WorksheetsMacbeth Pre-Reading Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 24mins
Foreshadowing
An incident that occurred prior to the story's main time-frame
A hint of what is to come
Words spoken by the character directly to the audience
A playwright's descriptive comments
Drama
The author of the play
The document that contains the story
A synonym for "play"
A major division in a play
Aside
A smaller section in a play
An imaginary person who inhabits a literary work
Speaking parts in a script
Words spoken by the actor directly to the audience
Scene
A major division in a play
Indicates time and change in a play
The document that contains the story
The speaking parts in a play
Stage Direction
Written in italics and enclosed in brackets
A playwright's descriptive comments
Provides information about dialogue, setting, and action of the play
All the above
A play that is light, humorous, and ends happily.
Resolution
Comedy
Tragedy
A play that ends in disaster for the main character.
Comedy
Drama
Tragedy
The words the actors speak.
Drama
Script
Dialogue
The main character in a play or story is called what?
antagonist
protagonist
foil
A character in conflict with the main character. / Secondary character, causes change in the protagonist.
foil
protagonist
antagonist
A long speech given by one character.
monologue
dialogue
narrator
A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character...
foil
protagonist
antagonist
A long speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience.
soliloquy
aside
monologue
A play on words
Humor
Soliloquy
Pun
Shakespeare wrote all his plays in blank verse called...
blank poetry.
I am but a pentagon.
iambic pentameter.
couplets of the pentagon.
What does it mean when verse is written in iamb?
Iamb means that all lines of the play are run-on lines.
Iamb means that the first syllable of a word is unstressed, and followed by a stressed syllable.
Iamb means that I am beginning with the letter, "b," for rhyming purposes.
Iamb means that the end-stop lines are punctuated.
How old was Shakespeare when he married his wife?
24
26
18
38
Which of the following is NOT a theme of Macbeth?
Ambition
Power
Happiness
Fate vs. Free Will
Which of the following is NOT an element of a Shakespearean tragedy?
Hubris (Pride)
Supernatural
Comic Relief
A Wedding
Which of the following is NOT an element of Shakespearean tragedy?
Tragic Hero
Light-hearted content
Tragic Flaw
Catastrophe
Macbeth is a true story.
True
False
Scottish general; thane of Glamis; becomes King of Scotland
Duncan
Macbeth
Malcolm
Banquo
Confidant and partner of Macbeth; shares his ambitions; harsh/cruel nature
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Lady Macduff
King of Scotland; has a kind and trusting nature
Duncan
Macbeth
Banquo
Malcolm
Duncan's younger son
Banquo
Macduff
Donalbain
Malcolm
Loyal general and thane; friend of Macbeth
Banquo
Macduff
Malcolm
Lennox
Evildoers; play on Macbeth's delusion
Three Murderers
Duncan's sons
Three Witches
Banquo and Fleance
Loyal thane to Duncan; doesn't support Macbeth's crowning
Banquo
Malcolm
Macduff
Donalbain
A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.
Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
Analogy
The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.
rising action
climax
exposition
inciting event
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.
allusion
allegory
alliteration
analogy
A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.
metaphor
simile
myth
personification
What is imagery?
The way the text makes the reader feel.
The writer's attitude towards a subject.
Hints the writer gives about what may happen.
Language that appeals to the five senses.
When objects or abstract ideas are given human characteristics.
personification
pun
metaphor
oxymoron
The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning (ex. buzz, hiss, pop).
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
Metaphor
Characterization
