This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was "from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd" ? A) Duncan. B) Macduff. C) Macdonwald. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 2. What does the voice that Macbeth keeps hearing tell him he will no longer be able to do after killing Duncan? A) Eat. B) Kill. C) Love. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep. 3. Who does Macduff think killed the King? A) Malcolm and Donalbain. B) Macbeth. C) Lady Macbeth. D) The servants/guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm and Donalbain. 4. In Act IV scene ii, Lady Macduff calls her husband a traitor because ..... A) She thinks Macduff supports Macbeth. B) Macbeth considers Macduff a traitor. C) She knows Macduff is raising an army against Macbeth. D) She feels Macduff has abandoned her and her children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She feels Macduff has abandoned her and her children. 5. King Duncan thinks of Macbeth as A) A loyal but overly ambitioussoldier. B) A brave but indecisivesoldier. C) A man with a dangerouslyambitious wife. D) A hero to whom he owes greatthanks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hero to whom he owes greatthanks. 6. How does the army fighting Macbeth conceal itself? A) It uses tree branches. B) It hides on the roof of Inverness. C) It wears green. D) It crouches behind cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It uses tree branches. 7. Who has promised Malcolm thousand of troops to help defeat Macbeth? A) Siward. B) King Edward. C) Ross. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Edward. 8. Which unnatural event (occurring after the murder) foreshadows a coming conflict among the people of Scotland? A) The Falcon and the Owl. B) The Darkness. C) The chill in the Castle. D) Duncan's horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan's horses. 9. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I? A) Earl of Northumberland. B) Earl of March. C) Earl of Douglas. D) Earl of Worcester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earl of Northumberland. 10. Which of the following novels has the sub-title 'A Novel Without a Hero'? A) Oliver Twist. B) Vanity Fair. C) Middlemarch. D) Wuthering Heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vanity Fair. 11. "When the hurly-burly's done, / When the battle's lost and won." A) Porter. B) The witches. C) Fleance. D) Hecate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The witches. 12. Which of the following is one of Macbeth's desires that showcases his need to be masculine? A) He wants to surrender to Macduff. B) He wants to die in battle. C) He wants to be with his wife. D) He wants to commit suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to die in battle. 13. "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-/Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, /Which smoked with bloody execution, like valor's minion carved out his bloody passage/Till he faced the slave." A) Duncan. B) Captain. C) Ross. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Captain. 14. In 1599 which famous actor and his brother Cuthbert set a new playhouse on the Bank side, called the Globe? A) Henry Condell. B) Augustine Phillipps. C) Richard Burbage. D) John Heimnge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Burbage. 15. At the beginning of Act 3, how does Banquo feel about Macbeth? A) Sad. B) Suspicious. C) Proud. D) Envious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspicious. 16. How does Lady Macbeth save Macbeth from revealing his role in Duncan's death? A) She distracts everyone with a clever lie. B) She starts randomly accusing people of the murder. C) She fake faints. D) She begins crying loudly and terribly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She fake faints. 17. Macbeth says, "We have scorched the snake not kill'd it." means ..... A) Bad things happen to bad people. B) We won the battle not the war. C) Beware of what's coming. D) We did the job we set out to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We won the battle not the war. 18. What news does Lady Macbeth receive in a letter? A) Malcolm has been killed in battle. B) Macbeth is now king. C) Macbeth has been named the Thane of Cawdor. D) Her sister is on her way to Inverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth has been named the Thane of Cawdor. 19. 'O, you are sick of self-love' Who is referred to in these words in Twelfth Night? A) Orsino. B) Sir Andrew. C) Sir Toby. D) Malvolio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malvolio. 20. Who is suspicious of Macbeth after the murder of Duncan? A) Old Siward. B) Angus. C) Macduff. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 21. Where has Macduff gone to ask for help? A) Ireland. B) Scotland. C) Switzerland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 22. Why does King Duncan give Macbeth the title, Thane of Cawdor? A) Macbeth fought valiantly in battle. B) The Thane of Glamis was a traitor. C) Duncan was doing a favor for Macbeth's father. D) Lance DiNatale nominated him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth fought valiantly in battle. 23. Who was the soldier who turned traitor to his Scottish homeland and is then beheaded in Act I? A) Macbeth. B) Macgregor. C) Macduff. D) Macdonwald. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macdonwald. 24. What period did Shakespeare live in? A) Elizabethean. B) The inter-war period. C) 21st Century. D) The Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elizabethean. 25. Selecting the largest pearl, she went to the pristine sink area, almost afraid to run water for fear of leaving water marks in the stainless steel.What does pristine mean? A) Brand new; original. B) Cluttered; a mess. C) Large; inviting. D) Small; diminuitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brand new; original. 26. Lady Macbeth's remark that her husband is "too full o' th' milk of human kindness" indicates that she is ..... A) Ruthless. B) Unambitious. C) Considerate. D) Very much like her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ruthless. 27. In Act I, the wounded sergeant A) Is a convention of Elizabethan drama. B) Serves to reveal Macbeth as heroic and valiant. C) Has been sent by Macbeth to praise him before the king. D) Is King Duncan's valiant cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serves to reveal Macbeth as heroic and valiant. 28. AT the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a general in a war with A) Norway. B) Sweden. C) England. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Norway. 29. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's greatest? A) Comic figures. B) Tragic figures. C) Romantic figures. D) Historical figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comic figures. 