This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The voice that tells Macbeth "Sleep no more! Macbeth has murdered sleep!" is saying that A) Someone has witnessed Duncan's murder. B) Macbeth will never again have a clear conscience. C) Duncan will never awaken from his "sleep". D) Macbeth murdered Duncan in his sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth will never again have a clear conscience. 2. This monarch was ruling England when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth: A) Henry IV. B) James I. C) Richard I. D) George IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James I. 3. What is Lady Macbeth's plan for killing Duncan? A) Drug the guards and go in the room and stab him. B) Overpower the guards and kill Duncan in hand to hand combat. C) Poison Duncan at the banquet. D) Turn Malcolm against him and get him to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drug the guards and go in the room and stab him. 4. Which statement is most true about Act 3 of Macbeth? A) Macbeth still shows nervousness about killing. B) Lady Macbeth must still urge Macbeth to protect the throne. C) Macbeth now takes the initiative to do evil deeds. D) Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to raise an army. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth now takes the initiative to do evil deeds. 5. What word does Malcolm use to describe Lady Macbeth? A) Fiend-like. B) Evil. C) Vicious. D) Witch-like. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiend-like. 6. Who becomes king when Macbeth dies? A) Malcolm. B) Fleance. C) Macduff. D) Donalbain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 7. Who also fought bravely with Macbeth in the battle at the beginning of the play? A) King Duncan. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Banquo. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 8. The Chartist Movement sought? A) Political rights for women. B) Protection of the political rights of the working class. C) Protection of the political rights of the middle class. D) Recognition of chartered trading companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection of the political rights of the working class. 9. Othello gave Desdemona .....as a token of love: A) Ring. B) Handkerchief. C) Pendant. D) Bengals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handkerchief. 10. ..... says that no man born of woman will hurt Macbeth. A) The child with a crown and a tree branch. B) Banquo's ghost. C) The armed head. D) The bloody child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bloody child. 11. Who does Duncan meet as he sets up camp at the beginning of the play? A) Malcolm. B) A wounded soldier. C) Donalbain. D) A messenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A wounded soldier. 12. Duncan names Malcolm as prince of A) Dunsinane. B) Inverness. C) Cumberland. D) Fife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cumberland. 13. According to the Three Witches, who will be king? A) Only Macbeth. B) Macbeth, and Banquo's future heirs. C) Macbeth and his heirs. D) Only Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth, and Banquo's future heirs. 14. Which of the following describes Lady Macbeth's death (in the play)? A) She dies offstage. B) She falls on Macbeth's sword. C) She sleepwalks off a wall. D) She is shot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She dies offstage. 15. Macbeth tries to reassure himself that Malcolm and Macduff are not a threat to him because they ..... A) Are far away in England. B) Do not have the military power that he has. C) Have fled because of fear. D) Are both "of woman born". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are both "of woman born". 16. "The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now? "Who is the Thane of Fife? A) Malcolm. B) Lennox. C) Ross. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macduff. 17. ..... has a happy ending and a theme or motif that involves overcoming adversity. A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) History. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 18. Why didn't Lady Macbeth just kill the king herself? A) Someone walked in on her about to kill him. B) She wanted Macbeth to do it by himself. C) She changed her mind. D) He looked too much like her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He looked too much like her father. 19. "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale." Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night? A) Duke Orsino. B) Malvolio. C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek. D) Sir Toby Belch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Toby Belch. 20. The 3rd apparition tells Macbeth that he has nothing to fear until Birnam Wood marches up Dunsinane Hill to fight him. What does this apparition look like? A) An armed head. B) A line of kings resembling Banquo. C) A crowned child holding a tree. D) A bloody child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A crowned child holding a tree. 21. The setting of Macbeth take place in ..... A) England. B) Norway. C) Ireland. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scotland. 22. While hallucinating, Macbeth starts ranting using a lexical field of black magic. Who does he name as the pale goddess of the witches? A) Nicneven. B) Hecate. C) Diana. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecate. 23. Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is a, what? A) A traitor. B) A liar. C) A violent person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A traitor. 24. When does Macbeth say his wife should have died? A) Hereafter. B) Before she persuaded him to take Duncan's life. C) Years ago. D) After the battle has ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hereafter. 25. Whom does Macbeth plan to meet the day after the banquet? A) Lennox. B) The Witches. C) Macduff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Witches. 26. What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to do almost immediately after learning of Duncan's murder? A) Fight each other for the crown. B) Hide their grief from everyone. C) Run away to protect themselves. D) Avenge their father's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run away to protect themselves. 27. Before Macbeth makes his first appearance, we learn about his ..... A) Bravery. B) Great power. C) Ambition. D) Superstitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bravery. 