Intro to Drama and Macbeth

Question 1

Macbeth wants to kill Banquo because the witches predicted that Banquo's descendants would be kings.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The play Romeo and Juliet followed all the classical unities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Which of the following Greek words means "excessive pride"?

Accepted Answer

Hubris

Question 4

Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Macbeth lies to Banquo and tells him that he never thinks about the witches and prophecy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Lady Macduff's guilty conscience has led her to

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sleepwalking while discussing the murders of Duncan and Banquo

Question 7

Malcolm orders his troops to

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cut off boughs of trees to use as camouflage

Question 8

What does Macduff bring Malcolm after the fighting is over?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth's severed head

Question 9

Macbeth has no fear of the forces of Malcolm and Siward because

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he believes the witches' predictions mean he has nothing to worry about

Question 10

Actors in Greek drama wore masks to express emotion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Macbeth's first title is the Thane of Glamis.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Most scholars believe that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth after

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King James I became his patron

Question 13

What kind of play was performed in the church or on the church steps?

Accepted Answer

Miracle plays

Question 14

What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?

Accepted Answer

Ambition

Question 15

What kind of king is King Duncan?

Accepted Answer

He values bravery and loyalty

Question 16

Banquo is set up as the mythical/historical ancestor for King James I.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What is an antagonist?

Accepted Answer

person working against the main character

Question 18

What is a tragedy?

Accepted Answer

a play that traces the main character's downfall

Question 19

What is the painted back wall of the Greek amphitheater?

Accepted Answer

Skene

Question 20

What is an aside?

Accepted Answer

A character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character

Question 21

Who was the patron mythological god of the stage?

Accepted Answer

Dionysius

Question 22

The lives of saints, the Resurrection, the Flood and the Creation are

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Examples of Miracle plays

Question 23

What is situational irony?

Accepted Answer

When the unexpected happens

Question 24

The classical tragic hero was a person of high, noble birth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

What is a literary device where characters or events in a play symbolize other ideas or concepts?

Accepted Answer

Allegory

Question 26

Which of the following is an example of a Morality play?

Accepted Answer

Everyman and the Second Shepherd's Play

Question 27

What is a major characteristic of a tragic hero?

Accepted Answer

A tragic flaw

Question 28

What are the two main types of classical drama?

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Tragedy and Comedy

Question 29

What is a comedy?

Accepted Answer

a play that ends happily and usually contains humorous elements

Question 30

Which of the following Greek words means "emotional cleansing"?

Accepted Answer

Catharsis

Question 31

What is a Shakespearean play that chronicles the life of an English monarch?

Accepted Answer

History

Question 32

The witches tell Banquo that he will be king.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Who is considered the father of drama?

Accepted Answer

Sophocles

Question 34

What is verbal irony?

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When you say one thing and mean another

Question 35

What does Macbeth forget to do because he is so disturbed after murdering Duncan?

Accepted Answer

He forgets to leave the daggers behind

Question 36

Who was the Greek philosopher responsible for developing the basic elements of classical tragedy?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 37

What kind of plays were performed in the back of a wagon?

Accepted Answer

Morality plays

Question 38

What is a protagonist?

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the main character

Question 39

The 3 unities of ancient Greek drama were time, place, and dialogue.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

At the end of the play, Macduff becomes king of Scotland.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

Why doesn't Lady Macbeth kill Duncan herself?

Accepted Answer

He looked too much like her father

Question 42

What is dramatic irony?

Accepted Answer

When the reader or audience knows something that the characters do not know

Question 43

Greek drama utilized elaborate sets and costumes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

What is a long speech by a character while alone on the stage?

Accepted Answer

Soliloquy

Question 45

What does Macduff reveal during his fight with Macbeth?

Accepted Answer

He was untimely ripped from his mother's womb

Question 46

Seyton tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

What are the two main divisions of a play?

Accepted Answer

Acts and scenes

Question 48

What role do the three witches play in the first part of the play?

Accepted Answer

They provide foreshadowing

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