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Macbeth Test Review

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the source of the play?

a)

Holinshed's Chronicles

b)

The History of Banquo

c)

Hardy's History of England

d)

Harewood's Chronicles

2.

What type of play is Macbeth?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragic Comedy

c)

Tragedy

d)

History

3.

What is the release of emotions experienced by an audience called?

a)

Invocation

b)

Assonance

c)

Catharsis

d)

Paradox

4.

 Who is the ruler of England at the time Shakespeare wrote the play?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

King Fergus

c)

King Charles II

d)

King James I

5.

 Which interests of England’s ruler appear in the play?

a)

Witchcraft

b)

Faith Healing

c)

Nature

d)

Swords and Daggers

6.

Which is NOT one of the traitors in the play?

a)

Banquo

b)

Macbeth

c)

1st Thane of Cawdor

d)

Macdonwald

7.

 Who are Duncan's sons?

a)

Young Siward

b)

Donalbain

c)

Fleance

d)

Malcolm

8.

After Duncan's murder, where does Malcolm hide?

(a)  

9.

After Duncan's murder, where does Donalbain hide?

(a)  

10.

What is the first apparition?

a)

Bloody Child

b)

Child with a crown

c)

Head in Armor

d)

Line of Kings

11.

What or who does the first apparition symbolize?

a)

The Witches

b)

Macduff

c)

Malcolm

d)

Macbeth

12.

What does the third apparition carry?

a)

A mirror

b)

A tree

c)

A crown

d)

A baby

13.

Who does the third apparition symbolize?

a)

Macduff

b)

Malcolm

c)

Macduff

d)

Banquo

14.

 How does the 4th apparition come true?

a)

At the end of the play

b)

In real life

c)

It doesn't come true

d)

It comes true only in Macbeth's mind

15.

Who kills Duncan?

(a)  

16.

Who is supposed to be blamed for the murder of Duncan?

a)

Murderers

b)

Chamberlains

c)

Banquo

d)

Macduff

17.

Who knows about Banquo's impending death?

(a)  

18.

Who actually is blamed for the murder of Duncan?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Macduff

c)

Donalbain

d)

Banquo

19.

 What does Lady Macduff say about Macduff before she is killed? She says he is...

a)

An ideal husband

b)

A true warrior

c)

A traitor

d)

A murderer

20.

Who works with Macdonwald?

a)

Norway

b)

Ireland

c)

England

d)

France

21.

Who works with the Norwegians?

a)

The Witches

b)

1st Thane of Cawdor

c)

Macduff

d)

Macdonwald

22.

Who is “unseam’d from the knave to the chops”?

a)

Macbeth

b)

1st Thane of Cawdor

c)

Young Siward

d)

Macdonwald

23.

What does this final image of the play mirror from earlier in the play?

a)

Macbeth and Banquo

b)

Macduff and Macbeth

c)

Macbeth and Macdonwald

d)

Murderers and Lady Macduff

24.

True or False:  Macduff’s son thinks he is a traitor.

(a)  

25.

Who “hath murdered sleep”?

(a)  

26.

Why will the sailor not be able to sleep because his ship is “tempest tossed”?

a)

He killed a nobleman

b)

His wife stole chestnuts

c)

He ignored the witches

d)

His wife would not share her chestnuts

27.

True or False: Due to his guilt, Macbeth is sleepwalking.

(a)  

28.

Throughout the play, sleep mirrors_____?

a)

Death

b)

Happiness

c)

Guilt

d)

Innocence

29.

Which of the following quotes not reflect the theme “fair is foul and foul is fair”?

(Only 1 answer)

a)

   “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it”

b)

"Stars, hide your fires/Let no light see my black and deep desires”

c)

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”

d)

 “I do fear your nature is too full of the milk of human kindness”

e)

“false face must hide what false heart doth show”

30.

Which symptoms of guilt or paranoia does Lady Macbeth NOT exhibit?

a)

Fear of the dark

b)

Sleepwalking

c)

Fear of Heights

d)

Obsessive Handwashing

31.

How does Lady Macbeth die?

a)

The Witches kill her

b)

Poisonous snake bite

c)

Accidentally falls to her death

d)

She takes her own life

32.

