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Macbeth Context Quiz
Macbeth Context Quiz
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Questions about Themes, witches, Shakespeare's sources, genre & imagery.
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1
Foreshadowing & Dramatic Irony are dramatic techniques which build tension.
True
False
2
What three qualities were Elizabethan/Jacobean women supposed to display?
Confidence, grace & agility
Politeness, obedience & quiet
Independence, strength & passion
Intelligence, charm & wit
3
The four humours were believed to influence what?
Sense of humour
Health
Personality
Luck
4
The play focuses largely on which three issues?
earth, wind & fire
sunshine, lollipops and rainbows
loyalty, kinship & parenthood
kingship, the succession & health of the nation
5
What is the technical term for the downfall of a tragic hero?
Inertia
Ham 'n' eggs
Hamartia
Death
6
What happened to witches during Shakespeare's lifetime?
They were cruelly persecuted.
They were given free housing.
They were trusted advisers to parliament.
Nothing. People didn't believe in them.
7
Where did Shakespeare find his source for
Macbeth
?
The local library
In the local tavern
Holinshed's Chronicles
He stole it from Christopher Marlowe.
8
Blood, Darkness, Theatre, Falconry & bear-baiting, disease and nature are all kinds of what in
Macbeth
?
recurring imagery
entertainment
poetry
euphemism
9
When did James 1st succeed to the English and Irish thrones?
1604
1601
1602
1603
10
'Fair is foul' is an example of which literary technique?
metaphor
antithesis
simile
personification
11
The King's escape from being blown up was commemorated by a medal showing...
a snake concealed by flowers
a traitor being hanged, drawn & quartered
St George slaying a dragon
a lion & a unicorn
12
What is the technical term for the feeling of emotional relief at the end of a tragedy?
Cathay Pacific
Catharsis
Climax
Arthritis
13
What genre of play is Macbeth?
Romance
Comedy
Tragedy
Pastoral
14
Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch is the definition for sedition.
True
False
15
Which monarch did he succeed?
Edward 6th
Mary 1st
Elizabeth 1st
Henry 8th
16
What was the name that Elizabethans used for their divine hierarchy?
The Chain of Bicycle
The Chain of Lavatory
The Chain of Being
The Chain of Office
17
In a play, what is the technical term for the main character?
Antagonist
Villain
Hero
Protagonist
18
If Shakespeare was drawing on Medieval Morality plays in writing Macbeth, who is the Christ-like character?
Macdougall
Macdonald
Macbeth
Macduff
19
In tragedies what usually contributes to the downfall of the protagonist?
betrayal by a friend of the protagonist
a fatal flaw in the protagonist's character
betrayal by his wife
the jealousy of rivals
20
What was a familiar?
An evil servant (bird, beast or reptile) supplied to witches by the devil.
Someone that you knew.
Any member of a noble's household.
A servant who had been with a family for more than one generation.
21
Equivocation (a major theme of the play) is defined as the use of deliberately misleading half-truths.
False
True
22
Macbeth
refers to the following:
the hanging of traitors & the Gunpowder Plot
the Salem witch trials
the persecution of the Hugenots by the French
the discovery of the new world
