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BIG ENGLISH QUIZ

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Macbeth: Who finally kills Macbeth?

a)

Malcolm

b)

Lennox

c)

Macduff

d)

Banquo

2.

Macbeth: Fill in the missing word

"What's done, cannot be..."

(a)  

3.

Macbeth: Duncan names his son Malcolm as his heir.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Macbeth: Who is with Macbeth when he meets the witches for the first time?

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Banquo

c)

Duncan

d)

Macduff

5.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"I dare do all that may become a man;Who dares do more is none."

a)

Banquo

b)

Macbeth

c)

Duncan

d)

Macduff

6.

Macbeth: Complete the quotation "Out damned...

(a)  

7.

Macbeth: Macbeth begins the play with what noble title?

a)

Thane of Stirling

b)

Thane of Cawdor

c)

Thane of Glamis

d)

Thane of Fife

8.

Macbeth: King Duncan gives Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor following his bravery in battle.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Macbeth: Fill in the missing word

"Is this a... I see before me?"

(a)  

10.

Macbeth: Lady Macbeth murders King Duncan.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Macbeth: Which of the following is NOT one of the witches' predictions for Macbeth?

a)

He will become Thane of Cawdor

b)

He will become king.

c)

He cannot be killed by anyone born of woman.

d)

His descendants will be kings.

12.

Macbeth: Fill in the missing word

"The bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell. That summons thee to heaven or to..."

(a)  

13.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"Screw your courage to the sticking place. And we'll not fail."

a)

Malcolm

b)

Macbeth

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Macduff

14.

Macbeth: complete the quotation

"Fair is foul and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy..."

(a)  

15.

The witches predict that Macbeth will never be beaten until Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Macbeth: which quotation shows Macbeth considering his treacherous betrayal of Duncan?

a)

“Tis unnatural…on Tuesday last, a falcon towering in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and kill’d.”

b)

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”

c)

“He’s here in double trust; First I am in kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host who should against his murderers shut the door, not bear the knife myself.”

d)

“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”

17.

Macbeth: Why does Lady Macbeth keep washing her hands in Act 5, scene 1?

a)

Her mental state has deteriorated and she is consumed by guilt, believing she is covered in the blood of those she has harmed.

b)

She has injured herself trying to jump out of the tower window.

c)

She has murdered Lady Macduff and cannot get the blood to wash away.

d)

She is trying to remove any trace of Duncan's blood, which is everywhere due to Macbeth's messy killing.

18.

Macbeth: What is Macbeth’s reaction to Lady Macbeth’s death?

a)

He collapses from grief and shock

b)

He is calm because he killed her and is hiding it

c)

He is calm and says life is meaningless anyway

d)

He screams out and kills the messenger

19.

Macbeth: Who is “from his mother’s womb untimely ripp’d”?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Fleance

c)

Malcolm

d)

Macduff

20.

Macbeth: What did Macbeth see at the banquet in Act 3 Scene 4?

a)

Blood in his wine cup

b)

Banquo's ghost

c)

Duncan's beating heart

d)

The witches where his guests should be

21.

Who is sentenced to death in Act 1?

a)

Ross

b)

Donalbain

c)

The Thane of Cawdor

d)

Lennox

22.

Macbeth: After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what do we learn about her opinion of Macbeth?

a)

She doesn't think he has what it takes to be king. He's too full of the milk of human kindness, so she will have to be the driving force behind him.

b)

She doesn't think he would be a good king, but since he's her husband, she will support him

c)

She thinks he is too weak to be king and thinks Banquo should be assisted in his quest to be king.

d)

She secretly hates him and will conspire with Banquo to have him killed.

23.

Macbeth: Why do people suspect that Malcolm and Donalbain killed their father?

a)

They found the body

b)

They had bloody clothes

c)

They fought with him earlier

d)

They ran away after the murder

24.

Macbeth: Fill in the missing word:

"It is too full o' th' (a)   of human kindness"

25.

Macbeth: fill in the missing word

"fill me from the crown to the toe top full of (a)   cruelty."

26.

Macbeth: Fill in the missing word

"Screw your (a)   to the sticking-place and we'll not fail."

27.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"There's daggers in men's smiles."

a)

Donalbain

b)

Lady Macbeth

c)

Ross

d)

Macbeth

28.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."

a)

Lady Macbeth

b)

Macbeth

c)

Ross

d)

Donalbain

29.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence."

a)

Banquo

b)

Ross

c)

Angus

d)

Macbeth

30.

Macbeth: Which of the quotations below shows Banquo as he suspects Macbeth may have murdered King Duncan?

a)

This guest of summer,

The temple-haunting martlet, does approve,

By his loved mansionry, that the heaven’s breath

Smells wooingly here.

b)

Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,

As the weird women promised, and, I fear,

Thou play'dst most foully for't

c)

A heavy summons lies like lead upon me,

And yet I would not sleep.

d)

Too cruel any where.

Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,

And say it is not so.

31.

Macbeth: Who said it?

