This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 19 (44 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is King Edward able to do? A) Speak his mind. B) Heal the sick. C) See the truth. D) Defeat Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heal the sick. 2. Oedipus Complex is? A) A kind of vitamin. B) A kind of physical ailment. C) A brother's attraction towards his sister. D) A son's attraction towards his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A son's attraction towards his mother. 3. Why does Lady Macbeth's son think he will be ok? A) Because he is super strong. B) Because he is super smart. C) Because he's too pitiful to be a target. D) Because he is his father's son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he is super strong. 4. The 1st apparition tells Macbeth to fear Macduff. What does this apparition look like? A) A line of kings resembling Banquo. B) A bloody child. C) An armed head. D) A crowned child holding a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An armed head. 5. What is not a prediction from the witches? A) Banquo's sons would be king. B) Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor. C) Malcolm will kill Macbeth. D) Macbeth will be King of Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malcolm will kill Macbeth. 6. What is Lady Macbeth's role in Macbeth's plan to kill Banquo and Fleance? A) She introduces Macbeth to the murderers. B) She doesn't know about it. C) It is her idea from the beginning. D) She tries to talk him out of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She doesn't know about it. 7. Which symbol of death does Lady Macbeth refer to in her soliloquy? A) Raven. B) Frog. C) Bear. D) Panda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raven. 8. Estella is the daughter of? A) Bentley Drumnile. B) Joe Gargery. C) Abel Magwitch . D) Miss Havisham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe Gargery. 9. What is the name of the witch leader/ goddess who was upset at what the witches had done? A) Polixenes. B) Hecate. C) Macdonwald. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecate. 10. The porter scene that takes place after Duncan's murder represents A) Dramatic irony. B) Comic relief. C) Motif. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comic relief. 11. When Macbeth tells Macduff to go to Duncan's chamber to see if Duncan is awake, this represents dramatic irony because A) Lady Macbeth knows that Duncan s dead. B) Macbeth knows that Duncan is dead. C) The audience know that Duncan is dead. D) Macduff predicts that Duncan is dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The audience know that Duncan is dead. 12. What is the central theme of Act I of The Tragedy of Macbeth? A) Loyalty in battle. B) The supernatural. C) Betrayal. D) The price of fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Betrayal. 13. Macbeth is not afraid of Young Siward because the boy was ..... A) Born from a woman. B) Scared of Macbeth. C) Far away in England. D) Not trained in military strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Born from a woman. 14. Why is Banquo not able to attend the banquet until nightfall? A) He is in need of rest. B) He must attend to some important matters of the state. C) He has a long ride to make. D) He has to deliver the news of the new king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has a long ride to make. 15. How does this apparition/prophecy from Act 4 come true in Act 5: "For no one born from a woman shall ever harm Macbeth" A) The witches kill Macbeth. B) Macduff was born via c-section. C) Hecate kills Macbeth. D) Macbeth lives at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff was born via c-section. 16. Lennox's conversation with the Lord shows which of the following A) The lords support Macbeth. B) The lords are suspicious of Macbeth. C) The lords want Donalbain to be king. D) Lennox is a traitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lords are suspicious of Macbeth. 17. Twelfth Night opens with the speech of? A) Olivia. B) Duke. C) Malvolio. D) Viola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duke. 18. Lady Macbeth is fearful that her husband is too A) Ruthless. B) Kind. C) Ignorant. D) Powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kind. 19. Why does Macbeth ask if Fleance will be joining Banquo? A) The prophecies predicted that the three would enjoy a nice horseback ride. B) Macbeth wants Fleance to join the banquet. C) Macbeth wants to secure his crown by murdering Fleance. D) Macbeth likes Fleance's horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth wants to secure his crown by murdering Fleance. 20. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen? A) Sense and Sensibility. B) Mansfield Park. C) Sandition. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandition. 21. In Shakespeare's literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of: A) Comedy plays. B) Historical plays. C) Great Tragedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical plays. 22. The witches greet Macbeth by the title of A) The Thane of Glamis. B) The Thane of Cawdor. C) King, hereafter. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is? A) Satan. B) Adam. C) God. D) Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satan. 24. Things that someone says will happen in the future A) Guess. B) Predictions. C) Augury. D) Prevision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predictions. 25. What important guest will visit Macbeth at his home (palace)? A) King Duncan. B) Ross. C) Malcolm. D) King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Duncan. 26. Why does Macbeth want to kill Fleance? A) He wants to devastate Banquo. B) He is afraid he will become king. C) Fleance has alerted Banquo to Macbeth's plans. D) Fleance is communicating with the witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is afraid he will become king. 27. Macduff's youngest son, murdered by Macbeth ..... A) Young Macduff. B) Donalbain. C) Young Siward. D) Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young Macduff. 28. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel "Great Expectations" ? A) Documentary method. B) Direct or epic method. C) Autobiographical method. D) Stream of Consciousness technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct or epic method. 29. Lady Macbeth fears that A) Her husband is too nice to do what needs to be done to become king. B) Duncan will grow suspicious of her. C) Banquo will find a way to be king. D) The witches have lied to Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her husband is too nice to do what needs to be done to become king. 30. Who accompanies Macduff to wake Duncan and also reports to Macbeth the strange storms? A) Angus. B) Lennox. C) Seyton. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennox. 31. Who does Macbeth learn has been "from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd" ? A) Malcolm. B) Macbeth. C) Macduff. D) Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 32. Where does Malcolm flee after Duncan's death? A) France. B) Ireland. C) Wales. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 33. What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night? A) Or, What you Will. B) Or, What you Like It. C) Or, What you Think. D) Or, What is you Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or, What you Will. 34. Why is Banquo surprised to see Macbeth at the beginning of Act 2? A) It's late and the King has gone to bed. B) He feared he had died. C) He thought he was at battle. D) He thought he went to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's late and the King has gone to bed. 35. A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as ..... A) Sadness. B) Tragedy. C) Fiction. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 36. Which character was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb" (meaning he was not born from woman)? A) Macduff. B) Young Siward. C) Malcolm. D) Seyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 37. How many murderers are there present for the attempted assignation of Fleance and Banquo? A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 38. In Scene 2, lines 31-35 (page 107), what does Lady Macbeth admonish Lady Macbeth to do? A) Watch Banquo carefully to see what he knows. B) Act especially nicely and attentively to Banquo. C) Put posion in Banquo's food if he acts guilty. D) Question Banquo about his long journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act especially nicely and attentively to Banquo. 39. Who said it? "I bear a charmed life." A) Macduff. B) Duncan. C) Macbeth. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 40. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero? A) The hero has a tragic flaw. B) The hero is driven insane. C) The hero is noble and important. D) The hero recognizes their error and accepts responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hero is driven insane. 41. After the murder, Macbeth says "I could not say 'Amen'/When they did say 'God bless us!" Who are 'they'? A) The other Scottish thanes. B) Duncan's guards. C) Duncan's sons. D) Himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duncan's guards. 42. Malcolm tells a series of lies to ..... to determine where his allegiance is. A) Siward. B) Macbeth. C) Donalbain. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macduff. 43. Where did Banquo receive 20 gashes? A) His stomach. B) His head. C) His neck. D) His heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His head. 44. In scene 3 of Act 5, "Ten Thousand" refers to A) The money Macbeth stole from Duncan. B) The small English army coming against Macbeth. C) The large Scottish army Macbeth commands!. D) The amount stolen from Macbeth. 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