say about Macduff before she is killed? She says he is...
An ideal husband
A true warrior
A traitor
A murderer
Who works with Macdonwald?
Norway
Ireland
England
France
Who works with the Norwegians?
The Witches
1st Thane of Cawdor
Macduff
Macdonwald
Who is “unseam’d from the knave to the chops”?
Macbeth
1st Thane of Cawdor
Young Siward
Macdonwald
What does this final image of the play mirror from earlier in the play?
Macbeth and Banquo
Macduff and Macbeth
Macbeth and Macdonwald
Murderers and Lady Macduff
True or False: Macduff’s son thinks he is a traitor.
(a)
Who “hath murdered sleep”?
(a)
Why will the sailor not be able to sleep because his ship is “tempest tossed”?
He killed a nobleman
His wife stole chestnuts
He ignored the witches
His wife would not share her chestnuts
True or False: Due to his guilt, Macbeth is sleepwalking.
(a)
Throughout the play, sleep mirrors_____?
Death
Happiness
Guilt
Innocence
Which of the following quotes not reflect the theme “fair is foul and foul is fair”?
(Only 1 answer)
“look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it”
"Stars, hide your fires/Let no light see my black and deep desires”
“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
“I do fear your nature is too full of the milk of human kindness”
“false face must hide what false heart doth show”
Which symptoms of guilt or paranoia does Lady Macbeth NOT exhibit?
Fear of the dark
Sleepwalking
Fear of Heights
Obsessive Handwashing
How does Lady Macbeth die?
The Witches kill her
Poisonous snake bite
Accidentally falls to her death
She takes her own life
Lady Macbeth can't kill Duncan because he...
Looks like Macbeth
Wakes up while she is about to do it
Looks like her father
Tells her she will be cursed if she does it
Who says, “Come you spirits, unsex me here”?
Hecate
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Ross
Who says, “Lesser than Macbeth and greater”?
Duncan
Witches
Macduff
Banquo
Who does this describe: “Those he commands move only in command, nothing in love. Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe on a dwarfish thief?”
Duncan
Macbeth
Malcolm
Banquo
Who says, “Oh Scotland, Scotland!,,,O, thy breast...Thy hope ends here!"
Macduff
Malcolm
Ross
Macbeth
Whose death "broke open the lord’s anointed temple?”
Banquo
Duncan
Young Siward
Macbeth
Who is Hecate?
Lady Macbeth's sister
Lady Macduff's first name
Queen of the Witches
Malcolm's fiance
Why is Hecate angry with the witches? Choose 2 answers.
Macbeth is selfish
Banquo is selfish
The witches didn't involve her
The sailor's wife was selfish
The witches create the apparitions to make Macbeth...
Angry
Overconfident
Anxious
Paranoid
What are the witches’ initial predictions for Macbeth? He will be...
Choose all that apply.
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Fife
Thane of Cawdor
King in the future
True or False: Banquo responds to the witches’ predictions with caution.
(a)
Who says, "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"
(a)
Who says, “Out, damned spot!”
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Malcolm
Banquo
Who is being described? “You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.”
Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Witches
Young Siward
Who is being described: “Something wicked this way comes.”
Hecate
Macbeth
The Murderers
Banquo
Who says, “Double, double toil and trouble/Fire burn and caldron bubble”?
Donalbain
Macbeth
Duncan
Witches
Who is Malcolm's uncle?
(a)
The play is a tribute to the king of England because it includes...
Mark all that apply.
Witchcraft
Faith healing
Scotland
The king's relatives
Who is the Earl of Northumberland?
(a)
How are the chamberlains framed for the murder of Duncan?
(Two answers)
Daggers were planted on them
Their fingerprints were put on the daggers
They were tortured until they confessed
They were covered with blood
How did Macbeth convince the murderers to kill Banquo?
Lots of money
He threatens their families
He tells them Banquo is the cause of their problems
He doesn't have to convince them
Who says they would bash their baby’s brains in as a way to convince someone to do something?
(a)
True or False: Macbeth kills Banquo because Banquo is planning to kill him.
(a)
Why does Macbeth kill the Macduffs?
To get Macduff to came back to Scotland
For fun
To punish them because he can't get to Macduff
He needs their fortune to fund his defense of his castle
Why is the world off balance in Macbeth?
The witches are angry
The rightful king has been killed
People are poor
Too much violence is occurring
What belief describes the connection between rulers and heaven and God?
Divine Right
Kingly Privilege
Executive Privilege
The Potter Principle
When is the world put back in balance in the play?
When Macbeth is killed
When Macduff goes to war
When Malcolm is crowned
When Lady Macbeth dies
Which is NOT a sign that the world is off balance in Macbeth?
One answer
Prey eating predators
An eclipse
Rivers flow backwards
Horses becoming cannibals
Where is the play set?
(a)
When is the play set?
1600s
1000s
1700s
1400s
True or False: The effect of delaying Macbeth’s entrance is to build suspense.
(a)
