This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many apparitions appear in front of Macbeth? A) Two. B) Four. C) One. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 2. Macbeth's tragic flaw is ..... A) Fear. B) Wickedness. C) Doubt. D) Ambition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambition. 3. Lady Macbeth has developed a pattern of A) Walkingand talking in her sleep. B) Keepinga lit candle nearby. C) Wringingand "washing" her hands. D) Allof these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allof these. 4. When a character speaks on stage alone is called a(n) A) Speech. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 5. What major conflict do we see in Act 1? A) Lady Macbeth's struggle with her ambition and conscience. B) Universal laws against murder vs individual ambition. C) Macbeth's struggle with his conscience and ambition. D) Personal ambition vs the greater good of the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth's struggle with his conscience and ambition. 6. Why is the roof of the Globe Theatre open? A) To provide light for the plays. B) To clean out the theatre after the messy guests. C) To air out the plague. D) For acoustics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide light for the plays. 7. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled? A) 'First Impressions'. B) 'False Impressions'. C) 'Last Impressions'. D) 'True Impressions'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'First Impressions'. 8. Why does Lady Macbeth think that Macbeth will not be able to kill King Duncan? A) His nature is too kind. B) He does not have the ambition to be King. C) He is not smart enough to pull it off. D) He is not strong enough to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His nature is too kind. 9. In Act 1 who says "Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air" A) Banquo. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macbeth. D) The 3 Witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The 3 Witches. 10. To which two characters do the witches make a prophecy in Act One? A) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. B) Macbeth and Duncan. C) Malcom and Banquo. D) Macbeth and Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth and Banquo. 11. What does Macbeth see on the dagger? A) Water. B) Tarquin's strides. C) Blood. D) A wolf's fur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. 12. Who invented the term 'Sprung rhythm'? A) Tennyson. B) Browning. C) Wordsworth. D) Hopkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hopkins. 13. Macbeth most likely brings the bloody daggers to Lady Macbeth because he ..... A) Needs to show how easy the deed was for him. B) Has to prove that he has murdered Duncan. C) Wants to frighten her for encouraging him. D) Feels distressed and shocked at his actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feels distressed and shocked at his actions. 14. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton's? A) Sense of injured merit. B) Hatred of tyranny. C) Spirit of revolt. D) All these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spirit of revolt. 15. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair, " is said by the witches. It is a riddle-like phrase that seems contradictory is also known as a(n) ..... A) Analogy. B) Paradox. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 16. What does Banquo suspect Macbeth of? A) Banquo suspects Macbeth of plotting his murder. B) Banquo suspects Macbeth of murdering the king. C) Banquo suspects Macbeth of stealing money from the king. D) Banquo suspects Macbeth of sending the kings sons away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banquo suspects Macbeth of murdering the king. 17. Where is Duncan planning to visit? A) St. Paul's Cathedral. B) Inverness Castle. C) Tower of London. D) Kilkenny Castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverness Castle. 18. Where is the play primarily set? A) Ireland. B) England. C) Scotland. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotland. 19. In this monologue, Macbeth depicts life as A) A worthless, meaningless existence. B) A hopeful future of reigning as the King of Scotland. C) Dull, and the only way to make it interesting is to put actors to death. D) A candle he has burned at both ends, and he's ready to retire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A worthless, meaningless existence. 20. What feeling does Banquo express about Macbeth? A) Jealousy. B) Loyalty. C) Sadness. D) Suspicion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspicion. 21. At the end of the play who will become the King of Scotland? A) Ross. B) Siward. C) Malcom. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malcom. 22. I would, while it (a baby) was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this. A) Macduff. B) Macbeth. C) Malcolm. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lady Macbeth. 23. At the start of a tragic play, a tragic hero is ..... A) Evil. B) Rich. C) Noble. D) Undecided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noble. 24. What is an obstacle with Macbeth becoming King? A) Lady Macbeth is against it. B) King Duncan is against it. C) King Duncan appoints his son prince of Cumberland. D) Banquo knows of his evil plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Duncan appoints his son prince of Cumberland. 25. Which apparition told Macbeth that he will never be vanquished until Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane? A) Bloody child. B) Armed head. C) 8 kings. D) Crowned child with tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crowned child with tree. 26. What is Macbeth's tragic flaw? A) Ambition. B) Hatred. C) Envy. D) Lack of a conscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambition. 27. "This castle has a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses." In view of what happens later, this speech by King Duncan as he enters Macbeth's castle is an example of A) Allusion. B) Dramatic irony. C) Paradox. D) Prophesy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 28. What happens to Macduff's family after he flees to England? A) They go into hiding. B) The flee to England. C) They go to see Macbeth. D) They are murdered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are murdered. 29. Other than Duncan, who else does Lady Macbeth mention in her sleepwalking state? A) The doctor. B) Fleance. C) The gentlewoman. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banquo. 30. What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? A) She is crying and tearing at her clothes. B) She is sleepwalking and talking about the murders. C) She is singing and dancing down the halls of the castle. D) She is making brownies for their company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is sleepwalking and talking about the murders. 