Macbeth Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. Macbeth decides not to kill King Duncan because

Correct Answer: C) He is his host and a loyal subject.

2. What does the following quote from Lady Macbeth reveal? "Nought's had, all's spent, / Where our desire is got without content"

Correct Answer: A) We're no better off, when what we desired has not brought us contentment.

3. A Graymalkin is a .....

Correct Answer: C) A gray spirit cat.

4. In Scene 2, Duncan orders Ross to

Correct Answer: C) Tell Macbeth he is the new thane of Cawdor.

5. The title of the poem 'The Second Coming' is taken from?

Correct Answer: A) The Bible.

6. Which best describes how Shakespeare portrays Macduff's son in Act IV?

Correct Answer: D) Questioning and courageous.

7. Who called Shelley 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain'?

Correct Answer: C) Matthew Arnold.

8. Why does Macduff say that HE must be the one to kill Macbeth?

Correct Answer: A) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Macduff's family.

9. What word best describes Scotland during Macbeth's reign?

Correct Answer: C) Depressed.

10. What word(s) best describes Lady Macbeth in Act 1?

Correct Answer: B) Ambitious and devious.

11. What does Banquo want to speak with Macbeth about the first night he stays at his castle?

Correct Answer: C) The witches.

12. "My thanes and kinsmen, /Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/In such anhonor named."

Correct Answer: C) Malcolm.

13. Why does the doctor say he cannot help Lady Macbeth?

Correct Answer: D) He says her problem is spiritual, not medical.

14. Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what?

Correct Answer: C) Comic Relief.

15. After Macbeth's death, the crown of Scotland goes to

Correct Answer: A) Malcolm.

16. What does Macbeth mean by this statement?

Correct Answer: C) He wished Duncan would wake up and be back to normal.

17. Who was villain in Othello?

Correct Answer: B) Iago.

18. What plan does Macbeth begin to develop in Act 1?

Correct Answer: C) To kill King Duncan.

19. What does Macbeth initially blame his hallucination of a dagger on?

Correct Answer: A) His brain being too hot.

20. What is the name of the forest that the witches prophesised would move towards Dunsinane?

Correct Answer: A) Birnam Wood.