30. What news terrifies Macbeth at his banquet? A) Banquo is dead. B) Fleance escaped. C) Banquo's death had witnesses. D) The murderers demand more gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fleance escaped. 31. I will not be afraid of death and bane, till Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane.What does bane mean? A) Comic book villan. B) Soldiers from England. C) Destruction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destruction. 32. Who tells Macbeth, "The queen, my lord, is dead "? A) Seyton. B) The Doctor. C) Caithness. D) Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seyton. 33. With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlain's Man was renamed: A) King Lear. B) Gentleman. C) King's Man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King's Man. 34. In Act IV, what is wrong with Lady Macbeth? A) Sleepwalking. B) Sneezing. C) Hiccupping. D) Coughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleepwalking. 35. Shakespeare uses clothing imagery to illustrate ..... A) How Macbeth is a traitor and should never be king. B) That a person may not suit the role given to them. C) Macbeth's love for finely tailored clothing. D) To ensure his actors would not be naked on the stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That a person may not suit the role given to them. 36. The third apparition-which tells Macbeth that he cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane-looks like what? A) The child with a a crown on his head and a tree branch. B) A bloody child. C) Image of Banquo's son as king. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The child with a a crown on his head and a tree branch. 37. Who is the former king of Scotland? A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Banquo. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan. 38. Who decides not to attend Macbeth's crowning? A) Ross. B) Lennox. C) Macduff. D) The Porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 39. While sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth A) Thanks the witches for their prophecies. B) Makes references to her husband's murders. C) Protests that she is innocent. D) Threatens the doctor and her maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes references to her husband's murders. 40. In 'Leda and the Swan', who wooes Leda in guise of a swan? A) Bacchus. B) Mars. C) Zeus. D) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeus. 41. The porter at Macbeth's castle is depicted as A) A cowardly traitor. B) A drunken joker. C) A scheming murderer. D) An upright gentleman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A drunken joker. 42. When Banquo's ghost first appears, and Macbeth starts ranting, Lady Macbeth asks him what question? A) Are you a man?. B) What is wrong?. C) Are you OK?. D) Is it Banquo?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are you a man?. 43. Macbeth is Shakespeare's ..... tragedy. A) Shortest. B) Longest. C) Most action-packed. D) More graphic or bloody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shortest. 44. Othello was sent to fight with: A) French army. B) German army. C) Ottomans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ottomans. 45. Who was "Fortinbras" ? A) Claudius's son. B) Ophelia's lover. C) Hamlet's Mend. D) Son to the king of Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Son to the king of Norway. 46. Which woman was murdered because of her husband's actions? A) Lady Macduff. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Lady Duncan. D) Lady Macdonwald. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Macduff. 47. The Tragedy of Macbeth and other Elizabethan plays represented a radical shift in English drama because they were A) Not about religious themes. B) Based upon ancient myths. C) Tragedies. D) Performed by both men and women. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not about religious themes. 48. The actual murder of Lady Macduff and her children is committed by: A) Macbeth himself. B) Ross's servant. C) Macbeth's hired assassins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth's hired assassins. 49. Why does Macbeth want to kill Duncan? A) Duncan is an unfair leader. B) Duncan is old and senile and can't take care of the country anymore. C) Macbeth wants to be King himself. D) Duncan insulted Macbeth's manhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth wants to be King himself. 50. The first vision tells Macbeth: A) Beware of Lady Macbeth. B) Beware of Macduff. C) Beware of Lennox. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beware of Macduff. 51. What "natural" disturbances does Lennox NOT report? A) Hurricane. B) Owl made noise all night. C) Earthquake. D) Screams of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 52. 'Brevity is the soul of wit' is a quotation from? A) T. S. Eliot. B) Milton. C) Ruskin. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 53. Where does Macduff go after Banquo's murder? A) Ireland. B) Fife. C) England. D) Cawdor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 54. What does Lady Macbeth always carry with her now? A) A light. B) A letter. C) A dagger. D) A sponge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A light. 55. From class discussion, what is NOT an indication of Fate? A) Thunder and Lightning. B) Prophecy. C) Witches. D) Luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thunder and Lightning. 56. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory? A) A clerk. B) A thief. C) A teacher. D) A dentist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thief. 57. When Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to put on his nightclothes and go to bed, she wants to A) Make it seem like they have been asleep during Duncan's murder. B) Get him to relax. C) Help him to get more sleep. D) Help him rest so he will be ready to be crowned king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make it seem like they have been asleep during Duncan's murder. 58. Which of the following is not one of the realizations that Macbeth learns about his reign as king? A) He regret's Scotland's struggles. B) He wishes he was a better spouse. C) He knows that he is hated. D) He doesn't have any followers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wishes he was a better spouse. 59. The twins in Lord of the Flies are? A) Ralph and Jack. B) Simon and Eric. C) Ralph and Eric. D) Simon and Jack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph and Jack. 60. Which of the following quotations from Act I is the best example of paradox? A) "I'll drain him dry as hay ". B) "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.". C) "O, never / Shall sun that morrow see!". D) "Was the hope drunk / Wherein you dressed yourself? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.". ← 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