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What do you know about the background and context of Shakespeare's Macbeth?
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Who did Shakespeare write the play for?
King James
Queen Victoria
King Henry
Queen Elizabeth
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King James published a pamphlet about witches and witchcraft in 1597 what was it called?
"The royal treatise on English witchcraft"
"Treatise of Witches and the Black Arts"
"On Witches and Demons"
"Daemonologie"
3
Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (1957) is a remake of Macbeth which takes place in what country?
Japan
Germany
Sweden
Norway
4
Which of the following is NOT a way to reverse the curse of Macbeth
Recite the witches' spell from Act 4 Scene 1
Leave, turn around 3 times, spit, knock, beg pardon
"Thrist around the circle bound, evil sink into the ground"
Recite quotations from Hamlet
5
Who was not allowed to act during Shakespeare's time?
children
women
religious officials
animals
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What did King James 1 want to unite?
England and Ireland
Catholics and Protestants
England and Scotland
England and France
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King James 1 began his official rule when he was how old?
13
18
1
21
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What is the name of the famous theatre where Shakespeare's plays were performed?
The Stratford
The Globe
The Avalon
The Orpheum
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When was the first recorded performance of Macbeth?
1606
1697
1611
1712
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Shakespeare's theatre wasn't just for the wealthy. Who else did his audience include?(select 2)
Servants
Criminals
Labourers
Nuns and Monks
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In what year does the play take place?
1060
1606
1611
1216
12
select 2 "hot topics" of the era that the play explores
The Plague
The Church
The Supernatural
Loyalty and Treason
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Which of the following is NOT a key theme in Macbeth?
Loyalty and betrayal
Motherhood
The Supernatural
Ambition
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what type of play is Macbeth?
Thriller
Tragedy
Melodrama
Comedy
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Macbeth has been remade in what formats (tick all that apply)
animation/cartoons
ballets
operas
musicals
16
Many believe the play is:
meant to be two separate plays
cursed
not actually written by Shakespeare
one of his worst plays
17
What is a soliloquy?
A group chorus in a Shakespearean play
A Shakespearean poem
When characters speaks to themselves
When one character lies to another without their knowledge
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Compared the Shakespeare's other tragedies, Macbeth is quite ?
musical
comedic
short
long
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What should we call the play whilst in a theatre?
"The Cursed play"
"Mac-B"
The Scottish play
"The witches' tragedy"
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What is the role of "stage directions" ?
They tell the actors what to do
They tell us information like when the play was written
They fill the audience in on missed action
They tell the audience the actor's inner thoughts
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Where does the play "Macbeth" take place?
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
England
