WorksheetsHMH Macbeth: Part 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is an archetype in the context of Shakespearean drama?
A long speech given by a character on stage
A character's secret thoughts revealed to the audience
A familiar character type that appears over and over again in literature
A dramatic technique used to build suspense
What is a tragic hero in Shakespearean tragedy?
A character of low social rank who overcomes challenges
A character who provides comic relief in the drama
A character of high social rank with a tragic flaw that leads to a downfall
A character who always survives at the end of the play
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows less than the characters on stage
When the audience knows something that a character does not know
When the characters on stage know something that the audience does not know
When nobody on stage or in the audience knows what is happening
What is a soliloquy?
A conversation between two characters on stage
A speech given by a character alone on stage, revealing private thoughts, feelings, and motivations
A humorous interlude in a Shakespearean drama
A character's remark to the audience that other characters can hear
What is an aside in Shakespearean drama?
A character's remark that is heard by everyone on stage
A character's remark that is intended to be heard by the audience only
A character's remark that is intended to be heard by other characters but not the audience
A character's monologue about the future events in the play
What type of plays did Shakespeare write that primarily used blank verse?
Prose dramas
Verse dramas
Lyric poetry
Short stories
What is blank verse?
Rhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Rhymed lines of trochaic tetrameter
Unrhymed lines of trochaic tetrameter
What is iambic pentameter?
A pattern of rhythm with four unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable
A pattern of rhythm with five stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
A pattern of rhythm with five unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable
A pattern of rhythm with six unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable
Why did Shakespeare sometimes break the pattern of blank verse?
To indicate that a character was of higher rank
To make the dialogue sound more modern
To vary the rhythm, create dramatic tension, or distinguish low-ranking characters from those of higher rank
Because he forgot the rules of blank verse
What rhetorical device is used in the phrase "Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine And thrice again, to make up nine." from Macbeth?
Parallelism
Antithesis
Rhetorical Questions
Repetition
Which rhetorical device is exemplified by the lines "When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost and won."?
Repitition
Antithesis
Parallelism
Rhetorical Questions
What is the effect of rhetorical questions in Macbeth, as shown in the example "Do you not hope your children shall be kings When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me Promised no less to them."?
To contrast ideas within a sentence
To emphasize ideas through repetition
To make the speaker's rightness seem self-evident without needing an answer
To express ideas that are related or of equal importance
Which rhetorical device involves the use of contrasting ideas within a sentence for effect, as in "Fair is foul, and foul is fair..."?
Parallelism
Repetition
Rhetorical Questions
Antithesis
What should you study to understand the relationships and ranks of characters in Shakespeare's "Macbeth"?
The stage directions and dialogue
The side glosses
The opening cast of characters
The paraphrased passages
What is the purpose of using side glosses when reading Shakespearean drama?
To visualize the setting and action
To understand unfamiliar words and expressions
To paraphrase passages
To learn about the characters' private schemes
Why is it important to look closely at a line's punctuation in Shakespearean drama?
To determine the length of the play
To understand the stage directions
To figure out the meaning of the complete sentence or phrase
To memorize the lines more easily
