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Final 'Macbeth' Review
Final 'Macbeth' Review
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1
How many points should you aim to achieve on your essay?
50%
Less than half
As many as possible
2
Who urged Macbeth to kill the king and seize the crown?
The Weird Sisters
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
The Witches
3
You should leave time to edit your essay.
False
True
4
You need to arrive at least 30 minutes before the exam starts
True
False
5
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience doesn't know as much as the characters
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know
6
Who is one of Macbeth's foil characters?
Macduff
Fleance
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
7
What is Macbeth's fatal flaw?
Ambition
Vanity
Love
Guilt
8
You need to use text connectives throughout your essay.
True
False
9
What does blood symbolise in the play?
Murder
Blood
Guilt
Sleep
10
People in the 17th Century were scared of witches
False
True
11
What will you use apostrophes to show in your analytical essay?
Contractions
Decoration
Possession
Plurals
12
You are not allowed to write in your response book during planning time.
True
False
13
Which theme does this quote link to? “Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.”
Appearance and reality
Supernatural
Guilt
Power
14
Macbeth kills Banquo himself.
True
False
15
You have to stop planning after 15 minutes.
False
True
16
What is the sixth step of planning?
Refine thesis
Plan evidence for each topic sentence
First thesis
Pick arguments and sort in logical order
17
What is a soliloquy?
Thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another
A character speaking off stage
18
Which literary device does Shakespeare use in this quote, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?
Paradox
Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Personification
19
The best way to start your thesis is, "In this essay I will be writing about..."
False
True
20
Who says, "Out, damned spot! out, I say!"
Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macbeth
21
Banquo is more ambitious that Macbeth.
False
True
22
Where is 'Macbeth' mainly set?
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
23
Which theme does this quote link to? “There's daggers in men's smiles”
Ambition
Power
Appearance and reality
Order and disorder
24
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
Any man can assign himself king
A monarch is given the right to rule by God alone
The king is chosen by democracy
Monarchs are chosen by witches
25
It doesn't matter if you don't incorporate the Jacobean context in to your essay.
False
True
26
Should you use colloquial language in your response?
No
Yes
27
How many words do you need to write in your exam?
1000-1500
500-1000
800-1000
600-800
28
Which country invades Scotland at the start of the play?
The Netherlands
Ireland
England
Norway
29
What is Macbeth referring to when he says 'Let not light see my black and deep desires'?
His desire to kill Banquo
His desire to kill Duncan
His desire to kill Lady Macbeth
His desire to kill Malcolm
30
What is the second step of planning?
Pick arguments and sort in logical order
Evidence
Deconstruct question
First thesis
31
What does the dagger represent?
Macbeth's time as a soldier
Duncan's fondness for weaponry
Macbeth's ambition and decision to kill the king
The witches' influence on Macbeth
32
What is the first step of planning?
Evidence
Deconstruct question
Pick arguments and sort in logical order
Brainstorm
33
How does Lady Macbeth find out about the prophecies?
A messenger
A conversation
An email
A letter
34
What is Macbeth's first hallucination?
Banquo's ghost
The blood
The Witches
The dagger
35
What has Macbeth realised? "Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stage"
His actions have made life pointless
Lady Macbeth has ruined his life
Malcolm does not like Macbeth
Banquo is not really dead
36
What is the seventh step of planning?
Refine thesis
First thesis
Pick arguments and sort in logical order
Deconstruct question
37
Does spelling matter in this assessment?
No
Yes
38
When is your external exam?
Monday 1st November
Wednesday 28th October
Monday 23rd October
Wednesday 3rd November
39
Who was the monarch when 'Macbeth' was written?
Elizabeth I
Edward I
Mary I
James I
40
You can write in any colour pen.
False
True
41
What is the name of Macbeth's castle?
Glamis
Birnam
Scotland
Dunsinane
42
Which century was 'Macbeth' written in?
18th
17th
16th
15th
43
Which theme does this quote link to? "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't"
Order and disorder
Ambition
Appearance and reality
Power
44
Does Shakespeare use Aristotle's tragic structure?
Yes
No
45
Macbeth is a tragic hero.
False
True
46
Which literary device does this quote use? 'Something wicked this way comes'
irony
pathetic fallacy
juxtaposition
47
Which literary device does Shakespeare use: "the Earthwas feverous and did shake.”
Foreshadowing
Appearance and reality
Pathetic fallacy
Irony
48
I am going to ace this exam
True
False
49
Which theme does this quote link to? “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?
Guilt
Ambition
Appearance and reality
Power
50
Which word describes the act of killing a king?
Matricide
Patricide
Regicide
Monarchicide
51
Which point of view should you use in an analytical essay?
2nd Person
3rd Person
1st Person
52
Which theme does this quote link to? “What’s done cannot be undone.”
Supernatural
Guilt
Appearance and reality
Power
53
Which literary device does Shakespeare use: "The raven himself is hoarsethat croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan"
Appearance and reality
Pathetic fallacy
Foreshadowing
Irony
54
Which of the following do you need to analyse in your essay?
Aesthetic features
Cultural context
Stylistic devices
Themes
55
Which tone should you use in your essay?
Formal
Informal
56
What is the name of Banquo's son who survives Macbeth's attempt to murder him?
Donalbain
Flynn
Fleance
Brad
57
Who was the Thane of Glamis at the start of the play?
A traitor
Macduff
Macbeth
Malcolm
58
Why doesn't Macbeth kill Banquo himself?
The witches told him to hire murderers
Macduff advised him to
He wants to separate himself from the murder and blame fate
He deosn't really want Banquo dead
59
Which century is 'Macbeth' set in?
13th Century
14th Century
12th Century
11th Century
60
What is a thesis statement?
An introduction of the author
A statement that states the answer to the question and focus of the essay
A statement that states if you liked the text
61
How many acts are there in this play?
2
5
3
4
62
Which theme does 'Fair is foul and foul is fair' relate to?
Appearance and reality
Violence
Gender
Ambition
63
What was the gunpowder plot?
An attempt to blow up the world
An attempt to assassinate King James I
An attempt to kill Macbeth
An attempt to steal gunpowder
64
Nature is used as a motif in the play.
True
False
65
What is the third step of planning?
Brainstorm
Evidence
Deconstruct question
Pick arguments and sort in logical order
