This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Macbeth – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Macbeth begin to act so oddly at the banquet? A) He has had too much to drink. B) He has been unable to sleep. C) He has become sick. D) He sees the ghost of Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sees the ghost of Banquo. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Why does Macbeth dismiss the reports about Malcolm's approaching army? A) He thinks that he is still invincible from the witches' prophecies. B) He is too upset about Lady Macbeth's death. C) Macbeth's army has 10, 000 men. D) He thinks they are lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thinks that he is still invincible from the witches' prophecies. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Who says this quote? "Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble" (Shakespeare 121). A) Macbeth. B) King Edward. C) The witches. D) Hecate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The witches. 8. Duncan's oldest son; heir to the throne A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Donalbain. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 9. 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. 10. "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) D. H. Lawrence. C) Charles Dickens. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. H. Lawrence. 11. When Macbeth seeks out the witches, how many visions do they show him? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 12. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the 'Hero as King'? A) Johnson. B) Cromwell. C) Shakespeare. D) Luther. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cromwell. 13. The keeper of Macbeth's castle who drunkenly thinks he is the keeper of Hell's Gate A) Ross. B) Captain. C) Porter. D) Menteith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porter. 14. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches' prophecy? A) He was born by cesarean section. B) He is a powerful warlock himself. C) He receives a charm from Grinswindle. D) He kills the witches first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was born by cesarean section. 15. What seems to surprise Lady Macbeth about the old man she speaks of? A) That he is haunting her dreams. B) That he had greater strength than they expected. C) That he had so much blood in him. D) That his death should have been so mourned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he had so much blood in him. 16. 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. 17. What prevents Banquo from sleeping at Macbeth's castle? A) A wound from battle. B) He keeps having bad dreams. C) He cannot stop thinking about the prophecy. D) He has an infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He cannot stop thinking about the prophecy. 18. 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. 19. After killing Macbeth, what does Macduff present Malcolm with to celebrate their victory? A) Macbeth's riches. B) Macbeth's helmate. C) Macbeth's head. D) His sword covered in Macbeth's blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth's head. 20. How many murderers does Macbeth initially hire? A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. 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