This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The dagger that MacBeth sees leading him into Duncan's room is ..... A) Given to him by Lady MacBeth. B) Part of a hallucination. C) Stolen from his friend, Banquo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Part of a hallucination. 2. "The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance." This line occurs in? A) Hamlet. B) Henry IV, Pt I. C) The Tempest. D) Twelfth Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Tempest. 3. What three things does drinking provoke (according to the Porter)? A) "Sin, ill tempers, and ruin". B) "Poor health, nightmares and poverty". C) "Nose-painting, sleep and urine". D) "Fighting, hatred and trouble". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Nose-painting, sleep and urine". 4. Lady Macbeth tries to cover up Macbeth's rantings to the ghost that no one sees by ..... A) Explaining that he is tired. B) Having them removed by the guards. C) Explaining that he has an illness. D) Fainting to distract the lords. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explaining that he has an illness. 5. The royal feast ends abruptly as a result of ..... A) Macduff's absence. B) Macbeth's emotional state. C) Banquo's absence. D) Lady Macbeth's emotional state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth's emotional state. 6. Who is second Prince of Arragon in "Much ado about nothing" ? A) Balthasar. B) Leonato. C) Don John. D) Don Pedro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don Pedro. 7. One example of dramatic irony in Act III of The Tragedy of Macbeth is A) The reappearance of the witches. B) The murder of Banquo by hired killers. C) Macbeth urging Banquo to attend the feast. D) The escape of Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth urging Banquo to attend the feast. 8. The third vision tells Macbeth he can only be defeated when: A) He refuses to change. B) The hills turn to gold. C) His castle burns down. D) The forest moves to the hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The forest moves to the hills. 9. What was the name of the theater Shakespeare's plays were originally performed? A) The English Theater. B) The London Theater. C) The Globe Theater. D) The Shakespearean Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe Theater. 10. Essays of Ella are? A) Full of didactic sermonising. B) Practically autobiographical fragments. C) Remarkable for their aphoristic style. D) Satirical and critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practically autobiographical fragments. 11. Why does Lady Macduff chose not to run away? A) Because she has done nothing wrong. B) Because she wants to die. C) Because she loves her castle. D) Because she is kinda dumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she has done nothing wrong. 12. Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christ's Hospital School, London? A) Charles Lamb. B) Leigh Hunt. C) S. T. Coleridge. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Lamb. 13. Who ends up killing Macbeth? A) Malcolm kills Macbeth. B) Macduff kills Macbeth. C) No one. He doesn't die. D) Macbeth kills himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff kills Macbeth. 14. What other character is in England at this point in the play? A) Fleance. B) Malcolm. C) Donalbain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm. 15. What does Lady Macbeth give to guards to make them unconscious? A) Alcohol. B) Hearty food. C) Wine. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alcohol. 16. In the poem 'Tintern Abbey', 'dearest friend' refers to? A) Nature. B) Coleridge. C) Wye. D) Dorothy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dorothy. 17. Who believes the foretellings of the witches is evil and must be related to the devil? A) Banquo. B) Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banquo. 18. In Act I, Banquo and Macbeth are key military officers in Scotland's defeat of what country? A) England. B) Ireland. C) Norway. D) Herot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norway. 19. Why was the original Thane of Cawdor executed? A) He cheated on his wife. B) He committed treason against King Duncan and Scotland. C) He killed the Queen. D) He refused to go into battle because he was a coward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He committed treason against King Duncan and Scotland. 20. Why did Macbeth want Banquo killed in Act 3? A) Banquo was raising an army against him. B) The witches had advised him to do it. C) Lady Macbeth urged him to do it. D) He feared Banquo's descendants would be kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He feared Banquo's descendants would be kings. 21. Who said the following line, "Cure her of that./Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, /Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow" ? A) Macduff. B) Macbeth. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 22. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become which one of these? A) The Duke of Fife. B) The King of England. C) The Mayor of Killarney. D) The Thane of Cawdor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Thane of Cawdor. 23. Hamlet consist of ..... acts: A) 6. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 24. Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet A) Hazlitt. B) Coleridge. C) Charles Lamb. D) P.B. Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) P.B. Shelley. 25. Duncan's most courageous general; strong ambition to become King of Scotland A) Macduff. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macbeth. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 26. What genre of play is Macbeth? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) History. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 27. Who first suspects that Macbeth may have had something to do with the demise of Duncan? A) Fleance. B) Malcolm. C) Banquo. D) Donalbain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 28. In addition to the 3 apparitions, the witches also show Macbeth which of the following? A) The child that Lady Macbeth lost prematurely. B) A line of 8 kings and more that look like Banquo. C) His own future death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A line of 8 kings and more that look like Banquo. 29. Who is Shakespeare? A) A Dancer. B) A poet, actor and playwright. C) A house type. D) A fanatsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poet, actor and playwright. 30. In scene 1, Macbeth is clearly lying to Banquo when he says that he A) Wants Banquo's support. B) Never thinks about the witches. C) Dreams about the witches. D) Is unprepared to entertain Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never thinks about the witches. 