This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... tells Macbeth to beware of Macduff. A) Banquo's ghost. B) The bloody head. C) The armed head. D) The child with a crown and a tree branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The armed head. 2. Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches: A) An armed head. B) A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. C) A bloody child. D) A child crowned, with a tree in his hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. 3. What 2 literary elements are used, " ..... the swift, the slow, the subtle, "? A) Parallel structure and metaphor. B) Smile and personification. C) Metaphor and alliteration. D) Parallel structure and alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel structure and alliteration. 4. What does Macbeth mean when he says he will "sleep no more? " A) His conscience will never let him sleep. B) He must run away and always look out for people chasing him. C) He will soon die. D) He will have heavy responsibilities as king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His conscience will never let him sleep. 5. Who is the first to give Macbeth the news that he really has been named thane of Cawdor? A) Angus. B) Seyton. C) Ross. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ross. 6. In Act II, Scene 1, Macbeth's response to Banquo's dream of the witches is, "I think not of them." What literary device does this represent? A) Allegory. B) Figurative language. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 7. In scene 3 (see passage above), how does Macbeth feel about the upcoming battle? A) He is fearful of where his soul will go when he dies. B) He is confident because of the witches' prophecies. C) He is scared of Malcolm and the English army. D) He is worried about his wife's safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is confident because of the witches' prophecies. 8. What does the name of Macbeth's new adviser suggest? A) Macbeth must restore his mental and physical health. B) Men bear cruelty in their smiles. C) Macbeth is on the side of the devil. D) Macbeth is like unenlightened cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth is on the side of the devil. 9. Why does Macbeth begin to act so oddly at the banquet? A) He has been unable to sleep. B) He has had too much to drink. C) He sees the ghost of Banquo. D) He has become sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sees the ghost of Banquo. 10. In Act V, Lady Macbeth ..... A) Kills her servant for betraying a confidence. B) Is plotting to kill her husband and rule by herself. C) Helps Malcolm defeat Macbeth. D) Cannot rest because she is troubled by all her sinful deeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cannot rest because she is troubled by all her sinful deeds. 11. What type of play is Macbeth? A) A comedy. B) A tragedy. C) A history. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tragedy. 12. Why does Macbeth dismiss the reports about Malcolm's approaching army? A) Macbeth's army has 10, 000 men. B) He is too upset about Lady Macbeth's death. C) He thinks that he is still invincible from the witches' prophecies. D) He thinks they are lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He thinks that he is still invincible from the witches' prophecies. 13. What did Macduff discover when he entered the castle? A) A note containing the outline of a plot to kill Duncan. B) An unlocked gate and a drunk porter. C) Another omen dead flowers in the garden. D) Duncan's body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan's body. 14. Following the discovery of Duncan's body, Lady Macbeth faints because A) She is genuinely upset bythe king's death. B) She is surprised by theamount of blood. C) She does not like knives andviolence. D) She wants to distractattention from Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wants to distractattention from Macbeth. 15. Who says this quote? "Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble" (Shakespeare 121). A) The witches. B) Macbeth. C) King Edward. D) Hecate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The witches. 16. Duncan's oldest son; heir to the throne A) Malcolm. B) Donalbain. C) Macbeth. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 17. Which of the following unnatural events does NOT happen after the murder? A) It is dark during the day and night. B) A falcon is killed by an owl. C) Duncan's horses, once tame, go wild and eat each other. D) All the rivers dry up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the rivers dry up. 18. "My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect." Who wrote this? A) Graham Greene. B) Charles Dickens. C) Jane Austen. D) D. H. Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. H. Lawrence. 19. When Macbeth seeks out the witches, how many visions do they show him? A) 5. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 20. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the 'Hero as King'? A) Cromwell. B) Shakespeare. C) Johnson. D) Luther. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cromwell. 21. The keeper of Macbeth's castle who drunkenly thinks he is the keeper of Hell's Gate A) Menteith. B) Ross. C) Porter. D) Captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porter. 22. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches' prophecy? A) He is a powerful warlock himself. B) He kills the witches first. C) He was born by cesarean section. D) He receives a charm from Grinswindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was born by cesarean section. 23. What seems to surprise Lady Macbeth about the old man she speaks of? A) That his death should have been so mourned. B) That he had greater strength than they expected. C) That he is haunting her dreams. D) That he had so much blood in him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That he had so much blood in him. 24. Paradise Lost was originally written in? A) Ten books. B) Eleven books. C) Nine books. D) Eight books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eight books. 25. What prevents Banquo from sleeping at Macbeth's castle? A) A wound from battle. B) He keeps having bad dreams. C) He has an infection. D) He cannot stop thinking about the prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He cannot stop thinking about the prophecy. 26. In his statement "We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed in England and in Ireland, not confessing their cruel patricide, " Macbeth is referring to A) Macduff and his family. B) Malcolm and Donalbain. C) Edward and Siward. D) Banquo and Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm and Donalbain. 27. After killing Macbeth, what does Macduff present Malcolm with to celebrate their victory? A) His sword covered in Macbeth's blood. B) Macbeth's riches. C) Macbeth's head. D) Macbeth's helmate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth's head. 28. How many murderers does Macbeth initially hire? