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Macbeth/Shakespeare Final
What is a soliloquy?
Why are stage directions important?
Macbeth/Shakespeare Final
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Why are stage directions important?
So characters don't fall off the stage
provides a preview of "whos who" and their relationships with one another
growth of a character
tells where and when events occur and describe how actions are performed
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What is a soliloquy?
A solo a character sings on stage
Words other characters cannot hear
An extended speech to the audience
A type of murder
3
The audience knowing that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to murder King Duncan while he suspects nothing an example of...
Allusion
Metaphor
Dramatic irony
Aside
4
Where was William Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon Avon, England
New England
Dallas, TX
London, England
5
What type of English was used during Shakespeare’s time?
Old English
Early Modern English
Middle English
Modern English
6
What is the author's purpose of the 3 witches?
portray Macbeth's parallel character
to portray an antagonist
to imply Macbeth's prophecies
entails the theme of the plot
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What was the name of Shakespeare’s theater he designed, built, and performed in?
The Grande Palace of Shakespeare’s Works
King’s Palladium
Ye Olde Actorium
The Globe Theater
8
Which of the following is NOT a prophecy that the witches told Macbeth when he went to visit them?
Beware Macduff
Macbeth's sons will reign forever and ever in Scotland
Macbeth will never be vanquished until Great Birnam Wood...come against him
None of woman born shall harm Macbeth
9
What was Shakepeare's wife's name
Anne Hathaway
Anne Anne
Laura Shakespeare
Ms. Self
10
Shakespeare invented many ______ which we still use today.
Plays
Words
All of the above
Phrases
11
How did the Globe Theatre burn down?
A cannonball misfired during a performance
An angry cast member set it on fire
It didn't
Someone left the stove on
12
What character in Macbeth is King James I of England supposedly descended from?
Macduff
Macbeth
Malcolm
Banquo
13
What made Shakespeare so popular?
Scared the audience
He got into the theater at the perfect time
Understandable by all (nobility & peasants)
All of the above
14
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain
Macbeth's children
Noblemen Lennox's brothers
Macduff's sons who die
King Duncan's sons and heirs to the throne
15
What is common in Shakespeare’s tragedies?
Last speaker is highest in rank
Blue & Red
Multiple murders
Multiple marriages
16
If Shakespeare were to write “it is” as a contraction, he would say
itis
'tis
He wouldn't use contractions
it's
17
What century was William Shakespeare born in?
13th
8th
21st
16th
18
Where could William Shakespeare have attended school?
Oxford
LSU
King's New School
Cambridge
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Who encouraged Macbeth to kill King Duncan?
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
The witches
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How does Macbeth slip up when carrying out Duncan's murder?
He takes the knives from the murder scene
He kills the two sleeping guards, which was not part of the original plan
Duncan wakes up while Macbeth is stabbing him and screams loud
Blue and Orange
21
What is the definition of a thane?
a man who has power
a noble or man who leads a clan
leads a country
follows a general's orders; gives others orders
22
What is an aside?
.The place where you stab someone to kill them
When a group of people stare at someone to make them uncomfortable
A subplot to the story
Words an actor says to the audience other characters on stage cannot hear
23
What is dramatic irony?
the act of murdering someone
the audience knows something that one or more of the characters don't
committing crime against political power
a humorous scene or character
24
"Two truths are told" and "This supernatural soliciting" from Macbeth's first aside are examples of what device?
Soliloquy
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
25
In Lady Macbeth's soliloquy, what does this mean: "come you spirits....unsex me here, and fill me with direst cruelty"
Make me sexy
Make me a better person
Make me less like a woman and more like a man
Make me chaste
26
In Act V, who is famous for the Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow soliloquy?
Macduff
Hecate
Malcolm
Macbeth
27
"My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar." What is this quote an example of?
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Allusion
Metaphor
28
What is common in Shakespeare’s comedies? Select all that apply.
Multiple deaths
Characters intentionally falling off the stage for comic relief
Women acting on stage
Multiple marriages
29
Which of these is a Shakespearean insult?
Ox-head
Rat-Catcher
Lily-livered
Fusty
30
How is Macduff the loophole in the witches' prophecy that "none of woman born shall harm Macbeth?"
He is not a real human being
He was never born, but is actually a ghost
He is not a man, but is actually a woman
He was cut out of his mother's womb prematurely
31
Which of the following is NOT an example of archaic language?
shalt
hey
quoth
thither
32
What is the
Tragedy of Macbeth
a tale of?
Power
All of the above
Ambition
Betrayal
33
What was the name of Shakespeare’s acting group?
Shakespeare’s Posse
Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later renamed the King’s Men)
The Globe Actors
Actors' Guild
34
How many kids did Shakespeare have?
Five
Sixteen
Three
Three (one died)
35
In Act II, what is the Porter who tells a knock knock joke considered?
treason
dramatic irony
comic relief
allusion
36
What did Banquo mean when he told Fleance to "fly?"
fly with a cape
leave/run
teleport
jump on a broom