Lady Macbeth can't kill Duncan because he...

a)

Looks like Macbeth

b)

Wakes up while she is about to do it

c)

Looks like her father

d)

Tells her she will be cursed if she does it

33.

Who says, “Come you spirits, unsex me here”? 

a)

Hecate

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Lady Macduff

d)

Ross

34.

Who says, “Lesser than Macbeth and greater”? 

a)

Duncan

b)

Witches

c)

Macduff

d)

Banquo

35.

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?”

a)

Duncan

b)

Macbeth

c)

Malcolm

d)

Banquo

36.

Who says, “Oh Scotland, Scotland!,,,O, thy breast...Thy hope ends here!"

a)

Macduff

b)

Malcolm

c)

Ross

d)

Macbeth

37.

 Whose death "broke open the lord’s anointed temple?”

a)

Banquo

b)

Duncan

c)

Young Siward

d)

Macbeth

38.

 Who is Hecate?

a)

Lady Macbeth's sister

b)

Lady Macduff's first name

c)

Queen of the Witches

d)

Malcolm's fiance

39.

Why is Hecate angry with the witches? Choose 2 answers.

a)

Macbeth is selfish

b)

Banquo is selfish

c)

The witches didn't involve her

d)

The sailor's wife was selfish

40.

The witches create the apparitions to make Macbeth...

a)

Angry

b)

Overconfident

c)

Anxious

d)

Paranoid

41.

What are the witches’ initial predictions for Macbeth? He will be...

Choose all that apply.

a)

Thane of Glamis

b)

Thane of Fife

c)

Thane of Cawdor

d)

King in the future

42.

True or False:  Banquo responds to the witches’ predictions with caution.

(a)  

43.

Who says, "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"

(a)  

44.

Who says, “Out, damned spot!”

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Macbeth

c)

Malcolm

d)

Banquo

45.

Who is being described? “You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.”

a)

Lady Macduff

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Witches

d)

Young Siward

46.

Who is being described: “Something wicked this way comes.”

a)

Hecate

b)

Macbeth

c)

The Murderers

d)

Banquo

47.

Who says, “Double, double toil and trouble/Fire burn and caldron bubble”?

a)

Donalbain

b)

Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Witches

48.

Who is Malcolm's uncle?

(a)  

49.

The play is a tribute to the king of England because it includes...

Mark all that apply.

a)

Witchcraft

b)

Faith healing

c)

Scotland

d)

The king's relatives

50.

Who is the Earl of Northumberland?

(a)  

51.

How are the chamberlains framed for the murder of Duncan?

(Two answers)

a)

Daggers were planted on them

b)

Their fingerprints were put on the daggers

c)

They were tortured until they confessed

d)

They were covered with blood

52.

How did Macbeth convince the murderers to kill Banquo?

a)

Lots of money

b)

He threatens their families

c)

He tells them Banquo is the cause of their problems

d)

He doesn't have to convince them

53.

Who says they would bash their baby’s brains in as a way to convince someone to do something?

(a)  

54.

True or False: Macbeth kills Banquo because Banquo is planning to kill him.

(a)  

55.

 Why does Macbeth kill the Macduffs?

a)

To get Macduff to came back to Scotland

b)

For fun

c)

To punish them because he can't get to Macduff

d)

He needs their fortune to fund his defense of his castle

56.

 Why is the world off balance in Macbeth?

a)

The witches are angry

b)

The rightful king has been killed

c)

People are poor

d)

Too much violence is occurring

57.

What belief describes the connection between rulers and heaven and God?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Kingly Privilege

c)

Executive Privilege

d)

The Potter Principle

58.

When is the world put back in balance in the play?

a)

When Macbeth is killed

b)

When Macduff goes to war

c)

When Malcolm is crowned

d)

When Lady Macbeth dies

59.

Which is NOT a sign that the world is off balance in Macbeth?

One answer

a)

Prey eating predators

b)

An eclipse

c)

Rivers flow backwards

d)

Horses becoming cannibals

60.

Where is the play set?

(a)  

61.

When is the play set?

a)

1600s

b)

1000s

c)

1700s

d)

1400s

62.

True or False: The effect of delaying Macbeth’s entrance is to build suspense.

(a)