This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Witch brags to her sister that she had a dead sailor's thumb? A) The First Witch. B) The Second Witch. C) The Third Witch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First Witch. 2. At one point, Macduff is telling Malcolm how there are so many being killed in Scotland, including women and children. At the time he is saying this, he is unaware that this includes his own wife and children. Which type of irony of this? A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 3. Which of the Thanes refuses an invitation to the celebrations at the palace? A) Angus. B) Ross. C) Macduff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland to England and Ireland because A) They fear for their own lives. B) They are unsure of whom may have committed the murder. C) They will be safer if they split up. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. In an aside in scene 3, Banquo wonders whether "the devil can speak true, " referring to statements made by A) The Thane of Ross. B) Macbeth. C) Himself. D) The witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The witches. 6. Which apparition tells Macbeth that he will not be killed by any man born of a woman? A) Armed head. B) 8 kings. C) Crowned child with tree. D) Bloody child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bloody child. 7. Why does Banquo have hope that his prophecy will come true? A) He believes Fleance would make the best king. B) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth cannot have children. C) He believes Macbeth will make Fleance his heir. D) Everything else that the witches said has come true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everything else that the witches said has come true. 8. When Macbeth hears the cry of women inside the castle, what does this noise signify? A) They have seen the enemy approach. B) That the Thanes are preparing for battle. C) That a messenger approaches. D) That the queen is dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That the queen is dead. 9. Who is not of woman born? A) Macbeth. B) Macduff. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 10. Which of the following poets does not belong to the 'Lake School'? A) Coleridge. B) Wordsworth. C) Southey. D) Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keats. 11. Where is Macbeth traveling to be crowned? A) Colmekill. B) Fife. C) Scone. D) Dublin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scone. 12. Who calls poetry "the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge" ? A) Wordsworth. B) Coleridge. C) Shelley. D) Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wordsworth. 13. Why is Siward proud of his son at the end of the play? A) His son is an honor's student. B) His son becomes king. C) His son killed Macdonwald. D) His son died fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His son died fighting. 14. How does the war go for Macbeth and Banquo in act 1 scene 2? (The bloody captain reports it) A) Badly they are losing. B) They are tied on both sides. C) Well they have vanquished their foes. D) What war? ? ? ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well they have vanquished their foes. 15. How does Lady Macbeth indicate her decline? A) She flees to England. B) She sleepwalks. C) She burns herself. D) She cries for her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sleepwalks. 16. Having no emotions or sympathy for other people A) Coldblooded. B) Inhuman. C) Bestial. D) Rutless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coldblooded. 17. Why is Banquo awake so late at night in Scene 1? A) The strange darkness of the night disturbs him. B) The sound of the clock keeps waking him. C) His restless thoughts keep him awake. D) He is never able to sleep in Macbeth's castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His restless thoughts keep him awake. 18. Who said it? "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" A) Porter. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) The doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 19. Macbeth refuses to return to leave the daggers with the servants because he A) Is too tired to move and needs sleep. B) Is afraid someone will see or hear him. C) Cannot bear to look at what he has done. D) Cannot bear the idea of committing another sinful act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannot bear to look at what he has done. 20. Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally? A) Horatio. B) Leartus. C) Forinbras. D) Polonius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polonius. 21. Who is Thane of Glamis A) Malcolm. B) Macbeth. C) Macduff. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 22. "Epipsychidion" is composed by? A) Wordsworth. B) Coleridge. C) Keats. D) Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shelley. 23. What do the witches inform you in the first scene? A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. B) Trouble is coming to the Scottish king. C) Macbeth has acted bravely in battle. D) Duncan is the king of Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. 24. The play is set in A) England. B) Scotland. C) Ireland. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scotland. 25. Who was king in England while Macbeth was king of Scotland? A) Richard the Lionheart. B) Edward Longshanks. C) Edward the Confessor. D) Henry VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward the Confessor. 26. How does Macbeth's own army behave? A) The men are ruthless warriors, reminding us of how Macbeth killed Macdonwald. B) They remain in the castle. C) They mostly don't want to fight for Macbeth and some men even join the other side. D) He never hired an army. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They mostly don't want to fight for Macbeth and some men even join the other side. 27. How many witches approach Macbeth with the prophecy? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 28. At the banquet, Banquo's ghost says, A) "Help me.". B) "Murder!". C) "Traitor!". D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nothing. 29. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins "when the hounds of spring are on winter's traces.." ? A) Atalanta in Calydon. B) A Song of Italy. C) Chastelard. D) Songs before Sunrise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atalanta in Calydon. 30. Which of the following best describes the mood of scene 1? A) Confusion and upset. B) Horror and shock. C) Uneasiness and gloom. D) Lighthearted wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uneasiness and gloom. 31. Who wrote the Tragedy of Macbeth? A) Ben Johnson. B) Patrick Stewart. C) Henry VIII. