This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hecate was angry with The Witches for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: A) She (Hecate) was not included. B) They did not pray to her before delivering the prophecy. C) They interfered with Fate. D) They gave Macbeth the prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They did not pray to her before delivering the prophecy. 2. Lady Macbeth demonstrates that she is shocked by Duncan's death by A) Asking for help. B) Staying in her bedroom. C) Screaming out loud. D) Pretending to faint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretending to faint. 3. Why does Lady Macbeth choose not to kill King Duncan herself? A) She thinks the king, as he sleeps, looks like her father. B) The witches said she should not. C) She thinks Macbeth should do it to prove he is a strong leader. D) She does not believe a woman should kill a king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She thinks the king, as he sleeps, looks like her father. 4. How do Malcolm and Donalbain react to their father's murder? A) They kill the guards. B) They cry and curse his murderer. C) Malcolm claims the throne, and Donalbain vows loyalty. D) They flee, fearing for their own safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They flee, fearing for their own safety. 5. Why doesn't Lady Macbeth want to kill Duncan? A) She hates the sight of blood. B) She doesn't want to lose her soul. C) She's not strong enough to stab him. D) He looks too much like her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He looks too much like her father. 6. The title of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus' means? A) Religious Scripture. B) Seaside Resort. C) Tailor Repatched. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tailor Repatched. 7. In Act V, which of the following represents the resolution of the plot? A) Macduff kills Macbeth. B) Macbeth vows to fight. C) Lady Macbeth dies. D) Macbeth kills Young Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff kills Macbeth. 8. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he first encounters the Three Witches? A) Mercutio. B) Macduff. C) Banquo. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 9. Who is the queen of the witches that reprimands the other three weird sisters for dealing with Macbeth? A) Helen. B) Hecuba. C) Hellkite. D) Hecate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hecate. 10. Three apparitions appear to Macbeth in Act IV. Which of the following do they predict? A) Banquo and Duncan will seek revenge on Macbeth. B) Macbeth should fear Macduff. C) Birnam Wood will come to Fife. D) Macbeth will lose the battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth should fear Macduff. 11. In his soliloquy before the murder, what does Macbeth imagine he sees in front of him? A) Malcom's face. B) Duncan's crown. C) A dagger. D) Banquo's ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dagger. 12. Who was the second monarch to rule during Shakespeare's lifetime? A) Elizabeth II. B) James I. C) Henry VII. D) Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James I. 13. What does Macbeth's soliloquy (long speech revealing his thoughts) in Scene 7 reveal? A) Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth is a coward. B) Macbeth has second thoughts about the plan. C) The peole of Scotland love and praise Duncan. D) Macbeth worries that his evil deed will backfire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth has second thoughts about the plan. 14. What vision does Macbeth see on his way to murder Duncan? A) A floating sword. B) A floating dagger. C) A floating spear. D) A floating axe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A floating dagger. 15. A(n) ..... is a character's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other characters on stage. A) Soliloquy. B) Ballad. C) Aside. D) Aural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aside. 16. Which character does NOT appear in Act IV? A) MacBeth. B) Lady MacBeth. C) Macduff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady MacBeth. 17. What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death? A) It was the same day King James I died. B) It was his birthday. C) It was the same day his son died. D) It was Christmas day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was his birthday. 18. Why is Lady Macduff upset? A) Her husband has joined forces with Macbeth. B) Her husband has become a bird. C) Her husband has left with no notice. D) Her husband has left her for another woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her husband has left with no notice. 19. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was not influenced by? A) Matthew Arnold. B) Ruskin. C) The Pre-Raphaelites. D) Pater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matthew Arnold. 20. What crazy thing does Lady Macbeth say she would do to become queen? A) Kill herself. B) Kill Duncan. C) Kill Macbeth. D) Kill her own child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kill her own child. 21. What does Macbeth hear a voice saying? A) "Out, damned spot.". B) That he murdered sleep. C) "Out, out, brief candle.". D) That by a pricking of his thumbs "something wicked this way comes". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That he murdered sleep. 22. Which characters does the play begin with? A) Duncan, Malcolm, and Donalbain. B) The Three Witches. C) Macbeth and Banquo. D) Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Three Witches. 23. Hecate directs the witches to present illusions that will make Macbeth feel: A) Guilty. B) Overconfident. C) Innocent. D) Insecure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overconfident. 24. Banquo says that he will follow Macbeth as long as A) He doesn't have to kill the king. B) So long as Macbeth's plan does not involve him losing honor or betraying Scotland. C) His kids will one day get to be king. D) MacDuff is killed alongside King Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So long as Macbeth's plan does not involve him losing honor or betraying Scotland. 25. The most notable characteristic of Keats' poetry is? A) Sensuality. B) Social reform. C) Sensuousness. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensuousness. 26. In Act 2, Scene 1 Why is Banquo up late? A) He was awakened by voices saying, "Macbeth murdered sleep.". B) He senses something bad will happen to Duncan that night. C) He had nightmares about the witches. D) He stays up late to talk to Macbeth about the witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had nightmares about the witches. 27. Where did Macbeth call home before he became king? A) Inverness. B) Scone. C) Fife. D) Forress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inverness. 28. What's the weather at the opening of the play? A) Rainy, dark and cold. B) Humid and stormy. C) Warm and sunny. D) Partly cloudy and rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy, dark and cold. 29. What is one possible "fault" of the downfall of Macbeth? A) All of the above. B) The Supernatural. