This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Macbeth shows his ambition and curiosity about becoming king in the third scene when he ..... A) Defeats many people in battle. B) Questions the witches about the prophecies. C) Listens to Banquo describe the witches. D) Invites Duncan to come to his home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Questions the witches about the prophecies. 2. What does Banquo tell Macbeth he will be doing before the feast? A) Going to a play. B) Riding his horse. C) Shopping at the market. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding his horse. 3. The Macbeths plan is to A) Poison both Duncan and the guards. B) Trick Macduff and Banquo into killing the King. C) Pushing the king out a window and blaming Malcolm and Donalbain. D) Getting the guards drunk and framing them by using their weapons to kill the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Getting the guards drunk and framing them by using their weapons to kill the king. 4. Macbeth's soliloquy beginning "Is this a dagger which I see before me" shows him to be A) Horrified of the deed he isabout to commit. B) Genuinely sorry that he mustkill the king. C) Disturbed by what Banquoknows. D) Angry that he has let hiswife persuade him to kill Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horrified of the deed he isabout to commit. 5. The poetic method that Shakespeare employs in his dramas is which of the following A) Trochaic octameter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Inverted prose. D) Rhyming couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic pentameter. 6. The town of New Philadelphia was so oblivious to these frequent winter gifts from Mother Nature that snow caused not a hitch in the local activities. A) Conscious; aware. B) Unmindful; forgetful. C) Over populated; abundant with people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unmindful; forgetful. 7. Devises the murder of King Duncan A) The witches. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macbeth. D) Lady Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 8. What do the witches predict for Banquo? A) His descendants will be kings. B) He will be victorious in battle. C) He will be betrayed by a friend. D) He will be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His descendants will be kings. 9. When Macbeth says "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown / And put a barren scepter in my gripe ..... " he means A) He will be prosecuted for his crimes. B) He and Lady Macbeth have many children. C) He has no male children. D) He has no right to be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has no male children. 10. The witches add wool of bat, tongue of dog, and other ..... ingredients to their caldron. A) Judicious. B) Sundry. C) Avarice. D) Credulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sundry. 11. Who is crowned the king of Scotland at the end of the play? A) Donalbain. B) Malcolm. C) Ross. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm. 12. Seven Ages of Man appears in " As you like it" . Which character's speech it is? A) Amiens. B) Orlando. C) Oliver. D) Jaques. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaques. 13. What title was Macbeth given for his heroic deeds (actions) in battle? A) Thane of Scotland. B) Lord of Cumberland. C) Thane of Cawdor. D) Lord of Inverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thane of Cawdor. 14. Where does Act 4, Scene 1 take place? A) In a cave. B) On a heath. C) At Macbeth's castle. D) On the battlefield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a cave. 15. At the end of the act, when everyone is off to Scotland to defeat Macbeth, Malcolm tells Macduff they are acting as which of the following? A) They are acting as agents of God. B) They are acting as soldiers to King Edward. C) They are acting as saviors of Scotland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are acting as agents of God. 16. What do Duncan's sons decide to do after their father's death? A) Run away from the scene of the crime. B) Declare Malcolm king. C) Find the person who murdered their father. D) Hold a trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run away from the scene of the crime. 17. In scene 4, Duncan awards the title, Prince of Cumberland, (i.e. next in line to be king) to ..... A) Donalbain. B) Macbeth. C) Banquo. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malcolm. 18. What is the "damned spot" that Lady Macbeth cannot wash away? A) Her guilt. B) Her anger. C) Her depression. D) Her ambition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her guilt. 19. Complete the quotation: "Our fears in ..... stick deep, and in his royalty of nature." A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Banquo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 20. What does the Captain report about Macbeth during Act I? A) That he is a traitor. B) That he is brave. C) That he is hallucinating. D) That he was injured in battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That he is brave. 21. When Macbeth sees a floating dagger facing him but he can not grab it, it represents his A) Internal conflict about whether to murder Duncan. B) External conflict about whether to murder Duncan. C) Dramatic Irony about whether to kill Duncan. D) Allusion about whether to kill Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal conflict about whether to murder Duncan. 22. "Duncan says there's no art to find the mind's construction in the face." means ..... A) Can't judge a person by their looks. B) You can't be trusted. C) You are a poor person. D) You are about to be lied to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't judge a person by their looks. 23. This character refuses to see Macbeth crowned ..... A) Lennox. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macduff. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 24. Queen of all the Witches A) Hades. B) Hecate. C) Harriet. D) Harper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecate. 25. What happens to Macduff's wife and child? A) They flee Scotland for London. B) They leave Macduff because they think he is loyal to Macbeth. C) They are killed by Macbeth's men. D) They follow Macduff to London to escape Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are killed by Macbeth's men. 26. Which are the people not saying about Macbeth as a king? A) People are saying that Macbeth is a wise ruler. B) People are saying that Macbeth is a mad king. C) People are saying that Macbeth is not the rightful heir. D) People are saying that Macbeth is not mentally well to rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are saying that Macbeth is a wise ruler. 27. King Duncan gives Lady Macbeth a diamond ring. This shows that the king ..... A) Has secret desires for Lady Macbeth. B) Wants to flaunt his wealth. C) Has fine taste in jewelry. D) Is generous and kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is generous and kind. 28. How does Macbeth view Malcolm? A) As an obstacle to overcome. B) As beneath his notice. C) As a worthy adversary. D) As weak and ineffective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As an obstacle to overcome. 