This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What symbolizes Macbeth's guilt after the murder of Duncan? A) The swords that he took with him. B) The clothes he wore while killing him. C) The knocking on the door. D) The blood on his hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The blood on his hands. 2. Hecate is ..... A) The goddess of evil. B) The ruler of witches. C) The goddess of witchcraft, ghosts, and magic. D) The greek goddess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The goddess of witchcraft, ghosts, and magic. 3. Malcolm pretends that he's lustful and greedy and evil when he meets with Macduff. Why does he do this? A) To make sure that his brother becomes king. B) To find out if Macduff is loyal. C) To fulfill the witches prophecy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find out if Macduff is loyal. 4. King Duncan is upset with the original Thane of Cawdor because of his A) Betrayal. B) Greed. C) Cowardice. D) Incompetence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betrayal. 5. "Were such things here as we do speak about? /Or have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason prisoner? " A) Porter. B) Macduff. C) Banquo. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 6. Who (what) did Macbeth see at the banquet table? A) The tree witches laughing at him. B) Banquo's Ghost. C) Blood from the daggers in his wine cup. D) The image of Duncan's beating heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banquo's Ghost. 7. The 4th apparition doesn't speak. What does it show Macbeth? A) An armed head. B) A bloody child. C) A crowned child holding a tre. D) A line of kings resembling Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A line of kings resembling Banquo. 8. Who does Duncan name the new Thane of Cawdor? A) Duncan. B) Macbeth. C) Thane of Cawdor. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 9. Paraphrase the quote, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air" . (1.1.12-13) A) The witches are hovering through the air. B) The good can also be bad, and the bad can also be good. C) The point of being fair when someone is acting unfair to you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The good can also be bad, and the bad can also be good. 10. Which of the following best describes Macbeth's feelings about the possible assassination of King Duncan? A) Great confidence. B) Tortured ambivalence. C) Determined ambition. D) Disinterest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tortured ambivalence. 11. Who says the following words "If we should fail" ? A) Lady Macbeth. B) Macbeth. C) Banquo. D) King Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 12. What is the REAL reason Macbeth kills Duncan's grooms/guards? A) They could have contradicted his story for who killed Duncan. B) They were really English spies. C) They tried to kill Macbeth-it was self-defense. D) He didn't kill them; Macduff killed them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They could have contradicted his story for who killed Duncan. 13. Which sense does the following quotation appeal to? This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest. A) Taste. B) Sight. C) Touch. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Touch. 14. When do the witches plan to meet Macbeth? A) When the battle begins. B) In the middle of the battle. C) When the battle's over. D) They don't plan to meet him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the battle's over. 15. What does Lady Macbeth compare her son to? A) A traitor. B) A cousin. C) A hunter. D) A bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bird. 16. Why does Lady Macbeth say she didn't kill the king herself? A) She abhors violence. B) He looked like her father in his sleep. C) She tried but he overpowered her. D) She needed to see if Macbeth was man enough to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He looked like her father in his sleep. 17. What is the difference between Macbeth's first murders and the murder of Macduff's family? A) Revenge. B) Silence an enemy. C) Out of spite. D) Political gain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of spite. 18. How is Macbeth acting immediately after the King's death (before Macduff arrives)? A) Relieved that the murder is finally over. B) Nervous and distressed at what he'd done. C) Angry that Lady Macbeth didn't murder Duncan herself. D) Excited that he will soon be king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous and distressed at what he'd done. 19. Where does Banquo appear to Macbeth? A) At banquet and witches' cavern. B) In his bedroom. C) On the battlefield. D) At banquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At banquet and witches' cavern. 20. The first apparition-which tells Macbeth to beware of Macduff-looks like what? A) The child with a crown and a tree branch. B) A head wearing a helmet. C) A bloody child. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A head wearing a helmet. ← 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