Macbeth Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Hecate was angry with The Witches for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
2. Lady Macbeth demonstrates that she is shocked by Duncan's death by
3. Why does Lady Macbeth choose not to kill King Duncan herself?
4. How do Malcolm and Donalbain react to their father's murder?
5. Why doesn't Lady Macbeth want to kill Duncan?
6. The title of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus' means?
7. In Act V, which of the following represents the resolution of the plot?
8. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he first encounters the Three Witches?
9. Who is the queen of the witches that reprimands the other three weird sisters for dealing with Macbeth?
10. Three apparitions appear to Macbeth in Act IV. Which of the following do they predict?
11. In his soliloquy before the murder, what does Macbeth imagine he sees in front of him?
12. Who was the second monarch to rule during Shakespeare's lifetime?
13. What does Macbeth's soliloquy (long speech revealing his thoughts) in Scene 7 reveal?
14. What vision does Macbeth see on his way to murder Duncan?
15. A(n) ..... is a character's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other characters on stage.
16. Which character does NOT appear in Act IV?
17. What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?
18. Why is Lady Macduff upset?
19. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was not influenced by?
20. What crazy thing does Lady Macbeth say she would do to become queen?
21. What does Macbeth hear a voice saying?
22. Which characters does the play begin with?
23. Hecate directs the witches to present illusions that will make Macbeth feel:
24. Banquo says that he will follow Macbeth as long as
25. The most notable characteristic of Keats' poetry is?
26. In Act 2, Scene 1 Why is Banquo up late?
27. Where did Macbeth call home before he became king?
28. What's the weather at the opening of the play?
29. What is one possible "fault" of the downfall of Macbeth?
30. Shakespeare uses contrasts between characters to show that .....
31. "I have no other but a woman's reason I think him so, because I think him so" Which of Shakespeare's play contain above lines?
32. In which way does Macbeth display a change in character?
33. What does Macbeth feel that Banquo stripped him of?
34. What does Macduff reveal to Macbeth while they fight?
35. The witches give us all of the following prophesies in Act I EXCEPT .....
36. Macbeth shows his ambition and curiosity about becoming king in Scene 3 when he
37. What important role do the witches play in Act I?
38. Lady Macbeth's plan to kill Duncan includes which of the following:
39. Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff?
40. As a result of his guilt, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo. What literary element does this event illustrate?
41. Which of Shakespeare's characters exclaims; 'Brave, new, world!'?
42. What is the primary emotion that Macbeth feels after murdering King Duncan?
43. What does Lady Macbeth mean when she asks the spirits to "unsex " her?
44. Macbeth ends with .....
45. When does Macbeth begin to think about murdering Duncan?
46. "Out, damned spot!"
47. Who said it? "Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires"
48. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?
49. When Lady Macbeth is able to change Macbeth's mind in regard to killing Duncan, it illustrates that:
50. How many murderers are involved in killing Banquo?
51. A fight between groups of soldiers during a war
52. Who is killed at the end of Scene 2?
53. The old man says he can not remember such a strange night as the one when Duncan is murdered. This is an example of .....
54. Wordsworth calls himself 'a Worshipper of Nature' in his poem
55. What word could Macbeth not say in return to the guards sleepy prayer?
56. What does Lady Macbeth say about the blood on her hands?
57. "It is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing."
58. Malcolm and Donalbain decided to leave Scotland because
59. Who escapes the murderers hired by Macbeth?
60. When the 2nd witch says, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" , ..... enters.