Macbeth Quiz 14 (20 MCQs)

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1. How is Lady Macbeth feeling about the murder?

Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth feels that it is time to move on.

2. Who foreshadows Lady Macbeth's suicide when he or she says that "the means of all annoyance" should be taken away from her?

Correct Answer: A) The doctor.

3. The 2nd apparition tells Macbeth that no one borne from a woman will harm him. What does this apparition look like?

Correct Answer: B) A bloody child.

4. What disturbance of The Great Chain of Being does the Old Man say he has heard about?

Correct Answer: D) Duncan's horses eating each other.

5. Othello was a :

Correct Answer: A) General of England.

6. What image appears before Macbeth late at night?

Correct Answer: A) A dagger.

7. Where does King Duncan come to spend the night?

Correct Answer: D) Macbeth's castle.

8. Lady Macbeth is referring to the murder of

Correct Answer: B) King Duncan.

9. ..... says that Macbeth won't be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to Macbeth's castle.

Correct Answer: D) The child with a crown and a tree branch.

10. Legend has it that Macbeth is a cursed play. What do theater people call the play to avoid the curse?

Correct Answer: C) The Scottish Play.

11. Why is Young Siward's death deemed honorable?

Correct Answer: B) His wounds were on the front of his body.

12. In what way is Lady Macbeth stronger than her husband?

Correct Answer: C) She stands firm when Macbeth begins to waver in his deadly purpose.

13. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet?

Correct Answer: C) Seven.

14. Why does Macbeth urge Macduff to leave?

Correct Answer: C) He feels he has enough of Macduff's family's blood on his hands.

15. In scene 5, Lady Macbeth's immediate reaction upon reading her husband's letter is to express doubt about

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth's strength of will.

16. The Lord Chamberlin's Men was

Correct Answer: A) Shakespeare's acting company.

17. The Climax of the play is..

Correct Answer: D) The murder of Duncan.

18. Where is Ross and Macduff headed at the end of Act 2?

Correct Answer: A) Fife.

19. Which of these describes Lady Macbeth's death?

Correct Answer: A) She dies offstage.

20. Shakespeare's plays were acted out by all

Correct Answer: C) Men and boys.