This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Macbeth asked the witches if Banquo's sons would be kings, what did they show him? A) Banquo's ghost. B) A vision of an empty throne. C) 8 kings that look like Banquo. D) A vision of Fleance sitting on the throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 kings that look like Banquo. 2. Which idea or "motif" is not introduced in the first scene? A) Fair being foul. B) Man as a sinner. C) Fair is foul and foul is fair. D) The stormy fate of Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man as a sinner. 3. Which thane was noticeably absent from the banquet? A) Ross. B) Macduff. C) Lennox. D) Angus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 4. Why is Macbeth unconcerned in Scene 3 about the thanes who leave him to fight with Malcolm? A) These thanes are all born of women. B) Macbeth only wants to fight with Macduff. C) The prophecies make Macbeth fearless in battle. D) Macbeth wants to fight only with loyal soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The prophecies make Macbeth fearless in battle. 5. How are Banquo and Fleance related? A) Banquo is Fleance's father. B) Fleance and Banquo are brothers. C) Fleance is Banquo's father. D) Banquo is Fleance's uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banquo is Fleance's father. 6. Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air. A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) The 3 Witches. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 3 Witches. 7. When a character speaks to himself only when others are on stage A) Aside. B) Sleep talking. C) Soliloquy. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 8. Who is believed to have killed the king? A) Macbeth. B) The guards. C) Malcolm and Donalbain. D) Macduff and Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guards. 9. In Scene iii, what finally convinces Malcolm that Macduff is loyal? A) Macduff's reaction to the murder of his family. B) Macduff's noble despair for his country. C) Macduff's professed hatred for Macbeth. D) Macduff's attempts to refute Malcolm's claims of character flaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff's noble despair for his country. 10. When does Macbeth give the speech, "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" ? A) After he had learned that Lady Macbeth was sick. B) When Seyton reported that Malcolm's army was approaching. C) They were his final words before he died. D) When Seyton reported that Lady Macbeth had died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When Seyton reported that Lady Macbeth had died. 11. In reference to the previous question, Shakespeare uses the imagery to continually convey Macbeth's evil side. The author is employing which literary device? A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Motif. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 12. In Act 2, Scene 4, Macduff subtly emphasizes his opposition to Macbeth by A) Preparing to flee Scotland. B) Publicly swearing allegiance to Malcolm. C) Attempting to rally the thanes against Macbeth. D) Refusing to go see Macbeth crowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refusing to go see Macbeth crowned. 13. Macbeth murders the king's servants so that they cannot A) Try to get away. B) Investigate the crime. C) Claim they were framed and didn't kill Duncan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claim they were framed and didn't kill Duncan. 14. Why does Birnam Wood appear to move? A) The soldiers have disguised themselves with branches. B) There are Ents in the wood. C) The witches have put a spell on it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soldiers have disguised themselves with branches. 15. Complete Macbeth's quotation: "I thought I heard a voice crying, 'Macbeth has murdered ..... !" ' A) Truth. B) Duncan. C) Honor. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep. 16. Shakespeare probably wrote Macbeth to impress his Scottish ruler ..... A) James I. B) James V. C) Elizabeth I. D) Elizabeth IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James I. 17. How is Lady Macbeth feeling about the murder? A) Lady Macbeth feels unhappy and regretful. B) Lady Macbeth feels that it is time to move on. C) Lady Macbeth feels murderous and is ready to murder again. D) Lady Macbeth feels happy that she is queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth feels that it is time to move on. 18. Who foreshadows Lady Macbeth's suicide when he or she says that "the means of all annoyance" should be taken away from her? A) The doctor. B) The gentlewoman. C) Macbeth. D) Macduff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doctor. 19. The 2nd apparition tells Macbeth that no one borne from a woman will harm him. What does this apparition look like? A) An armed head. B) A bloody child. C) A crowned child holding a tree. D) A line of kings resembling Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bloody child. 20. What disturbance of The Great Chain of Being does the Old Man say he has heard about? A) The earthquake. B) Fires staring out of nowhere. C) The eclipse. D) Duncan's horses eating each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duncan's horses eating each other. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMacbeth Quiz 1Macbeth Quiz 2Macbeth Quiz 3Macbeth Quiz 4Macbeth Quiz 5Macbeth Quiz 6Macbeth Quiz 7Macbeth Quiz 8Macbeth Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books