This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which best describes how Shakespeare portrays Macduff's son in Act IV? A) Shy and confused. B) Cheerful and naive. C) Fearful and timid. D) Questioning and courageous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questioning and courageous. 2. Who called Shelley 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain'? A) Walter Pater. B) Matthew Arnold. C) T. S. Eliot. D) A. C. Swinburne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Matthew Arnold. 3. Why does Macduff say that HE must be the one to kill Macbeth? A) To get revenge because Macbeth killed King Duncan. B) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Banquo. C) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Malcolm. D) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Macduff's family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Macduff's family. 4. What word best describes Scotland during Macbeth's reign? A) Depressed. B) Religious. C) Peaceful. D) Flourishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depressed. 5. What word(s) best describes Lady Macbeth in Act 1? A) Humble and obedient. B) Ambitious and devious. C) Beautiful and innocent. D) Evil and angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambitious and devious. 6. What does Banquo want to speak with Macbeth about the first night he stays at his castle? A) Fleance. B) The battle they were just in. C) The witches. D) Ducan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The witches. 7. "My thanes and kinsmen, /Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/In such anhonor named." A) Malcolm. B) Macbeth. C) Ross. D) Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 8. Why does the doctor say he cannot help Lady Macbeth? A) He says her problem is spiritual, not medical. B) He thinks she deserves this punishment for her crimes. C) He has run out of medicine. D) He cannot treat her without Macbeth's agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says her problem is spiritual, not medical. 9. Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what? A) Foreshadowing. B) Comic Relief. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comic Relief. 10. After Macbeth's death, the crown of Scotland goes to A) Macduff. B) Malcolm. C) Fleance. D) Young Siward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm. 11. What does Macbeth mean by this statement? A) He wants to kill whomever is knocking at his door. B) He wishes he would have killed Duncan a different way. C) He wished Duncan would wake up and be back to normal. D) He's worried that someone will discover Duncan's body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wished Duncan would wake up and be back to normal. 12. Who was villain in Othello? A) Claudius. B) Iago. C) Egeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iago. 13. What plan does Macbeth begin to develop in Act 1? A) To kill King Duncan. B) To divorce Lady Macbeth. C) To kill Banquo. D) To fight in Norway again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To kill King Duncan. 14. What does Macbeth initially blame his hallucination of a dagger on? A) Stress. B) His brain being too hot. C) Lysergic acid diethylamide. D) His heart becoming cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His brain being too hot. 15. What is the name of the forest that the witches prophesised would move towards Dunsinane? A) Birnam Wood. B) The Forest of Dean. C) 100 Acre Wood. D) Burnham Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birnam Wood. 16. " A man can die but once" is one of quote of following plays: A) Henry 6 part three. B) Henry 4 part one. C) Henry 4 part two. D) Henry 6 part one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry 4 part two. 17. Who says, ""They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But, bearlike, I must fight the course. What's he That was not born of woman? Such a one Am I to fear, or none. A) Mentieth. B) Macbeth. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 18. In reference to the previous question, Banquo, the Old Man and Macduff discuss that Malcolm and Donalbain may have A) Hated their father. B) Bribed the guards to commit the murder. C) Been the ones to frame the guards. D) Ran away to avoid the pressure of the crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bribed the guards to commit the murder. 19. What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says Out, damned spot" A) A spot on her clothes. B) A spot on Macbeth's hands. C) A spot of blood on her hands. D) The blood of Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A spot of blood on her hands. 20. What do the witches predict in Act 1 for Banquo? A) His children will be king. B) He will be king. C) The woods will move. D) Beware Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His children will be king. 21. What will most likely lead to Macbeth's downfall in the tragedy? A) A circumstance beyond his control. B) Lady Macbeth telling him what to do. C) A flaw in himself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flaw in himself. 22. What country was Scotland at war with at the beginning of Macbeth? A) England. B) Norway. C) Denmark. D) Sweeden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norway. 23. What does Fleance do after being ambushed with Banquo? A) Pretend to be dead. B) Rides away as fast as he can. C) He stands his ground and fights. D) He cries out for villagers to come help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rides away as fast as he can. 24. Following are the lines of: "I'm your wife if you marry me If not, I'll die your maid to be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you deny or not" . A) Hamlet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Tempest. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tempest. 25. What is the importance of the camouflage used by Malcolm's army? A) Macbeth never saw the army approaching and wasn't prepared for battle. B) It showed the witches' prophecy coming true. C) It didn't work. D) It caused Lady Macbeth's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It showed the witches' prophecy coming true. 26. Who says, "Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripped" A) Seyton. B) Macduff. C) Macbeth. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 27. The cry of which creature scares a drunk Lady Macbeth while she is waiting for Macbeth's return? A) Raven. B) Wolf. C) Owl. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Owl. 28. Although invisible to others, in Scene 1, what does Lady Macbeth try to wash away? A) Bits of wax from her candle. B) Spots of blood on her hands. C) Spots of her own blood. D) Ink stains from a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spots of blood on her hands. 29. As Macbeth's anxiety grows, he orders the doctor to ..... A) Kill Lady Macbeth. B) Cure Lady Macbeth. C) Medicate Lady Macbeth with hemlock. D) Let Lady Macbeth rest for a few days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cure Lady Macbeth. 30. Banquo is told by the witches that he will be ..... and ..... than Macbeth. A) Richer and poorer. B) Sadder and happier. C) Greater and lesser. D) Fatter and thinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greater and lesser. 31. Who says 'Come, you spiritsThat tend on mortal thoughts' A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) The Witches. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 32. What does the son tell his mother when he is stabbed? A) "Avenge my death, mother.". B) "He has killed me, mother.". C) "Go to hell, mother.". D) "I love you, mother.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "He has killed me, mother.". 