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Macbeth: A Scottish Play
Macbeth: A Scottish Play
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1
Banquo and Fleance are attacked by three murderers.
False
True
2
When Macbeth yells "do not shake thy gory locks at me!" he is referring to whom?
the witches
Banquo's ghost
Young Siward
Duncan
3
The play opens with four witches dancing around a cauldron.
False
True
4
Macbeth is slain by Malcolm.
True
False
5
When the doctor says that Lady Macbeth "More needs the divine than the physician," he means
her illness is too far progressed for him to help her
only a psychiatrist can help her
all a doctor can do now is wait
she needs a priest more than a doctor
6
Where does the conversation between Macduff and Malcolm take place, when he tests his loyalty?
Inverness - Macbeth's old castle
Fife - Macduff's castle
Foress - Duncan't old castle
King Edward's castle
7
Lady Macbeth reveals her guilt, as well as Macbeth's in her sleepwalking scene.
True
False
8
After the murder, Macbeth
smears blood on the grooms to make them appear guilty
mistakenly stumbles into the room of Malcolm and Donalbain
brings the murder weapons back with him
accidentally awakens a groom, who cries out "Sleep no more!"
9
At the start of the play, Duncan's army is fighting which country?
Denmark (a vicious country indeed!)
Scotland
Norway
England
10
Which of the following statements is MOST accurate? After Duncan's murder
both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are calm and collected
Macbeth is distracted; Lady Macbeth is more in control.
Lady Macbeth is more distracted; Macbeth more in control.
both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are distracted, unable to act.
11
Malcolm has already made plans to return to Scotland with an army before Macduff asks him to.
False
True
12
Who tells MacDuff that his family has been killed?
Ross
Lennox
Malcolm
Caithness
13
Who told Duncan that Macbeth killed Macdonwald?
the Captain
Malcolm
Ross
Banquo
14
All of the following are motifs in
Macbeth
EXCEPT
facial expressions
poison
sleep
Birds
15
"Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood [comes] to high Dunsinane Hill"
Seyton
ghost of Banquo
apparition
Witches
16
The drunken porter imagines all of the following are at the door EXCEPT
an equivocator
a cheating farmer
a stealing French tailor
a mousing owl that killed a falcon
17
In this play, "Old Man" and "Lords" are . . .
clowns
unimportant characters
nobles
anonymous characters
18
Lady Macbeth did not kill Duncan because . . .
he resembles her father.
she hates the sight of blood.
she is scared to get caught.
she is too physically weak.
19
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is written in what rhythm and meter?
iambic tetramenter
iambic pentameter
trochaic tetrameter
trochaic pentameter
20
The portrait of himself that Malcolm paints to Macduff at the beginning of scene three
shows he is crazy from grief
accurately represents his character
foreshadows what lies ahead for Scotland
tests Macduff's concern for the welfare of Scotland
21
Who is Macbeth's foil in this play?
MacDonwald
Banquo
Duncan
Macduff
22
Banquo tells Macbeth that he will consider becoming allied with Macbeth
if it does not affect his honor and his allegiance to Duncan
because he is uncertain what the witches' prophecy means
because he wants his sons to be kings
if Macbeth agrees to share power with him
23
Lady Macbeth says she fears Macbeth's nature because he
is too kind to kill ruthlessly
may abandon her for another woman
is sometimes cruel and may use violence to achieve his goals
changes his mind frequently
24
"Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafterThe Prince of Cumberland" - who said this?
Ross
Banquo
Duncan
Macbeth
25
The army fighting Macbeth includes both Scottish and English soldiers.
False
True
26
Lady Macbeth prays to be "unsexed" because she
does not want more children
thinks love gets in the way of woman's advancement
wishes to be cruel, not weak or gentle
does not want sexual desire to stand in the way of the crown
27
Lady Macbeth tries to explain Macbeth's behavior at the banquet by saying
it is designed to puzzle and amuse
it results from the pressures of kingship
it is a form of madness he inherited from his father
it is an illness he has had since youth
28
The doctor awakens Lady Macbeth in the middle of her sleepwalking scene.
