Macbeth Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. Lady Macbeth had the chance to kill Duncan herself. What reason does she give for not doing it?

Correct Answer: C) Duncan looked like her father.

2. What does Lady Macbeth do with the daggers?

Correct Answer: D) She plants them on the king's servants and smears the servants with blood.

3. Who does Macbeth hire after Banquo leaves the castle for the day?

Correct Answer: C) Murderers.

4. Who are the only two lords to speak during the banquet?

Correct Answer: B) Ross and Lennox.

5. Macbeth decides not to kill King Duncan because

Correct Answer: C) He is his host and a loyal subject.

6. What does the following quote from Lady Macbeth reveal? "Nought's had, all's spent, / Where our desire is got without content"

Correct Answer: A) We're no better off, when what we desired has not brought us contentment.

7. A Graymalkin is a .....

Correct Answer: C) A gray spirit cat.

8. In Scene 2, Duncan orders Ross to

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

9. The title of the poem 'The Second Coming' is taken from?

Correct Answer: A) The Bible.

10. Which best describes how Shakespeare portrays Macduff's son in Act IV?

Correct Answer: D) Questioning and courageous.

11. Who called Shelley 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain'?

Correct Answer: C) Matthew Arnold.

12. Why does Macduff say that HE must be the one to kill Macbeth?

Correct Answer: A) To get revenge because Macbeth killed Macduff's family.

13. What word best describes Scotland during Macbeth's reign?

Correct Answer: C) Depressed.

14. What word(s) best describes Lady Macbeth in Act 1?

Correct Answer: B) Ambitious and devious.

15. What does Banquo want to speak with Macbeth about the first night he stays at his castle?

Correct Answer: C) The witches.

16. "My thanes and kinsmen, /Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/In such anhonor named."

Correct Answer: C) Malcolm.

17. Why does the doctor say he cannot help Lady Macbeth?

Correct Answer: D) He says her problem is spiritual, not medical.

18. Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what?

Correct Answer: C) Comic Relief.

19. After Macbeth's death, the crown of Scotland goes to

Correct Answer: A) Malcolm.

20. What does Macbeth mean by this statement?

Correct Answer: C) He wished Duncan would wake up and be back to normal.