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 29. Duncan says to Macbeth, "Would thou hadst less deserved, " in Scene 4, line 18. Which sentence best paraphrases his meaning? A) If only you had deserved less. B) I know you have what you deserve. C) You deserve less than what I have. D) You should take less than you deserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If only you had deserved less. 30. Who said it? "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? " A) Ross. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macbeth. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 31. Identify the character who is a supporter of Women's Rights in Sons and Lovers? A) Annie. B) Clara Dawes. C) Mrs. Morel. D) Miriam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs. Morel. 32. Even though one of the apparitions told Macbeth not to fear any man who is born of a woman, Macbeth still decides to do which of the following? A) Have Macduff's wife and babies killed. B) Have all the people in his castle executed. C) Have the membesr of his own family killed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have Macduff's wife and babies killed. 33. Who is Pip's friend in London? A) Jaggers. B) Pumblechook. C) Bentley Drummle. D) Herbert Pocket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jaggers. 34. At the beginning of Act III, following the murder of Duncan, A) Banquo is happy forMacbeth's success. B) Banquo is suspicious ofMacbeth's involvement. C) Banquo dismisses thewitches' prophecies as coincidence. D) Banquo expresses delightthat the king is dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banquo is suspicious ofMacbeth's involvement. 35. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem 'Ode to the West Wind'? A) Ottava rima. B) Terza rima. C) Spenserian Stanza. D) Rime royal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terza rima. 36. At the time of this play, who was Scotland's main enemy? A) England. B) Denmark. C) Ireland. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norway. 37. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream? A) The Ancient Mariner. B) Christabel. C) Ode on the Departing Year. D) Kubla Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kubla Khan. 38. Duncan's youngest son; he leaves Scotland and goes to Ireland after his father's murder A) Menteith. B) Malcolm. C) Donalbain. D) Angus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donalbain. 39. What is Lady Macbeth's reaction when she is told of the king's death the morning after? A) She faints. B) She starts to cry. C) She acts shocked. D) She takes off running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She faints. 40. This quote shows the theme of ..... A) Leadership. B) Ambition. C) Gender. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambition. 41. What does Macbeth see at the banquet table? A) Hecate. B) The thanes covered in blood. C) A dagger. D) Banquo's ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banquo's ghost. 42. One of the images or themes that runs throughout the play is that of A) Blood. B) Battle armor. C) Ships at sea. D) Brotherly love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 43. Head cut off by Macbeth and placed on a sword. A) Hecate. B) Malcolm. C) MacDonwald. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MacDonwald. 44. One of Duncan's generals; Macbeth's best friend A) Duncan. B) Banquo. C) Macduff. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banquo. 45. What does Macbeth see at the banquet? A) The ghost of Banquo. B) Fleance. C) The ghost of Duncan. D) A dagger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ghost of Banquo. 46. What does Lady Macbeth say stopped her from killing Duncan? A) The shriek of an owl frightened her. B) She believes Macbeth must do the murder. C) She fears the king's guards. D) Duncan reminds her of her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan reminds her of her father. 47. Who is with Lady Macduff trying to inform her of what is actually going on with her husband? A) Her son. B) Ross. C) Malcolm. D) Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ross. 48. Act II takes place in ..... A) A battlefield. B) MacBeth's castle. C) The witches' shack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MacBeth's castle. 49. How does Lady Macbeth act towards Duncan when he arrives at the castle? A) Sweet and shy. B) Cold and harsh. C) Confused and welcoming. D) Warm and inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm and inviting. 50. What is Lady Macbeth washing off of her hands? A) Mashed 'taters. B) Soap. C) Metaphorical blood. D) Bird poop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphorical blood. 51. What are the witches doing as the scene opens? A) Summoning the ghost of Banquo to them. B) Luring Macbeth to their cauldron. C) Preparing a charm and chanting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preparing a charm and chanting. 52. During the Elizabethan period, theater companies began to A) Travel more. B) Use permanent performance spaces. C) Use actors who were usually members of the nobility. D) Cast men to play women and women to play men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use permanent performance spaces. 53. "We have slashed the snake but not killed it." A) Malcolm. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Macduff. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth. 54. Lady Macbeth believes in order to carry out the murder, she has to ..... A) Get the witches to help her. B) Hire a mercenary killer. C) Act like a man. D) Get drunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act like a man. 55. What does Lady Macduff tell her son about Macduff? A) He loves him. B) He is dead. C) He is in the hospital. D) He will be home soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is dead. 56. Which of Shakespeare's play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television? A) Taming of the Shrew. B) The two Noble Kinsmen. C) Troilus and Cressida. D) Cymbeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The two Noble Kinsmen. 57. Who coined the phrase 'Egotistical Sublime'? A) S. T. Coleridge. B) William Wordsworth. C) John Keats. D) P.B Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S. T. Coleridge. 58. What does Banquo suspect at the beginning of the Act? A) That Macebth will not be a good king. B) That Macbeth wants him dead. C) That Macbeth killed Duncan for the throne. D) That Macbeth is planning an invasion of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Macbeth killed Duncan for the throne. 59. What effect do these short, quick statements have? A) Makes the mood seem calm and serene. B) Makes the characters seem nervous and jittery. C) Makes the allusions even more obvious. D) Makes the flow choppy and more difficult to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the characters seem nervous and jittery. 60. Identify the speaker of the following lines:"What hands are here? ha! They pluck out mine eyes." A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Fleance. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth. ← 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