31. Who find's Duncan's body in the morning? A) Macduff. B) Lennox. C) The Porter. D) Angus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 32. Which woman, presumably, took her own life? A) Lady Duncan. B) Lady Macduff. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Lady Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lady Macbeth. 33. What does Lady Macbeth plan after finding out about the prophecy? A) A letter back to Macbeth. B) New legislation. C) A feast. D) The murder of Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The murder of Duncan. 34. What is Malcolm doing in England? A) He is consulting people about raising an army against Macbeth. B) He is collecting officials for a trial against Macbeth. C) He is in hiding from hired murderers. D) He is being crowned as the Prince of Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is consulting people about raising an army against Macbeth. 35. Who said it? "There's daggers in men's smiles." A) Lady Macbeth. B) Macbeth. C) Donalbain. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donalbain. 36. Why does Macbeth say he is not afraid? A) His castle is built to withstand a siege. B) He has more soldiers than the rebel Thanes. C) He believes the witches' prophecy means no man can harm him. D) His bravery is legendary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He believes the witches' prophecy means no man can harm him. 37. Who is the first person to see King Duncan dead after he was murdered by Macbeth? A) Macduff. B) Malcolm. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 38. Why are the witches important? A) They describe the setting. B) They explain the history of the battle. C) They introduce all of the characters. D) They foreshadow events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They foreshadow events. 39. Now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his hands; Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach. Those he commands move only in command, nothing in love. What does upbraid mean? A) Believe in. B) Climb upon. C) Confused by. D) Find fault with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Find fault with. 40. What does the doctor recommend Lady Macbeth needs to be healed? A) Strong medication. B) A physician. C) A priest. D) Her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A priest. 41. Who does Lady Macbeth want to frame for Duncan's murder? A) Donalbain. B) Malcolm. C) The servants. D) The guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guards. 42. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of? A) Keats. B) Wordsworth. C) Shelley. D) Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keats. 43. What do the witches predict in Act 1 scene 3 for Macbeth? A) Beware Macduff. B) He will be king. C) The woods will move. D) His children will be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will be king. 44. Why is Lady MACDUFF upset when the reader first meets her? A) She is King Duncan's sister and misses him. B) Her husband left her and her child defenseless. C) Macduff was killed by Macbeth. D) She knows that Macbeth is going to attack her town of Fife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her husband left her and her child defenseless. 45. What do Macbeth and Banquo see that is supernatural? A) Three witches. B) A big storm. C) A letter. D) A bloody battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three witches. 46. In Scene 5, lines 13-14, Lady Macbeth says Macbeth's nature is "too full o' th' milk of human kindness." She means that he lacks A) Enough cruelty to kill the king. B) Respect for her opinions and feelings. C) Ambition to be greater than he is. D) The qualities to be a good king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enough cruelty to kill the king. 47. The theme of Tennyson's Poem 'The Princess' is? A) Queen Victoria's coronation. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Women's Education and Rights. D) Rise of Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women's Education and Rights. 48. William Morel in Sons and Lovers is drawn after? A) Lawrence's father. B) Lawrence's brother. C) Lawrence himself. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 49. Throughout Act I, Macbeth's plans and actions seem to be motivated most of all by A) His lust for wealth. B) His wife's encouragement. C) The support of the witches. D) The advice of Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His wife's encouragement. 50. In ..... year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place: A) 15598. B) 1996. C) 1597. D) 1595. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1597. 51. When the actor talks directly to the audience ..... A) Comedy. B) Dialogue. C) Aside. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aside. 52. Macduff says that Macbeth's actions show his "boundless intemperance." Intemperance means ..... A) Lack of restraint. B) Exhaustion. C) Terrible guilt. D) Unfairness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of restraint. 53. Who was the King that Malcolm went to stay with in England? A) Aethelbert the unready. B) Edward the confessor. C) James I & VI. D) Charles I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edward the confessor. 54. What do the stage directions indicate about what happens to Macbeth's body? A) His head is decapitated. B) He is stabbed in the back. C) His body will be fed to the birds. D) He is stabbed in the side. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His head is decapitated. 55. Which of the following symbols in Scene ii signals that King Duncan's murder has been accomplished? A) The knocking at the south entry. B) The words spoken by Malcolm and Donalbain. C) The owl's scream and the crickets' cries. D) The voice Macbeth hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The owl's scream and the crickets' cries. 56. The phrase 'Pathetic fallacy' is coined by? A) John Ruskin. B) Milton. C) Carlyle. D) Coleridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Ruskin. 57. Macbeth was written in 1605 in response to what event in England? A) The Death of Elizabeth I. B) The Magna Carta. C) The Beheading of Anne Boleyn. D) The Gunpowder Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gunpowder Plot. 58. "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." The line given above occurs in A) Henry IV, Pt I. B) Hamlet. C) Twelfth Night. D) The Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 59. Ross tells Lady Macduff to A) Pull herself together and trust her husband. B) Leave her husband and save herself. C) Join the fight against Macbeth and become a soldier. D) Give her son over to the army and let him fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull herself together and trust her husband. 60. Who is the first person to discover Duncan's body? A) Macduff. B) Ross. C) Banquo. D) The Porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. ← 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