28. The witches in Scene 1 inform the audience that A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. B) There is trouble in Scotland. C) Macbeth has acted bravely in battle. D) There will be a new king of Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. 29. In Act III, what is the actual cause of Macbeth's irrational behavior at the banquet? A) His guilty conscience. B) Too much to drink. C) A sudden illness. D) A lack of sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His guilty conscience. 30. Come, you spiritsThat tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-fullOf direst cruelty! A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 31. Who does Duncan name to succeed him as king? A) Donalbain. B) Malcolm. C) Macbeth. D) Thane of Glamis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm. 32. What word can Macbeth not say? A) Sleep. B) Murder. C) Duncan. D) Amen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amen. 33. Why does Lady Macbeth kill herself? A) She cannot bear her guilt. B) She knows Macbeth will lose his crown. C) She is afraid of Macbeth. D) She is under attack by Malcolm's army. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She cannot bear her guilt. 34. Identify the speaker: "it is concluded. Banquo thy sould's flight/ if it find heaven, must find it tonight" A) Fleance. B) Macbeth. C) First Murderer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 35. What must Lady Macbeth have by her bed at all times? A) A lit candle. B) A Bible. C) A glass of water. D) A sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lit candle. 36. Macbeth was considered a ..... for his victories in battle. A) Hero. B) Coward. C) King. D) Witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hero. 37. Who brings Macbeth the news that Lady Macbeth is dead? A) Angus. B) Ross. C) Fleance. D) Seyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seyton. 38. Who is the King of Scotland? A) Poldark. B) Duncan. C) James. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duncan. 39. Goes to Ireland to escape danger A) Donalbain. B) Ross. C) Macduff. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donalbain. 40. " ..... dreams that shake us nightly ..... " is an example of: A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 41. Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence? A) The White Peacock. B) The Trespasser. C) Sons and Lovers. D) Women in Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The White Peacock. 42. Who wrote this play? A) BIll Shakey. B) Willam Shaksepeere. C) Will. I. Am Shakesperae. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 43. What special honor does Malcolm give to those Thanes who remained loyal to him after they defeat Macbeth? A) Dukes. B) Lords. C) Knighthood. D) Earls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earls. 44. Which of the following is symbolic of future problems for Scotland? A) The horses turned wild and ate each other. B) Macbeth is being crowned king. C) Macduff is going to Fife. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The horses turned wild and ate each other. 45. Scenes indicate ..... A) Change of subject. B) Change of location. C) Introduction of new characters. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. Why does Macduff say the prophecy protecting him from "woman born" does not apply? A) He is half-god. B) The witches are liars. C) The witches have no power. D) He was born by Cesarean section. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was born by Cesarean section. 47. Who helps Macbeth come up with his plan to kill the king? A) Banquo. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Malcolm. D) The witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 48. "Under the green wood tree" is a song in: A) A mid Summer night's dream. B) Much ado about nothing. C) Love's labour's lost. D) As you like it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As you like it. 49. What kind of weather comes when the witches appear? A) Snow & Ice. B) Draught & Heat. C) Thunder & Lightening. D) Night & Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunder & Lightening. 50. What character acts as the main messenger in the play, bringing good news to Duncan, but bad news to Macduff A) Fergus. B) Ross. C) Angus. D) Seyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ross. 51. What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo? A) He heard that Duncan would name Banquo's son king. B) He can't sleep because he's sick. C) He heard Macduff plotting to kill Duncan. D) He doesn't think about the witches anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He doesn't think about the witches anymore. 52. Which of Duncan's sons flees to Ireland? A) Malcolm. B) James. C) Siward. D) Donalbain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Donalbain. 53. "Valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman" is the ironic acknowledgment of Duncan for A) Macduff. B) Malcom. C) Lennox. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth. 54. "To beguile the time, / Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, / Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower; / But be the serpent under't." A) Lady Macbeth. B) Duncan. C) Banquo. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Macbeth. 55. This character gave the king a report on the battle and described how Macbeth and Banquo were victorious A) Macduff. B) Lennox. C) Ross. D) Captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captain. 56. How does Siward feel about Young Siward's death? A) He feels like it was a manly, nobel death. B) He is devastated and angry about the way that he went. C) He was overjoyed. D) He then died of a broken heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He feels like it was a manly, nobel death. 57. Which era was this play written? A) Post-Modern. B) Jacobean. C) Elizabethan. D) Victorian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jacobean. 58. Which is the largest segment that plays are dividing into? (like a chapter from a book) A) Scene. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act. 59. Macbeth angers the murderers by comparing them to what he believes to be low-level types of what animals? A) Dogs. B) Cats. C) Monkeys. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dogs. 60. How does Lady Macbeth find out about the witches prophecy? A) Macbeth writes her a letter and tells her. B) One of the witches comes to tell her. C) She sees it in a dream. D) She has a vision of the prophecy. 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