Macbeth Quiz 54 (20 MCQs)

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1. Malcolm believes that Macbeth's ..... made him desire others' jewels, houses, and titles.

Correct Answer: A) Avarice.

2. Who is crowned the king of Scotland at the end?

Correct Answer: A) Malcolm.

3. ..... comes with Macduff to pick up the King and tells of strange things he's heard in the night.

Correct Answer: A) Lennox.

4. That Milton was of the Devil's party without knowing it, was said by?

Correct Answer: A) Blake.

5. What does Macduff reveal?

Correct Answer: A) He was born by caesarean section.

6. What color does Macbeth say he shall make the green sea turn if he was to stick his hands into it?

Correct Answer: C) Red.

7. In Scene 2 ..... awards Macbeth with the title, Thane of Cawdor.

Correct Answer: A) Duncan.

8. Why is Macbeth envious of the murdered King Duncan?

Correct Answer: A) Macbeth cannot sleep and King Duncan has eternal sleep.

9. Why is Macbeth not worried when he learns that 10, 000 English troops are headed his way?

Correct Answer: C) The witches make him overconfident.

10. What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title?

Correct Answer: A) He was a traitor and took the other side in the war.

11. Macbeth will not return the daggers to the crime scene. Finish the quote:"I am ..... "

Correct Answer: B) Afraid.

12. Name the speaker: "My hands are the same color as yours ..... but I'd be ashamed to have a heart as white as yours!"

Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth.

13. Which of the following play was written in 1601?

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

14. "Stars, hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires."

Correct Answer: C) Macbeth.

15. Why did the first witch want to kill the Sailor?

Correct Answer: B) His wife didn't share her chestnuts.

16. Why is Macbeth crowned king after Duncan is murdered and not Duncan's sons?

Correct Answer: D) Duncan's sons have run away and seem guilty.

17. The witches are sometimes referred to as the Weird Sisters. "Weird" comes from an Anglo-Saxon term, "wyrd" which means .....

Correct Answer: D) Fate.

18. Who is Macdonwald?

Correct Answer: D) He is the leader of the rebel forces, who are fighting against Scotland.

19. Complete the quotation: "Upon my head they placed a ..... crown. And put a ..... scepter in my gripe."

Correct Answer: B) Fruitless barren.

20. Why would Lady Macbeth want to overrule Macbeth and make him a murderer?

Correct Answer: B) So she becomes Queen and rules.