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Macbeth
1. Where does most of the story take place?
a. England
b. Scotland
c. Sweden
d. Ireland
2. How does Macbeth become the Thane of Cawdor?
a. He fights valiantly in battle for King Duncan
b. He wins it fair and square
c. He challenges the Thane of Cawdor for his title
d. He takes an army to battle for it.
3. Which is not a prediction made by the witches to Macbeth in Act I?
a. He would live happily ever after.
b. He would become the Thane of Glamis.
c. He would become the Thane of Cawdor.
d. He would become the King.
4. What did the witches do to Macbeth?
a. They put a curse on him.
b. They sent their familiars to watch over him and make mischief in
his life.
c. They wanted Macbeth for themselves.
d. They decided that he needed help and should become the King.
5. What happened when King Duncan announced that he would be
making his son, Malcolm, his predecessor?
a. The cousins had a feast in celebration.
b. Duncan planned to go to Macbeth’s house to make it official.
c. Macbeth decided that he would help Malcolm become a great
King.
d. Macbeth had murderous thoughts about King Duncan.
6. How did Lady Macbeth help her husband, Macbeth, after he killed King
Duncan?
a. She washed his clothes.
b. She took him to bed.
c. She framed the guards.
d. She gave him alcohol so he could forget the entire event.
7. _________is fearful of divine punishment because he can’t say “amen”.
a. Macbeth
b. Banquo
c. Lennox
d. Donalbain
8. _________fears that the bloody daggers will reveal who killed the King
and replaces them in the room.
a. Macbeth
b. Malcolm
c. Lady Macbeth
d. Ross
9. The dagger that Macbeth sees leading him into Duncan’s room is_____.
a. Given to him by Lady Macbeth
b. Given to him by the witches
c. Stolen from his friend, Banquo
d. Part of a hallucination
10. When Macbeth talks nervously about the murders, Lady Macbeth tells
him to __________.
a. Run-away immediately
b. Kill all the witnesses
c. Pray to God for his salvation
d. Relax and be chill
11. Malcolm seeks refuge in ____________ after his father has been
murdered.
a. His home
b. Croatia
c. His cousin’s castle
d. England
12. Donalbain is ___________________.
a. King Duncan’s servant
b. Lady Macbeth’s cousin
c. Malcolm’s brother
d. Macbeth’s arch nemesis
13. What is Lady Macbeth’s role in Macbeth’s plan to kill Banquo and
Fleance?
a. It is her idea from the beginning
b. She tries to talk him out of it
c. She introduces Macbeth to the murderers
d. She doesn’t know about it.
14. Macbeth’s plan regarding Banquo ultimately fails because __________.
a. Banquo escapes
b. Fleance escapes
c. Both Banquo and Fleance escape
d. One of the murderers gets killed.
15. Macbeth is happy and social at the banquet until ______________.
a. He gets into an argument with Lady Macbeth
b. The murderers tell him that Banquo has escaped
c. He sees a ghost
d. Fleance returns
16. When Macbeth says “Blood will have blood,” he means that _________.
a. He will have to keep killing more people
b. His son will inherit the throne
c. The witches are vampires
d. He will have to face revenge for his actions
17. When Macbeth freaks out at the banquet, Lady Macbeth___________.
a. Pretends to suffer from the same problem
b. Confesses their crimes
c. Says that Macbeth is sick and everyone should go
d. Pretends it’s a joke
18. ___________is the queen of the witches.
a. Siward
b. Hecate
c. Miranda
d. Rose Sanderson
19. McDuff has gone to ___________to ask ___________ to help him overthrow
Macbeth.
a. Scotland, Ross
b. Ireland, Lennox
c. Sweden, Santa
d. England, Malcolm
20. The witches prophesy that Banquo would be…
a. He would be king
b. He would be killed
c. His descendants would be kings
d. That he should be careful
21. Lady Macbeth did not kill Duncan because…
a. She had no dagger
b. Macbeth killed him before she had a chance
c. She could not bear the sight of blood
d. He resembled her father as he slept
22. King Duncan’s sons flee Scotland because they…
a. Planned the murder of the King, their father
b. Wanted to go on vacation
c. Fear for their lives
d. Left to collect flocks of sheep from a neighboring country
23. Macbeth hired murderers to kill_______
a. Malcolm
b. Banquo
c. Duncan
d. Ross
24. __________Says that no man born of a woman will hurt Macbeth.
a. The child with a crown and a tree branch
b. The bloody child
c. The armed head
d. Banquo’s Ghost
25. Part of the second prophesy is that Macbeth won’t be defeated until
_______________ marches on Macbeth’s castle
a. Beowulf
b. Birnam Wood
c. Grendel
d. Banquo’s ghost
26. _________tells Macduff that Macbeth has killed his family.
a. The child with a crown and a tree branch
b. Banquo’s ghost
c. The armed head
d. Ross
27. In response to Macbeth’s questions, the witches _____________.
a. Tell him everything in detail
b. Threaten to curse him
c. Show him the ghost of King Duncan
d. Show him apparitions which give him some information
28. Malcolm pretends he’s too evil to become king in order to _________.
a. Make sure that his brother becomes king
b. Avoid the responsibility of ruling Scotland
c. Fulfill the witches’ prophecy
d. Find out if Macduff is loyal
29. Macbeth finally realizes that the witches and apparitions______.
a. Told him the truth
b. Deceived him with ambiguous messages
c. Were just in his imagination
d. Were committed to his best intentions
30. _____________becomes king at the end of the play.
a. Malcolm
b. Macduff
c. Fleance
d. Ross
Congrats!
You are done with Macbeth.
