How does Lady Macbeth's guilt materialize?

She sees and smells blood on her hands.

Which is NOT a myth about William Shakespeare?

the most performed playwright of all time

What strange occurrence foreshadowed the war that would pit Duncan's men against one another?

Duncan's beautiful horses eating one another.

Why does suspicion of murder fall on Malcolm and Donalbain?

They ran away without telling anyone.

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MACBETH Review

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1
Who were Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith?
Queen Elizabeth's cousins
royal children
characters from a play
Shakespeare's children
2
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy / Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Lady Macbeth
Witches
Lady Macduff
Hecate
3
played women's roles on the Elizabethan stage
old women
boys or young men
old men
young women
4
What should you call the play MACBETH in a theater?
The Cursed One
The Scottish Play
Macbeth
Play That Should Not Be Named
5
I fear, / Thou play'dst most foully for't
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Doctor
Banquo
6
How does Lady Macbeth's guilt materialize?
She hears voices say "Sleep no more."
She sees and smells blood on her hands.
She sees the ghost of Duncan.
She begins to drink heavily and have nightmares.
7
Which of the following is NOT a famous Shakespearean actor?
Kenneth Branagh
Richard Burbage
Laurence Olivier
Sir Francis Bacon
8
___shows Macbeth a seemingly endless line of kings.
Seyton
the falcon
Banquo's ghost
Lady Macbeth
9
publication of the First Folio
1564
1623
1616
1664
10
What color flags were flown outside Elizabethan theaters for tragedies?
red
white
purple
black
11
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new.
Malcolm
Macbeth
Macduff
Banquo
12
Which of the following is NOT an example of "fair is foul and foul is fair"?
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it.
A mousing owl killed a falcon.
Come to my woman's breast and take my milk for gall.
The instruments of darkness tell us truths.
13
That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold;
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Doctor
Ross
14
From this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand.
Lady Macbeth
Donalbain
Macbeth
Banquo
15
___tells Macbeth to beware Macduff.
the bloody child
the "armed" head
Hecate
the child with the tree
16
# of sonnets Shakespeare wrote
300
25
36
154
17
Alas, poor country! / ...It cannot / Be called our mother, but our grave...
Ross
Malcolm
Duncan
Macbeth
18
And you all know, security / Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
Hecate
Seyton
Witches
Lady Macbeth
19
a comment made in the presence of other characters but not heard by them
aside
metaphor
iambic pentameter
allusion
20
The rest is silence
Hamlet
Othello
Banquo
Hermia
21
What repeated imagery symbolizes a role or position for which someone is unsuited?
unnatural darkness
blood appearing on hands
robes/clothes that don't fit
stars losing light
22
___tells Macbeth that he won't be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle.
the "armed" head
the crowned child with a tree
Ross
the bloody child
23
Shakespeare's "lost" play
Othello
Cardenio
Chaucer
Antony and Cleopatra
24
What color flags were flown outside Elizabethan theaters for histories?
black
purple
white
red
25
___was not born of a woman, and therefore can kill Macbeth.
Lennox
Malcolm
Donalbain
Macduff
26
the profession of Shakespeare's father
clerk
teacher
lawyer
tanner/glove maker
27
By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes...
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Gentlewoman
Witches
28
First collected edition of Shakespeare's works
Grand Collection
Collected Plays
Bibliotecka
First Folio
29
What word is repeated in MACBETH over 40 times?
robes
owl
dagger
blood
30
Which person is NOT a contemporary of Shakespeare's?
Edmund Spenser
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Johnson
Sir Phillip Sidney
31
What character is not mentioned in the histories of the real Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Banquo
Ross
32
Which is NOT one of Shakespeare's "great" tragedies?
King Lear
Julius Caesar
Othello
Hamlet
33
Shakespeare's nickname
The Bard
Master
Boo
Genius
34
Which is NOT a myth about William Shakespeare?
didn't write his plays
a soldier
the most performed playwright of all time
an Italian
35
To show an unfelt sorrow is an office / Which the false man does easy.
Ross
Malcolm
Duncan
Banquo
36
What word makes its first appearance in history in Macbeth's dagger soliloquy?
assassination
ravishing
knell
clutch
37
The witches' prophecies about Banquo and his sons will probably come true because....
Macbeth decides to have mercy on Banquo.
Fleance escapes the murderers.
The murderers cannot kill either of them.
The witches are always right.
38
More needs she the divine than the physician.
Gentlewoman
Old Man
Lady Macbeth
Doctor
39
The subject of MACBETH is from the ___ century.
17th
18th
11th
19th
40
Lord what fools these mortals be!
Hermia
Helena
Oberon
Puck
41
What strange occurrence foreshadowed the war that would pit Duncan's men against one another?
The wine turning to blood at the banquet.
Duncan's beautiful horses eating one another.
The witches casting spells on innocent people.
The hare battling the lion.
42
Come you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts; unsex me here...
Lady Macduff
Lennox
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
43
Who shows disrespect for Macbeth three times to let us know he is Macbeth's enemy?
Ross
Macduff
Lennox
Lady Macbeth
44
...screw your courage to the sticking-place, / And we'll not fail.
Macbeth
Banquo
Witches
Lady Macbeth
45
Why does suspicion of murder fall on Malcolm and Donalbain?
They often fought with their father.
They were caught with bloody daggers.
They were known to be power-hungry.
They ran away without telling anyone.
46
This castle hath a pleasant seat;
Duncan
Porter
Macbeth
Seyton
47
