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Macbeth Act I Review
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What do we call it when writing is composed using ordinary speech?
paradox
verse
poetry
prose
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A division in a play, much like chapters in a novel
act
monologue
scene
chorus
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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"
pun
personification
parallelism
paradox
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How does Lady Macbeth manipulate her husband to kill the King?
She insults his manly pride
She tells him she will kill herself if he doesn't
She slaps him and spits in his face
She drugs him and leaves to do it herself
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a 10 syllable line divided into 5 iambic feet (U,/). Basic rhythm of Shakespeare's verse.
Illusive Pentameter
Petrarchan Sonnet
Pythagorean Pentameter
Iambic Pentameter
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Who invaded Scotland second?
Ireland
Finland
Norway
Poland
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True or False: People in Shakespeare's time thought witches were descendants of the gods.
True
False
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What throws Banquo off about the witches?
their bald heads
their beards
their red eyes
their lack of teeth
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a literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history or literature
alliteration
euphemism
allusion
hyperbole
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when two opposite terms are used together
paradox
oppositionry
reversal
oxymoron
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Where does Act I, Scene I take place?
A battlefield in Norway
A battlefield in Scotland
A battlefield in Wales
A battlefield in Ireland
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What does the King ask Lady Macbeth to do at the end of Scene 6?
Give him her hand in friendship
Give him a horse to travel to Fife
Kiss him goodnight
Kill her husband while he is sleeping
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a serious work of drama where the hero suffers catastrophe due to his own actions
tragedy
fantasy
action
comedy
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Who does Duncan declare as his heir?
Malcolm
Macduff
Macbeth
Banquo
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when the audience or reader knows something that the characters don't know
dramatic irony
fascist irony
verbal irony
figurative irony
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a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience
foil
monologue
soliloquy
aside
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When and Where was William Shakespeare born?
1506 in Ireland
1564 in England
1506 in France
1564 in Scotland
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How does Banquo react to the news brought by Ross & Angus?
apathetic
relieved
excited
apprehensive
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The stress pattern of Iambic Pentameter is?
stressed, stressed
stressed, unstressed
unstressed, unstressed
unstressed, stressed
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Which is not a play written by Shakespeare?
Crucible
Macbeth
Hamlet
Tempest
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lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience
aside
monologue
foil
soliloquy
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a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience
prose
poem
drama
dialect
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The Elizabethans believed which of these would bring good luck?
eating a cooked cow's tongue
the hand of a prisoner about to be hanged
sneezing three times in a row
leaving a door open
24
Who was Macdonwald?
Macbeth's servant boy
a traitor Macbeth killed
Lady Macbeth's Lover
Lady Macbeth's Son
25
What title is awarded to Macbeth in Scene III?
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Dublin
Thane of Fife
Thane of Cawdor
26
What historical event was connected to the writing of Macbeth?
The Lincoln Graverobbery
The Black Plague
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605
The Salem Witch Trials
27
Who/What are Graymalkin and Paddock?
a cat and a toad (familiars)
A merchant, and a messenger
Two Regions in Scotland
Two generals in the play
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Who is Macbeth initially talking to in Scene 7?
Himself
Banquo
King Duncan
His wife
29
language that works to evoke images in your mind
imagery
allusion
paradox
illusion
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Where does Scene II take place?
In Duncan's camp
In a dungeon
In Macbeth's home
In Denmark
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Who was William Shakespeare?
Queen Elizabeth's Child
Prince of Scotland
Poet/Playwright in Elizabethan England
Prince of England
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Who was the witch in Scene 3 going to torture?
Macdonwald
The woman's husband- the sailor
Ross & Angus
The woman who wouldn't give her chestnuts
33
Who invaded Scotland first?
England
France
Ireland
Denmark
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Who are the Weird Sisters?
Witches
Faeries
Wenches
Poltergeists
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What does Macbeth decide to do at the end of Act I
Request asylum in England
Kill King Duncan
Commit Suicide
Divorce his wife and get her arrested
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a character who is nearly opposite of another character; reveals stark contrast between them
valiant hero
foil
paradox
tragic hero
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What did Macbeth do to Macdonwald?
Walled him up alive in the catacombs
Stabbed him through the heart
Cut him open from his navel to his jaws
Threw him in a dungeon to rot