31. What has Lady Macbeth started doing in her sleep? A) Walking. B) Talking. C) Writing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Identify the speaker of the following lines:"Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't." A) Lady Macbeth. B) Macbeth. C) Donalbain. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Macbeth. 33. Why didn't Lady Macbeth kill Duncan herself? A) He reminded him of her father. B) She is not strong enough to use the knife effectively. C) She saw in a dream that only Macbeth could commit the murder. D) It would diminish Macbeth's power if she did the killing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He reminded him of her father. 34. Name the King of England (in the play) A) Edward. B) Henry. C) George. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward. 35. Who said it? "What is thy name? " A) Macbeth. B) Angus. C) Malcolm. D) Young Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Young Siward. 36. Which of the following is NOT one of the strange phenomena that occurred the night of Duncan's murder? A) A man mysteriously went blind. B) Duncan's horses ate each other. C) It has been dark during the daytime. D) An owl killed a falcon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A man mysteriously went blind. 37. Who is the first to greet Duncan at Macbeth's castle? A) Malcolm. B) Lady Macbeth. C) A servant. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 38. When Macbeth hears the witches' prophecies, he feels all of the following EXCEPT A) A desire for more details. B) The temptation to commit murder. C) Fear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear. 39. What does Lady Macbeth claim about Macbeth before having the guests leave? A) They are out of food. B) Macbeth is ill. C) Macbeth has become too drunk. D) It is too late and they all must depart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth is ill. 40. What is the main purpose of Act III of The Tragedy of Macbeth? A) To resolve the central conflicts. B) To present the climax of the play. C) To introduce important characters. D) B.to show how Macbeth's troubles are growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B.to show how Macbeth's troubles are growing. 41. Following are the characters of: Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius A) Timon of Athens. B) Cymbeline. C) Coriolanus. D) Winter's tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timon of Athens. 42. After the visions, Macbeth sees: A) The ghost of people he's murdered. B) Fleance murdering him. C) Kings, with Banquo at the end. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kings, with Banquo at the end. 43. The opposite of what should be A) Simile. B) Foreshadowing. C) Characterization. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 44. What country does Macbeth take place in? A) Scotland. B) England. C) America. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scotland. 45. He becomes Thane of Cawdor A) Macduff. B) Macbeth. C) Ross. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 46. Who discovers Duncan's dead body A) Duncan's servants. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Lady Macduff. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macduff. 47. Which of the following is not true? A) Scotland is at war with an invader. B) The thane of Cawdor is a traitor. C) Duncan has a male heir named Malcolm. D) Duncan and Macbeth are brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan and Macbeth are brothers. 48. Where does Macduff call home? A) Scone. B) Dunsinane. C) Fife. D) Inverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fife. 49. What does the Gentlewoman report in Scene 1 that Lady Macbeth does in her sleep? A) Receives messages from Macbeth. B) Look for something. C) Open someone's letters. D) Write a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write a letter. 50. What are Malcolm and Macduff bringing to Scotland? A) 20, 000 Welsh soldiers and Old Siward. B) 10, 000 Irish soldiers and Old Siward. C) 10, 000 English soldiers and Old Siward. D) 20, 000 Scottish soldiers and Old Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10, 000 English soldiers and Old Siward. 51. In the play's first act, Duncan's attitude toward Macbeth is best described as ..... A) Respectful and kind. B) Suspicious and aloof. C) Ungrateful and rude. D) Gracious and forgiving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respectful and kind. 52. In Act 3, what is the reason Lady Macbeth gives to the dinner guests for Macbeth's odd behavior? A) Guilt over Duncan's death. B) Mental breakdown. C) A recurring illness. D) Food poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A recurring illness. 53. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth intend on getting away with killing King Duncan? A) Make it seem like he died from natural causes. B) Make it seem like suicide. C) Make it seem like he deserved what happened. D) Make it seem like someone else murdered him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make it seem like someone else murdered him. 54. What does 'I' stand for in the following line? 'To Carthage then I came' A) Buddha. B) Smyrna Merchant. C) Augustine. D) Tiresias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddha. 55. Who said it? "And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence." A) Macbeth. B) Banquo. C) Angus. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banquo. 56. At the end of Act II, who will be crowned king? A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Macbeth. D) Donalbain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 57. This character fears being falsely framed for murdering Duncan and fleas to England A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Donaldbain. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 58. The end of Act IV foreshadows an important conflict between A) Macbeth and Macduff. B) Malcolm and Ross. C) Macbeth and his wife. D) Macduff and Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth and Macduff. 59. What is the main purpose of Act IV? A) To foreshadow the death of Macduff's family. B) To foreshadow the fall of Macbeth. C) To foreshadow Malcolm's future. D) To foreshadow the rise of Banquo's son, Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To foreshadow the fall of Macbeth. 60. How does Lady Macbeth most likely die? A) Macduff probably kills her out of revenge. B) She probably dies from sheer exhaustion. C) The doctor probably puts her out of her misery with medicine. D) She probably commits suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She probably commits suicide. ← 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