33. S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of? A) Royal Society of Literature. B) The Royal Society ofLondon. C) Royal Society of Arts. D) The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Royal Society of Literature. 34. When Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth in Act III, Scene iv, "We are yet but young in deed, " he means that they are ..... A) Just learning how to rule. B) New to the ways of crime. C) A young king and queen. D) Innocent of crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New to the ways of crime. 35. What is the name of Macbeth's servant? A) Seyton. B) Satan. C) Beelzebub. D) Bob. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seyton. 36. In Scene 3, Shakespeare most likely has the witches speak in rhyme instead of blank verse to make their comments sound A) Like quarrels. B) Humorous. C) Childish. D) Like spells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childish. 37. King Duncan decides to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because ..... A) The last Thane of Cawdor went mad. B) Macbeth fought heroically for him. C) The witches told him to. D) The last Thane of Cawdor died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth fought heroically for him. 38. What is Lady Macbeth trying to scrub away when the doctor sees her? A) Imaginary spots of mud on her clothes. B) A stain on her arms. C) Imaginary blood on her arms. D) A stain on her dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imaginary blood on her arms. 39. Who said it? "My sword will talk for me." A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Malcolm. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macduff. 40. Hamlet's famous speech 'To be, or not to be; that is the question' occurs in? A) Act II, Scene I. B) Act III, Scene I. C) Act III, Scene III. D) Act IV, Scene III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act III, Scene I. 41. In Act IV when the witch says, "Something wicked this way comes, " you know that ..... A) The apparitions are about to appear. B) Even the witches now consider Macbeth evil. C) The witches' "master" is approaching. D) The witches are afraid of Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even the witches now consider Macbeth evil. 42. The original Thane of Cawdor is labelled as a A) Hero. B) Villain. C) Traitor. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traitor. 43. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth by: A) Telling him that he is not a man. B) Saying she wants the crown. C) Saying that he obviously doesn't love her. D) Attacking Duncan's character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling him that he is not a man. 44. Based on line 2, which of the following statements would Macbeth agree with? A) Life passes quickly; take time to appreciate it. B) Life is dull, long, and tiresome. C) Life is vicious and can turn on you quickly. D) Life loses meaning as you get older. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life is dull, long, and tiresome. 45. Where does Donalbain flee after Duncan's death? A) Ireland. B) England. C) Wales. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ireland. 46. What is weird about the night that Macbeth kills Duncan? A) There is a strange glow coming from the horizon. B) The earth shakes, and his horses eat each other. C) There are reports of a ghost wandering the halls. D) A wolf is scene prowling around the castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The earth shakes, and his horses eat each other. 47. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as? A) Spenserian Stanza. B) Ballad. C) Ottava Rima. D) Rhyme Royal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ottava Rima. 48. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play? A) Henry IV, Pt I. B) The Tempest. C) Twelfth Night. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelfth Night. 49. What is Macbeth's plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? A) Fight them in hand to hand combat. B) Poison them at the banquet. C) Hire murderers to waylay them in the dark. D) Drug their guards and stab them in their sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hire murderers to waylay them in the dark. 50. In the second scene, what does King Duncan order Ross to do? A) Warn others of the thane of Cawdor's treachery. B) Inform others of the thane of Cawdor's death. C) Tell Macbeth that he is the new thane of Cawdor. D) Command Macbeth to kill the thane of Cawdor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell Macbeth that he is the new thane of Cawdor. 51. Before becoming Thane of Cawdor Macbeth is Thane of Glamis, but what is a Thane? A) A rank of English nobility. B) A rank of Scottish nobility. C) A rank of Irish nobility. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rank of Scottish nobility. 52. This character breaks the news to Macduff about his family being slaughtered. A) Malcolm. B) Ross. C) Siward. D) King Edward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ross. 53. The porter provides comic relief by A) Being drunk from the night before. B) Pretending he is opening hell's gate for the devil. C) Lecturing on the effects of alcohol and sex. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. At the beginning of Act II, Macbeth and Banquo have a conversation. It is clear that Macbeth is lying when he says that he A) Wants Banquo's support. B) Never thinks about the witches. C) Dreams about the witches. D) Was unprepared to entertain Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never thinks about the witches. 55. What IS NOT one of the pronouncements of the apparitions? A) Macbeth will have a line of 8 sons who will be kings. B) Macbeth will be fine until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. C) No one born of woman can harm Macbeth. D) Macbeth should fear Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth will have a line of 8 sons who will be kings. 56. Macbeth's evil side is associated with A) Daggers. B) Royalty. C) Night & Darkness. D) The Color Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Night & Darkness. 57. How is the Porter speaking of death when he appears in the play? A) He is weeping about his dead realtives. B) He is joking around and acting like the gatekeeper of the underworld. C) He is delivering a serious sermon. D) He is telling tales of how they all are damned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is joking around and acting like the gatekeeper of the underworld. 58. Who says the following lines, "Out, damned spot; out I say" (5.1.27-30) A) Lady Macbeth. B) Macbeth. C) Lennox. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Macbeth. 59. In Scene 6, line 24, Duncan's reference to Lady Macbeth as a "noble hostess" is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows that A) He criticized her to other characters. B) She plans to murder him. C) He arranged to see her hastily. D) She wants him to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She plans to murder him. 60. How does Macbeth persuade the two murderers to kill Banquo? A) He promises to make them officials in his court. B) He offers them a large amount of money. C) He guarantees that they will not be punished for the murder. D) He reminds them that Banquo has caused all their troubles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He reminds them that Banquo has caused all their troubles. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesMacbeth Quiz 1Macbeth Quiz 2Macbeth Quiz 3Macbeth Quiz 4Macbeth Quiz 5Macbeth Quiz 7Macbeth Quiz 8Macbeth Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books