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Who is the king that Macbeth kills?
Duncan
Donalbain
Ross
Malcolm
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Why can Macduff kill Macbeth?
He is really a witch
He is really a woman
He had no mother
He was a C-section baby
3
A speech given by a character alone on stage is a called a/an
soliloquy
monologue
aside
rant
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Who says, "All my pretty ones? All my pretty chickens and their dam in one fell swoop?"
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macduff
Macbeth
5
Whose entire family is killed?
Macduff
Duncan
The Thane of Cawdor
Banquo
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When the audience knows something that one or more characters don’t know it is called
verbal irony
situational irony
deceptive irony
dramatic irony
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities is called
motif
tone
symbolism
theme
8
Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
Macduff
Donalbain
Malcolm
Fleance
9
Which is NOT a prophecy told to Macbeth and Banquo?
Banquo's children will be king
Macbeth will be king
Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor
Macbeth will be the Thane of Fife
10
What does a voice tell Macbeth he shall do no more after killing Duncan?
Live
rule
Eat
sleep
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Questions that require no answer are called
answering questions
agnostic questions
rhetorical questions
ambivalent questions
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The repetition of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related/equal importance
dramatic irony
parallelism
ambience
monologue
13
What does Macbeth see at the banquet?
A floating head
a dagger
A child holding a branch
Banquo's ghost
14
When a thought is not finished and continues on the next line is it called
punctuation
enjambment
tone
irony
15
An error in judgment or a character defect that ultimately leads to his or her downfall is a
fatal problem
fatal issue
fatal flaw
fatal error
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How does Lady Macbeth learn of the witches's prophecies?
She hears it from Duncan
Her servant reports it to her
Macbeth writes her a letter
Banquo tells her
17
Which is NOT a prophecy told to Macbeth?
No one born of woman could harm him
Beware Macduff
Beware the Ides of March
Not be vanquished until Birnham Wood moved to Dunsinane
18
Of whom does Duncan remind Lady Macbeth?
A saint
Her brother
Jesus Christ
Her father
19
Rhythm that has five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable is called
iambic hexameter
iambic pentameter
iambic octameter
iambic septameter
20
Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
motif
symbol
theme
tone
21
Type of poetry that consists of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
blank verse
prose
sonnet
free verse
22
Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
Siward
Banquo
Seyton
23
The use of words and phrases more than once to emphasize ideas is called
ambivalence
repetition
enjambment
redundancy
24
Who are the first characters to appear in the play?
Lennox and the Thane of Cawdor
Macbeth and Banquo
The witches
King Duncan and Ross
25
Which is NOT a hallucination in the play?
Duncan's ghost
"sleep no more"
dagger
bloody hands
26
Why does Malcom tell Macduff he's afraid to take up the crown?
He has many vices
He is not the true heir
Macduff would be a better leader
He is not as smart as Macbeth
27
Which is NOT a supernatural sign of the king's murder?
Horses eating each other
An owl screeching
An earthquake
A falling star
28
Who is the Thane of Fife?
Macbeth
Macduff
Ross
Banquo
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What does Lady Macbeth try to do in her sleep
Wash her hands
Say her prayers
Talk Macbeth out of killing people
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Recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop the text’s theme
asides
symbols
motifs
tone
31
Which is NOT a vision that the witches show Macbeth?
A bloody child
A snake
A floating head
A child holding a branch
32
Excessive pride or arrogance is called
irony
tone
comic relief
hubris
33
Which of these are not a theme in Macbeth?
The dangers of ambition
Hallucinations
Fate versus free will
Fair is foul and foul is fair
34
Who is the Thane of Glamis?
Macbeth
Ross
Macduff
Banquo
35
A main character of high social rank that has a fatal flaw is called a
tragic thane
tragic hero
tragic actor
tragic character
36
Why does one witch want to harm a sailor's wife?
She called the witch a hag
She is a bad person
She didn't pay the witch for a potion
She wouldn't give her some chestnuts
37
Who is the goddess of witchcraft?
Beelzebub
Graymalkin
Paddock
Hecate
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A story or play that ends with the death of the main character or characters is called a
history play
tragicomedy
tragedy
comedy
