Macbeth Pre-test

Question 1

What is a gender role discussed in the play?

Accepted Answer

Courage (willpower)

Question 2

What stanza lengths is an English sonnet divided into?

Accepted Answer

3 Quatrains and a Couplet

Question 3

Which of these lines is an example of foreshadowing?

Accepted Answer

"Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep!"

Question 4

True or False. Queen Elizabeth endorsed Shakespeare's plays for 3 years before her death.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

"Fair is foul and foul is fair...." is an example of what Literary Device?

Accepted Answer

Paradox

Question 6

In order to convey importance, supernatural occurance, and scene endings Shakespeare uses what?

Accepted Answer

End Rhymes

Question 7

Which of these types of animals is mentioned most in the play?

Accepted Answer

Birds

Question 8

By the end of the play Macbeth is responsible (directly) for how many deaths?

Accepted Answer

>5

Question 9

What 2 reasons does Macbeth initially give for changing his mind about mudering Duncan?

Accepted Answer

Duncan is his relative and he just promoted him

Question 10

Macbeth's castle at the start of the play is called, what?

Accepted Answer

Inverness

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