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1
What physical malady afflicts Lady Macbeth?
miscarriage
Headaches
stomach ache
sleep walking
2
Who becomes king at the end of the play.
Banquo
Malcolm
Porter
Ross
3
Who is a traitor to Duncan and Scotland
Macbeth
MacDuff
Ross
Donalbain
4
Why doesn't Lady Macbeth kill Duncan?
He looks too much like her father as he sleeps
She cannot get past the guards
She is watching the horses eat each other
She has had too much wine to function
5
Who predicts Macbeth's future?
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
the witches
Porter
6
What is Lady Macbeth's plan?
Poison the king
Drug the king’s guards & kill him while they are passed out
hire hitmen to kill King Duncan
Bribe the guards to kill Macbeth
7
When Lady MB welcomes Duncan to their castle but we know she plans on killing him
metaphor
verbal irony
Greek tragedy
dramatic irony
8
Lady Macbeth believes her husband is "too full o' th' milk of human kindness." Meaning?
he is too kind
he is ruthless
he is feeding their baby
he is too ambitious
9
Who tells MacDuff his family is dead?
the witches
Malcolm
Duncan
Macbeth
10
Macbeth briefly refuses to fight at the end of the play until . . .
He sees the witches
Young Siward stabs him first
Macduff tells him his head will be on display as a "traitor"
He sees Burnam Wood approaching Dunsinane
11
The period of time when Shakespeare was alive is now called the
Dark Ages
Medieval
Great Awakening
Renaissance
12
What does Lady Macbeth do during the Banquet?
tries to cover for Macbeth
Sees a ghost and begins to lose her mind
drinks too much
confesses her own guilt
13
Macbeth murders him in his sleep
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macbeth
14
Which image does not appear repeatedly throughout the play?
blood
insects
light and dark
daggers
15
Shakespeare wrote in
Latin that was translated
Elizabethan English
Middle English
Old English
16
Who encourages Macbeth to kill King Duncan?
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
the witches
Lady MacDuff
17
Why do Malcom and Donalbain flee?
They want to marry the Queen of Scotland
Killed King Duncan
Fear for their lives
they have lost their inheritance
18
What do the natural disturbances the night Duncan is murdered symbolize?
A coming war in a foreign country
The seismic aftershock of an earthquake
The glow of the fire in Dunsinane Hills
the natural world reflects the chaos of the human world
19
What physical malady does Macbeth begin to suffer from?
muscle pain
hunger
thirst
insomnia
20
Macbeth finally realizes
the witches deceived him by giving vague prophecies
Lady Macbeth deceived him
it was all a dream
the witches are just playing around
21
a short remark delivered for only the audience's benefit is called
soliloquy
aside
apostrophe
speech
22
Who does Macbeth initially refuse to fight with at the end of the play?
Macduff
Banquo's Ghost
Duncan
Young Siward
23
Who is unaccounted for at the end of the play?
Malcolm
Macbeth
Donnalbain
Fleance
24
William Shakespeare wrote the plays during which time period
Late 1600's-early 1700's
Late 1500's-early 1600's
Late 1400's- early 1500's
Late 1700's-early 1800's
25
Shakespeare wrote
Macbeth
as a tribute to James I, who was descended from
MacDuff
Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
26
a long speech made by one person alone on stage
lecture
monologue
soliloquy
dialogue
27
Whose ghost appears to Macbeth?
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Fleance
28
The third act of a Shakespeare play included the
climax
denouement
epilogue
exposition
29
In the first act of the play, Duncan’s attitude toward Macbeth can best be described as
suspicious
forgiving
rude
respectful
30
Macbeth sees a dagger that . . .
the witches gave him
Duncan used during battle
is part of a hallucination
is used to kill Duncan at Macduff's house
31
Does Macbeth mourn the death of his wife?
Yes, for a long time
Yes, briefly
Not in the least
32
Who kills Macbeth?
Donalbain
Lady Macbeth
Malcom
MacDuff
33
Who were allowed to perform in the plays during Shakespeare's period?
trained actors and actresses
women and men
men and boys
only the wealthy
34
Shakespeare and his first company built
The Globe Theater
Hampton Court
The Swan Theater
The Fox Theater
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What do the witches predict for Banquo?
Macbeth will murder MacDuff
Banquo's descendants will be kings but he will not
Macbeth will be conqueror of England
Banquo will be king of Ireland