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Macbeth's ambition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 30. Shakespeare uses contrasts between characters to show that ..... A) Malcolm is wiser than his father. B) Banquo has more morals than Macbeth. C) Lady Macbeth acts before she thinks. D) All of the choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the choices. 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? A) The noble Kinsman. B) Measure for measure. C) Merry wives of Windsor. D) The two gentle men of Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The two gentle men of Verona. 32. In which way does Macbeth display a change in character? A) He consults Lady Macbeth about the murder of Banquo. B) He does not consult Lady Macbeth about the murder of Banquo. C) He tries to end the killing. D) He congratulates Banquo that his son will be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He does not consult Lady Macbeth about the murder of Banquo. 33. What does Macbeth feel that Banquo stripped him of? A) His title as king. B) His victory in battle. C) His pride. D) His lineage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His lineage. 34. What does Macduff reveal to Macbeth while they fight? A) He has wanted to be king for years. B) He loves Lady Macbeth. C) They are brothers. D) He was untimely born by a c-section. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was untimely born by a c-section. 35. The witches give us all of the following prophesies in Act I EXCEPT ..... A) Macbeth will be king. B) Banquo's sons will be king. C) Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor. D) Beware of Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beware of Macduff. 36. Macbeth shows his ambition and curiosity about becoming king in Scene 3 when he A) Listens to Banquo describe the witches. B) Invites Duncan to come to his home. C) Questions the witches about the prophecy. D) Defeats many people in battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Questions the witches about the prophecy. 37. What important role do the witches play in Act I? A) They introduce the other characters. B) They help define the setting. C) They foreshadow events. D) They provide historical background. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They foreshadow events. 38. Lady Macbeth's plan to kill Duncan includes which of the following: A) Pushing Duncan from the tower. B) Poisoning Duncan. C) Strangling Duncan in his sleep. D) Getting the guards drunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Getting the guards drunk. 39. Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff? A) The merry wives of Windsor. B) Troilus and Cressida. C) King John. D) Titus Andronicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The merry wives of Windsor. 40. As a result of his guilt, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo. What literary element does this event illustrate? A) Climax. B) Internal conflict. C) External conflict. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 41. Which of Shakespeare's characters exclaims; 'Brave, new, world!'? A) Ferdinand. B) Antonio. C) Miranda. D) Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miranda. 42. What is the primary emotion that Macbeth feels after murdering King Duncan? A) Pride. B) Fear. C) Relief. D) Guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guilt. 43. What does Lady Macbeth mean when she asks the spirits to "unsex " her? A) Rid her of feminine traits. B) She wants to divorce Macbeth. C) She wants to die. D) She doesn't want to have children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rid her of feminine traits. 44. Macbeth ends with ..... A) Macbeth taking the Scottish throne. B) A bloody head. C) Macbeth committing suicide because he thinks Lady Macbeth is dead. D) Two people reuniting in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bloody head. 45. When does Macbeth begin to think about murdering Duncan? A) He never considers killing the king. B) When Lady Macbeth suggests it. C) As soon as he learns he is the Thane of Cawdor. D) As soon as he hears the witches' prophesy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soon as he learns he is the Thane of Cawdor. 46. "Out, damned spot!" A) Macbeth. B) Malcolm. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lady Macbeth. 47. Who said it? "Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires" A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Ross. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth. 48. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like? A) Bingley. B) Wickham. C) Mr. Bennet. D) Darcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Darcy. 49. When Lady Macbeth is able to change Macbeth's mind in regard to killing Duncan, it illustrates that: A) Macbeth is a weak, easily swayed, man. B) She is very manipulative. C) Evil spirits are helping her do what she needs to do. D) Macbeth should've married someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is very manipulative. 50. How many murderers are involved in killing Banquo? A) 3. B) 5. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 51. A fight between groups of soldiers during a war A) A battle. B) A fight. C) An engagement. D) A conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A battle. 52. Who is killed at the end of Scene 2? A) Macduff. B) Fleance. C) Macduff's son. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff's son. 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 ..... A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Pathetic fallacy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathetic fallacy. 54. Wordsworth calls himself 'a Worshipper of Nature' in his poem A) The Solitary Reaper. B) The Prelude. C) Immortality Ode. D) Tintern Abbey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tintern Abbey. 55. What word could Macbeth not say in return to the guards sleepy prayer? A) Hallelujah. B) Amen. C) Hosanna. D) Aye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amen. 56. What does Lady Macbeth say about the blood on her hands? A) It should be worn as a badge of honor. B) It will wash off easily. C) It will stain the seas. D) It will someday come off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It will wash off easily. 57. "It is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing." A) Angus. B) Macbeth. C) Macduff. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 58. Malcolm and Donalbain decided to leave Scotland because A) They were afraid they might be killed next or be suspected. B) They suspected that the other brother did it. C) They had committed the murder. D) They didn't want to choose the next king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were afraid they might be killed next or be suspected. 59. Who escapes the murderers hired by Macbeth? A) Ross. B) Fleance. C) Lady Macduff. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fleance. 60. When the 2nd witch says, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" , ..... enters. A) Macbeth. B) Hecate. C) Donalbain. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesMacbeth Quiz 1Macbeth Quiz 2Macbeth Quiz 3Macbeth Quiz 4Macbeth Quiz 5Macbeth Quiz 6Macbeth Quiz 7Macbeth Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books