When was Shakespeare born? April 23 ____
1970
1678
1887
1564
48
After the murder, the porter scene is used for.....
irrelevance
foreshadowing
prophecy
comic relief
49
Shakespeare's longest play
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
Henry V
The Tempest
50
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
Malcolm
Duncan
Lennox
Donalbain
51
What is carved on Shakespeare's tombstone?
a curse
a psalm
a prophecy
a prayer
52
Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
Duncan
Banquo
Macbeth
Witches
53
theater most closely associated with Shakespeare
Crown
Globe
Her Majesty's
Rose
54
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?
Macbeth
Macduff
Malcolm
Hecate
55
Which monarch was MACBETH written for?
Richard III
Henry VIII
James I
Elizabeth I
56
Why is it proper that Malcolm has the final speech of the play?
He was his father's favorite son.
He is the new King of Scotland.
He is the play's hero.
He is the lead role.
57
What color flags were flown outside Elizabethan theaters for comedies?
black
white
red
purple
58
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths.
Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
Donalbain
59
There’s husbandry in heaven; / Their candles are all out.
Old Man
Ross
Macduff
Banquo
60
Why is Malcolm cold and distant to Macduff when they meet in England?
Malcolm wants to test him.
Macduff is not to be trusted.
Malcolm is afraid of Macduff.
Malcolm thinks Macduff is a coward.
61
I have begun to plant thee, and will labor / To make thee full of growing.
Ross
Macduff
Doctor
Duncan
62
What do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth frequently request before their evil deeds?
for their wishes to be granted
milk and cookies
to be filled with blood lust
for darkness to cover their deeds
63
date the Globe burned to the ground
1564
1613
1669
1616
64
Which character did Shakespeare change to please the new king?
Banquo
Ross
Malcolm
Macduff
65
___tells Macbeth none born of woman can harm him.
Hecate
the bloody child
the crowned child with a tree
the "armed" head
66
There's daggers in men's smiles: the near in blood, / The nearer bloody.
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Donalbain
Malcolm
67
Thus with a kiss I die.
Henry III
Romeo
Juliet
Bottom
68
O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die.
Desdemona
Hermione
Juliet
Cleopatra
69
Which statement reflects a theme that things aren't always as they seem?
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
"But Macbeth is."
"What's done is done."
"Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"
70
What does Shakespeare use to symbolize the duties of royalty?
robes
night
owl
raven
71
What is Lady Macbeth's attitude toward the plan to murder King Duncan?
She is worried about consequences.
She urges Macbeth not to do it.
She is conflicted about her thoughts.
She encourages it.
72
Shakespeare died April 23, ___
1564
1616
1799
300 B.C.
73
Out damned spot! out, I say!
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Doctor
Duncan
74
Which is not a character from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM?
Puck
Bottom
Oberon
Falstaff
75
___is named the Prince of Cumberland and heir to the throne.
Macduff
Macbeth
Malcolm
Donalbain
76
Shakespeare was married to ___.
Juliet Capulet
Anna Gamblin
Jane Seymour
Anne Hathaway
77
...never at quiet! What are you? But / This place is too cold for hell.
Malcolm
Witches
Macduff
Porter
78
In the great hand of God I stand; and thence / Against the undivulged pretence I fight...
Doctor
Macduff
Banquo
Macbeth
79
Shakespeare's birthplace and hometown
London
York
Stratford-upon-Avon
Edinburgh
80
a speech performed by a character onstage alone
blank verse
onomatopoeia
simile
soliloquy
81
Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Witches
Old Man
Porter
Hecate
82
Legend says there are ___ suicides in Shakespeare's plays.
7
13
29
666
83
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Henry V
Horatio
Richard III
Puck
84
Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Donalbain
Banquo
Witches
Porter
85
Shakespeare's acting troupe was known as The King's Men and ___
The Admiral's Men
Something Rotten
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Queen's Men
86
What was the belief that only God ordained kings?
Divine Right of Kings
Prima Faccia
Freedom of the Greatest
Blood Duty
87
About how many words is Shakespeare credited with inventing?
500
1,700
30,000
none
88
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day...
Macduff
Ross
Macbeth
Ducan
89
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Hecate
90
Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o' the milk of human kindness...
Duncan
Donalbain
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth
91
Good night, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest_.
Hal
Horatio
Charles
Helena
92
unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
haiku
sonnet
tetrameter
93
Duncan's complements of the Macbeths and his comments about rewarding them are examples of...
verbal irony
omniscience
dramatic irony
situational irony
94
What incident involving Lady Macbeth points to dramatic irony?
She demands to have light around her constantly.
She calls her hand "little."
She dreams of her father.
She refuses to know about Macbeth's deeds.
95
....was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd.
Lennox
Hecate
Porter
Macduff
96
Where is Shakespeare buried?
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Westminster Abbey
St. Louis Cemetery #1
York Minster
97
Shakespeare's shortest play
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
Cymbelline
98
Receive what cheer you MAY, / The night is long that never finds the DAY.
soliloquy
hyperbole
couplet
titriad
99
My hands are of your color, but I shame / To wear a heart so white.
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Malcolm
Donalbain
100
Early on, Macbeth refers to Lady Macbeth as his ____.
most loved beauty
greatest beloved master
perfect little genius
dearest partner of greatness

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