Macbeth Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. It is fitting that Malcom gives the final speech of the play because
2. In Scene 2, Duncan listens to a wounded soldier tell a story about .....
3. Why is Macbeth preparing for war at the end of Act 3?
4. Who is glad his son died like an honorable soldier in battle? He is also Malcolm's uncle.
5. Who reads a letter from Macbeth describing what he saw and thinks about his future?
6. How many from his plays were published in his lifetime:
7. What happens to Macbeth at the end of Act 2?
8. When Macduff receives news of his family's death, Malcolm urges him to .....
9. Which one is not a prophecy made by the witches to Macbeth, when he goes to see them?
10. Which of the following is NOT something Lady Macbeth talks about in her sleep?
11. What does Lady Macbeth do while asleep that symbolizes her guilt over killing Duncan?
12. Lady Macbeth places the grooms' daggers beside them and smears the grooms with blood because .....
13. What are the witches planning at the beginning of the ACT?
14. Based upon the information in Act I, what appears to be Macbeth's character flaw?
15. What decision does Macbeth make here?
16. What unique power does Kind Edward have?
17. Who drugged the guards' drinks?
18. How has Macbeth murdered sleep?
19. What does Macbeth think his wife will do after she hears of Banquo's murder?
20. How many people can see the ghost?
21. Identify the speaker: "We have scorched the snake, not killed it"
22. Which character pledges to "plant" a new peace, and to heal the wounds Macbeth and his "fiend-like queen" inflicted on Scotland.
23. At the start of the play, which title does Macbeth already have?
24. The Globe theatre had the following EXCEPT:
25. What reason does Macbeth GIVE for killing Duncan's grooms/guards?
26. Act III serves mainly to .....
27. Based upon the information in Act I, what can you infer about King Duncan?
28. 'Heaven lies about us in our infancy'. This line occurs in the poem?
29. Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson "Faith un-faithful kept him falsely true."
30. Who discovers Duncan's body?
31. Ross tells Macduff his wife and babies are "at peace." Since we, the audience, know they are already dead, this is known as which type of irony?
32. Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
33. Macbeth's guilt that causes him to imagine he sees Banquo's ghost at the banquet is an example of
34. Which of the following was written first:
35. ..... is a depiction of real-life men and women from the past.
36. Who said:" I would, while it is smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from its boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this."
37. King Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because
38. " ..... all you have done/Hath been but for a wayward son, /Spiteful and wrathful, who, asothers do, /Loves for his own ends, not for you."
39. What title is given to Macbeth for bravery in the battle?
40. Executed for being a traitor
41. Near the end of Act I, Macbeth expresses doubt about murdering the king because
42. The original Thane of Cawdor is executed because
43. Supernatural agents of fate who predict Macbeth will become King of Scotland
44. Who said the following quotation: "No more the Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth."
45. "But for your husband, / He is noble, wise, ....., and best knows / The fits o' th' seasons ..... "
46. In this passage, Lady Macbeth is referring to the murder of
47. Which of the following is one of Banquo's predictions?
48. What does the gentlewoman say that Lady Macbeth keeps with her at all times?
49. Which of the following symbols in Act, 2, Scene ii signals that the murder has been accomplished?
50. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a
51. In Scene ii, Lady Macbeth's purpose in drugging the servants is
52. ..... is awake late at night with his son and is alarmed by dreams he's had of the witches.
53. What is the English translation of "manga" ?
54. Who said it? "If a man were porter of hell-gate, he should have old turning the key."
55. How does Banquo know that Macbeth will not remain king?
56. Why does Macbeth question Banquo about his plans for his riding expedition with Fleance?
57. What is Macbeth's original title that the witches greet him with?
58. Where have the Scottish forces agreed to meet the English army?
59. Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking in scene 1 is caused by
60. What does the first witch do that shows she is bad?