29. At his wife's death, Macbeth ..... A) Prays. B) Accepts fate. C) Vows to change. D) Swears revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accepts fate. 30. Who wrote "Biographia Literaria" ? A) Lamb. B) Coleridge. C) Shelley. D) Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coleridge. 31. What change does Lennox demonstrate at the end of Act 3? A) He becomes suspicious of Macbeth behavior. B) He starts to pity Lady Macbeth. C) He is starting to support Macbeth and work for him as an assistant. D) He begins to believe in the witches' prophecies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He becomes suspicious of Macbeth behavior. 32. At the end of Act III, Macbeth plans to visit the witches once more. What does he want to learn? A) Why they prophesied that he would be king. B) Where Macduff is hiding. C) What troubles are still in store for him. D) Why they did not tell him he would have to kill Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What troubles are still in store for him. 33. How are Lady Macbeth's actions in Act V ironic? A) She has no remorse about her actions. B) She once told Macbeth it was easy to forget their crimes. C) She supports Macbeth more than ever. D) She has been refusing to help her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She once told Macbeth it was easy to forget their crimes. 34. What's not a reason that encourages Macbeth to have Banquo killed? A) Macbeth wants to preserve his own legacy. B) Banquo is intelligent. C) Banquo is jealous of Macbeth's kingship. D) He fears Banquo's bravery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo is jealous of Macbeth's kingship. 35. T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term 'Unreal City' in the first and third sections from? A) Laforgue. B) Irving Babbit. C) Dante. D) Baudelaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dante. 36. What does the doctor say 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. 37. When a character speaks only to himself alone on the stage A) Sleep talking. B) Soliloquy. C) Aside. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. 38. When Act 3 begins, ..... is King of Scotland. A) Duncan. B) Malcolm. C) Macbeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 39. What was the name of Shakespeare's spouse? A) Susanna Shakespeare. B) Anne Hathaway. C) Monica Geller. D) John Mclean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne Hathaway. 40. The three witches are planning to meet with ..... A) MacDuff. B) Macbeth. C) Banquo. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 41. What are the witches doing before Macbeth arrives? A) Sleeping. B) Putting items in a cauldron. C) Chanting evil hymns. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting items in a cauldron. 42. To where do Donalbain and Malcolm flee? A) Ireland and England. B) Germany and France. C) Belgium and Poland. D) Orkney and Edinbug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ireland and England. 43. What does the third apparition foretell? A) Beware Macduff. B) Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood move to Dunsiname. C) No man born of woman can harm Macbeth. D) Banquo's ancestors will be kings for many generations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood move to Dunsiname. 44. Which of the following are characters of "Much ado about nothing": A) Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato. B) Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato. C) Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato. D) Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato. 45. Macduff says, "Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight With a new Gorgon" to express. A) His grief. B) His ambition. C) His rage. D) His horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His horror. 46. Which book of John Ruskin influenced Mahatma Gandhi? A) Sesame and Lilies. B) The Seven Lamps of Architecture. C) Unto This Last. D) Fors Clavigera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unto This Last. 47. What does Macbeth suggest was the reason he could not join in the prayer of Malcolm and Donalbain that he overheard? A) He was overcome with guilt and horror. B) He has lost his faith. C) He was in a hurry to flee the scene of the crime. D) He feared being heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was overcome with guilt and horror. 48. Which is NOT one of the types of plays that Shakespeare wrote? A) Comedy. B) Documentary. C) History. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Documentary. 49. How many murderers show up to kill Banquo and Fleance? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 50. Who said, "Fair is foul and foul is fair." A) Ross. B) Witches. C) Macbeth. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Witches. 51. What behavior is Lady Macbeth exhibiting that is worrying everyone? A) Dancing in the woods. B) Using magic. C) Sleep walking. D) Cursing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleep walking. 52. When Lady Macbeth says, "The Thane of Fife had a wife ..... " who is she referring to? A) Duncan's wife. B) Lady Macduff. C) Lennox's wife. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macduff. 53. Macbeth is trying to imply that he is like what mythic hero? A) Orpheus. B) Triton. C) Hercules. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hercules. 54. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work? A) Graham Greene. B) Charles Dickens. C) W. M. Thackeray. D) D. H. Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graham Greene. 55. What is Malcolm's goal at the end of the play once he is hailed as king of Scotland? A) To make his thanes into earls as a reward for them. B) To ensure that Lady Macbeth is executed as well. C) To prepare a proper funeral for young Siward. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make his thanes into earls as a reward for them. 56. In Act V, when Macbeth says "Out, out, brief candle!" the word candle refers to ..... A) Death. B) Life. C) The blood on his hands. D) His crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 57. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when she says "look the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath" ? A) Trust no one. B) Trust his generals. C) Confide in his king. D) Look innocent when your heart is full of evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look innocent when your heart is full of evil. 58. In Act 1 Scene 1, where do the three witches plan to meet Macbeth? A) 'Upon the heath'. B) 'On the heath'. C) 'On a mountain'. D) 'Upon a hill'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Upon the heath'. 59. What does Lady Macbeth need to do to summon Macbeth when she has got the guards drunk? A) Screech like an owl. B) Come and fetch him. C) Ring a bell. D) Send a servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ring a bell. 60. W.B.Yeats used the phrase 'the artifice of eternity' in his poem? A) Sailing to Byzantium. B) Byzantium. C) The Second Coming. D) Leda and the Swan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sailing to Byzantium. ← 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