"My sword will talk for me."

a)

Macduff

b)

Malcolm

c)

Macbeth

d)

Lady Macbeth

32.

Macbeth: What "sign" convinces Macbeth that he must go through with killing the king?

a)

One of the witches appears in his room.

b)

He has a nightmare about the murder.

c)

He sees a floating dagger before him.

d)

The ghost of his father visits him.

33.

Macbeth: At the beginning of Act II, Banquo and Fleance both say how dark it is. The darkness is important because

a)

Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth prayed to evil spirits and asked for darkness to cover them

b)

It is Daylight Savings Time, but they don't know it

c)

Bad things always happen in the dark

d)

The witches warned Banquo about the dark

34.

Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

poetry

35.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Metaphor?

a)

My little sister is an angel.

b)

My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.

c)

The lake is a mirror, showing my reflection.

d)

Life is a roller coaster with many ups and downs.

36.

Personification give non-living objects human like qualities.

a)

True

b)

False

37.
The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.
a)
repetition
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
38.

A hyperbole is an:

a)

exaggeration

b)

alliteration

c)

assonance

d)

juxtaposition

39.

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.

a)

apostrophe

b)

allusion

c)

allegory

d)

antonym

40.
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts.
a)
inversion
b)
isocolon
c)
juxtaposition
d)
syncedoche
41.

Alliteration

a)

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”

b)

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

c)

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

d)

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

42.

Metaphor

a)

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is a battlefield.

b)

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex: A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.

c)

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

d)

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

43.

Onomatopoeia

a)

A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle

b)

A story/narrative in poetic form.

c)

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

d)

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

44.

Simile

a)

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is like a battlefield.

b)

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life."

c)

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is a battlefield.

d)

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

45.

Stanza

a)

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

b)

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

c)

A single line of poetry.

d)

The author’s specific word choice.

46.

The picture created in your mind by a writer's use of figurative and sensory language

a)

imagery

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

47.

Language which appeals to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste.

a)

Figurative language

b)

Sensory language

48.

The associations you make with particular words and phrases - the things you think of when you see a word or phrase.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Imagery

c)

Connotations

d)

Tone

49.

The general attitude, mood, or atmosphere of a piece of writing.

a)

Language

b)

Tone

c)

Imagery

d)

Connotations

50.

Two or more words that have the same ending sound.

a)

rhyme

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

onomatopoeia

51.

Comparing two unlike things saying that one is the other thing.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

52.

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to. Sound like the sound the word makes.

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

imagery

d)

onomatopoeia

53.

A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together.

a)

imagery

b)

repetition

c)

stanza

d)

hyperbole

54.

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

a)

stanza

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

alliteration

55.

To make something seem larger or more important than it really is, an exaggeration.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

56.

A figure of speech comparing two things using the words "as" or "like"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

57.

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

imagery

d)

personification

58.

Which of these is NOT an example of a metaphor?

a)

You could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

b)

He is winter.

c)

All's the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

d)

He is like a bear with a sore head this morning.

59.

What is pathos?

a)

To what extent you are credible

b)

The logic of your argument: the proof to back up what you say is true

c)

The ability to evoke or encourage a particular emotion in your reader or listener

60.

What is ethos?

a)

To what extent you are credible

b)

The ability to evoke or encourage a particular emotion in your reader or listener

c)

The logic of your argument: the proof to back up what you say is true.

61.

What is logos?

a)

To what extent you are credible

b)

The logic of your argument: the proof to back up what you say is true.

c)

The ability to evoke or encourage a particular emotion in your reader or listener

62.

Why is the outlining of benefits effective in rhetoric?

a)

It shows people evidence, which reinforces the speaker's ideas.

b)

It appeals to people's desire to see how something will be good for them.

63.

What is hyperbole?

a)

A short, amusing, or interesting story about a real incident or person

b)

Direct opposites

c)

Words or phrases that encourage a reader or audience to feel a particular emotion

d)

Exaggeration to emphasise a point or idea

64.

What is rhetoric?

a)

The art of persuasion

b)

The art of entertainment

c)

The art of informing

d)

The art of instruction

65.

Which of the following is NOT part of the Aristotelian Triad?

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Cosmos

d)

Ethos

66.

Complete the sentence.


OPINION is what you _______________ about something.

a)

think

b)

feel

c)

believe

d)

think, feel and believe

67.

What is an anecdote?

a)

A story.

b)

A personal story.

c)

A personal story about me of someone else.

d)

A personal story that enhances the argument's point.

68.

Which of these is an example of a fact or statistic?

a)

40% of students do not wear the correct uniform.

b)

I don't like wearing my school uniform.

c)

Students don't wear the school uniform.

d)

1 in 3 students are not wearing their complete school uniform.

69.

Which technique is this:

87% of pupils said they would like to have a longer half term break.

a)

Fact

b)

Statistic

c)

Emotive language

d)

Opinion

70.

Which technique is this:

School is amazing and I love going.

a)

Fact

b)

Emotive language

c)

Opinion

d)

Alliteration