WorksheetsAP Review - Macbeth
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 39mins
At the beginning of the play, ............ is the King of Scotland.
Malcolm
Duncan
Donalbain
Macbeth
Malcolm describes Cawdor's last moments before execution. What is Duncan's reply?
You should never turn your back, even on a friend.
You shouldn't sympathize for one who has committed evil deeds
You should always be ready for you never know when death will strike.
You can't tell what is in a person's heart by looking at his face.
What is Lady Macbeth's plan?
to kill Macbeth.
to kill the current king.
to wait until things happen naturally
................... actually kills Duncan.
Macbeth
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
This character fears being falsely framed for murdering Duncan and flees to England.
Malcolm
Donaldbain
Banquo
macduff
Fleance is the son of .....................
Duncan
Banquo
Macbeth
In the final act, what does Ross's report to Siward reflect about Siward's main concern about the death of his son, Young Siward?
Whether or not his son died facing his enemy and fighting
That the bell rings to properly honor his son's death
How many other sons he may lose to the war
That someone takes revenge on Macbeth
What does the Gentlewoman report in Act V that Lady Macbeth does in her sleep?
Write a letter
Look for something
Open someone's letters
Receives messages from Macbeth
Although invisible to others, what does Lady Macbeth try to wash away (Act V)?
Bits of wax from her candle
Spots of blood on her hands
Spots of her own blood
Ink stains from a letter
WHO is the king of Scotland at the end of the play?
Macbeth
Malcolm
Macduff
In the final battle scene, what happens to make Macbeth realize that Macduff will be the one who kills him?
Macduff says he needs to avenge the deaths of his family.
Macduff says he was removed, not born, from his mother.
Macbeth decides the apparitions/ghosts lied to him.
Macbeth finally wishes his life to be over.
Identify the speaker:
"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."
Macduff
Banquo
Duncan
Macbeth
Identify the speaker:
"Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty!"
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Ross
He is attacked by a group of Macduff's soldiers
He kills himself by falling on his own sword
Macduff beheads him (after killing him)
One of his own soldiers mistakenly kills him.
These characters destabilize the present by tempting Macbeth
The witches
The guards
Malcolm's army
Macduff's army
Is a good king
doesn't trust others easily
Eventually defeats Macbeth
All of the above
Identify the speaker:
"Out out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."
Macbeth speaking to Lady Macbeth
A Macbeth soliloquy
Macbeth speaking to Seyton
The witches speaking to Macbeth and Banquo
What is Macbeth's fatal flaw?
ambition
jealousy
anger
laziness
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
Duncan's sons
Macbeth's nephews
Macbeth's clansmen
servants who provide comic relief
Lennox
According to the Three Witches, Macbeth and his sons will be kings.
What do the witches prophesize for Banquo?
Nothing. They don't speak to him.
His children will be killed by Macbeth
He will be king someday
He will be the father to kings
The witches tell Macbeth that he will not be defeated until Birnam ____ comes to Dunsinane?
Wood
Troops
Sword
Tower
