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Why does Malcom tell Macduff he's afraid to take up the crown?
Macduff would be a better leader
He is not the true heir
He is not as smart as Macbeth
He has many vices
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The repetition of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related/equal importance
dramatic irony
parallelism
monologue
ambience
3
What does a voice tell Macbeth he shall do no more after killing Duncan?
rule
Eat
Live
sleep
4
A main character of high social rank that has a fatal flaw is called a
tragic actor
tragic hero
tragic thane
tragic character
5
Who is the goddess of witchcraft?
Beelzebub
Graymalkin
Paddock
Hecate
6
Why can Macduff kill Macbeth?
He had no mother
He is really a woman
He was a C-section baby
He is really a witch
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The use of words and phrases more than once to emphasize ideas is called
repetition
ambivalence
enjambment
redundancy
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Excessive pride or arrogance is called
comic relief
tone
hubris
irony
9
Rhythm that has five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable is called
iambic pentameter
iambic septameter
iambic octameter
iambic hexameter
10
Who is the Thane of Glamis?
Macbeth
Ross
Macduff
Banquo
11
When the audience knows something that one or more characters don’t know it is called
verbal irony
situational irony
deceptive irony
dramatic irony
12
Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
Banquo
Siward
Seyton
13
Of whom does Duncan remind Lady Macbeth?
A saint
Her father
Jesus Christ
Her brother
14
Which is NOT a vision that the witches show Macbeth?
A bloody child
A snake
A floating head
A child holding a branch
15
Which of these are not a theme in Macbeth?
Hallucinations
Fate versus free will
Fair is foul and foul is fair
The dangers of ambition
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Which is NOT a prophecy told to Macbeth?
Beware the Ides of March
Not be vanquished until Birnham Wood moved to Dunsinane
Beware Macduff
No one born of woman could harm him
17
What does Lady Macbeth try to do in her sleep
Hide
Talk Macbeth out of killing people
Say her prayers
Wash her hands
18
Why does one witch want to harm a sailor's wife?
She didn't pay the witch for a potion
She is a bad person
She wouldn't give her some chestnuts
She called the witch a hag
19
A speech given by a character alone on stage is a called a/an
rant
soliloquy
monologue
aside
20
Type of poetry that consists of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
free verse
sonnet
blank verse
prose
21
Which is NOT a supernatural sign of the king's murder?
An owl screeching
An earthquake
Horses eating each other
A falling star
22
Whose entire family is killed?
Duncan
The Thane of Cawdor
Macduff
Banquo
23
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities is called
tone
theme
symbolism
motif
24
Recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop the text’s theme
tone
symbols
asides
motifs
25
Who is the king that Macbeth kills?
Ross
Malcolm
Duncan
Donalbain
26
Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
theme
symbol
motif
tone
27
What does Macbeth see at the banquet?
A child holding a branch
A floating head
Banquo's ghost
a dagger
28
Who says, "All my pretty ones? All my pretty chickens and their dam in one fell swoop?"
Macduff
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
29
Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
Donalbain
Fleance
Macduff
Malcolm
30
A story or play that ends with the death of the main character or characters is called a
comedy
history play
tragicomedy
tragedy
31
When a thought is not finished and continues on the next line is it called
enjambment
tone
irony
punctuation
32
Which is NOT a hallucination in the play?
"sleep no more"
bloody hands
dagger
Duncan's ghost
33
Which is NOT a prophecy told to Macbeth and Banquo?
Macbeth will be the Thane of Fife
Macbeth will be king
Banquo's children will be king
Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor
34
Questions that require no answer are called
agnostic questions
answering questions
rhetorical questions
ambivalent questions
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How does Lady Macbeth learn of the witches's prophecies?
Banquo tells her
Her servant reports it to her
Macbeth writes her a letter
She hears it from Duncan
36
An error in judgment or a character defect that ultimately leads to his or her downfall is a
fatal error
fatal issue
fatal problem
fatal flaw
37
Who is the Thane of Fife?
Ross
Banquo
Macduff
Macbeth
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Who are the first characters to appear in the play?
Macbeth and Banquo
Lennox and the Thane of Cawdor
The witches
King Duncan and Ross