False
True
29
Who says "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap"
Macbeth
Banquo
Donalbain
Malcolm
30
Macduff's castle is called ____________.
Fife
Inverness
Foress
Dunsinane
31
Duncan is killed in which castle?
Foress
Fife
Dunsinane
Inverness
32
The witches tell Banquo that he will be king after Macbeth.
False
True
33
From the evidence given in the play, we can assume that Lady Macbeth
has never given birth to a child.
has miscarried all her babies before birth.
has at least one living child.
has given birth to a baby but it died.
34
"It's a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." Said in which act?
Act Five
Act One
Act Four
Act Three
35
"I am unknown to woman." Who said it?
Ross
Malcolm
Donalbain
the Porter
36
All of the following statements about Macbeth are accurate EXCEPT
he would like to be king
he would like to succeed honorably
he is ambitious
he is totally without moral conscience in Act One
37
Macbeth smears the grooms with blood to throw suspicion on them.
False
True
38
The lines about the king's ability to cure scrofula is intended to
affirm Shakespeare's belief in witchcraft
draw attention to the disease Macduff suffers from
flatter James I, who believed he had this power
emphasize the moral superiority of the English
39
"______ virtues Will plead like angels . . . against The deep damnation of his taking-off"
Banquo's
Macduff's
Duncan's
Fleance's
40
The captain said the rebel MacDonwald was defeated due to the bravery of . . .
Malcom
Banquo
Macbeth
the kerns
41
Macbeth becomes thane of Cawdor because
it is his rightful inheritance
the previous thane names Macbeth his successor
the witches predicted that he would
Duncan gives him the title because of MacDonwald's treason
42
Macbeth's comment about the witches And damned all those that trust them!") is an example of
understatement
personification
alliteration
irony
43
"Knock, knock! Who's there, in th'other devil's name? Faith, here's an equivocator" Who?
Lady Macbeth
the Porter
Shakespeare's clown
Macbeth
44
Banquo's ghost is seen by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, but not by the dinner guests.
True
False
45
Malcolm and Donalbain flee to Scotland for their own safety.
False
True
46
Who besides Macbeth is suspected of murdering Duncan?
Banquo
Malcolm and Donalbain
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
47
"He was a gentleman on whom I built An absolute trust." Duncan is referring to whom?
MacDonwald
Macbeth
Malcolm
the Captain
48
Lady Macbeth's remark that "Little water clears us of this deed" is
intended to blame others
literally true, but psychologically untrue
designed to increase her control over Macbeth
meant to humiliate Macbeth
49
Macbeth's vision of an imaginary dagger suggests
his disturbed conscience
his cowardice
the need to find a different way to kill the king
the presence of the three witches
50
An actor's private thoughts that are shared with the audience with others on stage is called
an aside
a soliloquy
a monologue
a prologue
51
"Thou hast it now—king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, and I fear Thou played'st most foully for't."
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Banquo
witches
52
From which country does Siward and Old Siward come?
Scotland
Norway
Ireland
England
53
"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature"
witches
Banquo
apparition
Lady Macbeth
54
Lady MacDuff is warned of her peril by
the witches
Lady Macbeth
Ross
a "messenger"
55
Macbeth
takes place in which country?
England
Norway
Ireland
Scotland
56
Who says, "The raven himself is hoarse who croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan."
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
the witches
Malcolm
57
Lady Macbeth
killed herself
was killed by Macbeth
was stabbed by her gentlewoman
was killed during the siege of the castle
58
The Witches' line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" suggests that
all is fair in love and war
MLB umpires were alive and well in Medieval times
things are not what they seem
the Scottish climate is hostile
59
All of the following are motifs in this play EXCEPT
blood
birds
facial expression
fire
60
Macbeth refers to his crown (Macbeth's) as "fruitless" and his scepter "barren" because
being king has made him weak
he wants to acquire more land and power
his power has not increased Lady Macbeth's love for him
witches predicted that Banquo's descendants will be kings