Macbeth Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. In Scene 3, Shakespeare most likely has the witches speak in rhyme instead of blank verse to make their comments sound

Correct Answer: B) Childish.

2. King Duncan decides to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because .....

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth fought heroically for him.

3. What is Lady Macbeth trying to scrub away when the doctor sees her?

Correct Answer: C) Imaginary blood on her arms.

4. Who said it? "My sword will talk for me."

Correct Answer: A) Macduff.

5. Hamlet's famous speech 'To be, or not to be; that is the question' occurs in?

Correct Answer: D) Act III, Scene I.

6. In Act IV when the witch says, "Something wicked this way comes, " you know that .....

Correct Answer: A) Even the witches now consider Macbeth evil.

7. The original Thane of Cawdor is labelled as a

Correct Answer: A) Traitor.

8. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth by:

Correct Answer: A) Telling him that he is not a man.

9. Based on line 2, which of the following statements would Macbeth agree with?

Correct Answer: B) Life is dull, long, and tiresome.

10. Where does Donalbain flee after Duncan's death?

Correct Answer: A) Ireland.

11. What is weird about the night that Macbeth kills Duncan?

Correct Answer: B) The earth shakes, and his horses eat each other.

12. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as?

Correct Answer: C) Ottava Rima.

13. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play?

Correct Answer: A) Twelfth Night.

14. What is Macbeth's plan for killing Banquo and Fleance?

Correct Answer: C) Hire murderers to waylay them in the dark.

15. In the second scene, what does King Duncan order Ross to do?

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

16. Before becoming Thane of Cawdor Macbeth is Thane of Glamis, but what is a Thane?

Correct Answer: B) A rank of Scottish nobility.

17. This character breaks the news to Macduff about his family being slaughtered.

Correct Answer: A) Ross.

18. The porter provides comic relief by

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

19. At the beginning of Act II, Macbeth and Banquo have a conversation. It is clear that Macbeth is lying when he says that he

Correct Answer: B) Never thinks about the witches.

20. What IS NOT one of the pronouncements of the apparitions?

Correct Answer: C) Macbeth will have a line of 8 sons who will be kings.