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 32. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced by the? A) Oxford Movement. B) French Revolution. C) Glorious Revolution of1688. D) Reformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French Revolution. 33. How does Macbeth "cross the threshold" ? A) Macbeth kills Duncan. B) Macbeth writes to his wife. C) Macbeth kills the guards. D) Macbeth allows Duncan to Inverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth kills Duncan. 34. After the murder, Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland because they ..... A) Have lost their inheritance. B) Are guilty to the murder. C) Fear they will be killed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear they will be killed. 35. Which of these works listed belong to Shakespeare? A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Hamlet. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 36. Why does Macbeth want to kill Banquo and Fleance? A) The witches prophecy. B) Fleance conspired to kill Macbeth. C) Lady Macbeth wants him to. D) Banquo is a traitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The witches prophecy. 37. ..... didn't go to the banquet which makes Macbeth worry about a plan against him. A) Macduff. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Ross. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 38. What news does Macbeth choose to not tell his wife after Banquo rides away from the castle? A) Banquo is coming to the banquet. B) Banquo is unaware of their evil plots thus far. C) Banquo is in alliance with them. D) He has a plan to kill Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has a plan to kill Banquo. 39. Why didn't Lady Macbeth murder King Duncan herself? A) She couldn't find a weapon. B) She isn't heartless enough. C) Macbeth got to him first. D) He looked too much like her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He looked too much like her father. 40. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare? A) King Oedipus. B) Hamlet. C) King Lear. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Oedipus. 41. At the end of the story, Macbeth is killed by: A) Macaroni. B) MacDonald. C) MacNeal. D) MacDuff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MacDuff. 42. Why does Lady Macbeth go mad? A) She catches a viral infection. B) She is haunted by ghosts. C) She sees a vision of her death. D) She feels guilt over her role in murder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She feels guilt over her role in murder. 43. Shakespeare mentions a "New Gorgan" , which references Medusa from Greek mythology. What literary technique is the author employing? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 44. What is the main idea of the sleepwalking scene in Act V? A) Evil people always get sick. B) It's hard to get over a guilty conscience. C) Wives should not be blamed for what their husbands do. D) Wives are as guilty as their husbands for evil actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's hard to get over a guilty conscience. 45. " Some born great, some achieve greatness And some have greatness thrust upon them" . Above lines are taken from which of following plays? A) Othello. B) Macbeth. C) As you like it. D) Twelfth night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twelfth night. 46. Which characters are present in Act 1, Scene 1? A) The witches. B) Macbeth and Banquo. C) Duncan and Malcolm. D) Ross and Angus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The witches. 47. In Act 4, scene 2, Lady Macduff conveys the idea that ..... A) Bad things happen to good people. B) Love wins. C) Women are weak without a husband. D) Children are annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad things happen to good people. 48. In what way did Macbeth bungle the murder? A) He killed the guards as well. B) He killed the wrong person. C) He kept the murder weapons. D) He used his own dagger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He kept the murder weapons. 49. What does Lady Macbeth do when Macbeth describes how he killed Duncan's "killers" ? A) She kills the guards in revenge. B) She faints. C) She runs away. D) She demands that Macduff find the killer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She faints. 50. What does Macbeth do when he hears Birnam Wood is marching towards him? A) Runs away. B) Calls for his armor and prepares to fight. C) Calls for the castle gates to be shut and prepares for a siege. D) Nothing, he is still too upset about Lady Macbeth's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calls for his armor and prepares to fight. 51. What is the name of Shakespeare's hometown? A) Stratford-upon-Avon. B) Canterbury. C) Exeter. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon. 52. Where does Act 2 take place? A) Macbeth's castle. B) Duncan's castle. C) Ross's castel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth's castle. 53. According to Macduff, why does he want to kill Macbeth himself? A) To avenge the death of his wife and children. B) So that he can become King himself. C) So that he can become best friends with Malcolm. D) To get revenge against the witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To avenge the death of his wife and children. 54. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? " A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth. 55. Malcolm pretends that he is too evil to become king in order to: A) Avoid ruling Scotland. B) See if Macduff is loyal. C) Fulfill the witches' prophecy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See if Macduff is loyal. 56. When Act III begins, Banquo says that he suspects ..... A) Macbeth killed Duncan. B) He will one day be king. C) He will not be attending the banquet that evening. D) Macbeth plans to kill him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth killed Duncan. 57. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth? A) He was born from Cesarean section. B) He was born from a spell from a witch. C) He was much more skilled at fighting than Macbeth. D) Macduff was given a special sword from the witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was born from Cesarean section. 58. Graham Greene's novels are marked by? A) Protestantism. B) Paganism. C) Catholicism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catholicism. 59. Who goes to wake King Duncan? A) Macduff. B) Banquo. C) Macbeth. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 60. Malcolm fled to this country after his father's death A) Ireland. B) England. C) Wales. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. ← 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