This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > 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. What 2 literary elements are used, " ..... the swift, the slow, the subtle, "? A) Parallel structure and metaphor. B) Smile and personification. C) Metaphor and alliteration. D) Parallel structure and alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel structure and alliteration. 2. What does Macbeth mean when he says he will "sleep no more? " A) His conscience will never let him sleep. B) He must run away and always look out for people chasing him. C) He will soon die. D) He will have heavy responsibilities as king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His conscience will never let him sleep. 3. Who is the first to give Macbeth the news that he really has been named thane of Cawdor? A) Ross. B) Angus. C) Lennox. D) Seyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ross. 4. In Act II, Scene 1, Macbeth's response to Banquo's dream of the witches is, "I think not of them." What literary device does this represent? A) Allegory. B) Figurative language. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 5. What is manga? A) Japanese comic books. B) Graphic Novels. C) Japanese cartoons. D) Japanese Movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese comic books. 6. In scene 3 (see passage above), how does Macbeth feel about the upcoming battle? A) He is fearful of where his soul will go when he dies. B) He is confident because of the witches' prophecies. C) He is scared of Malcolm and the English army. D) He is worried about his wife's safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is confident because of the witches' prophecies. 7. What does the name of Macbeth's new adviser suggest? A) Macbeth must restore his mental and physical health. B) Men bear cruelty in their smiles. C) Macbeth is on the side of the devil. D) Macbeth is like unenlightened cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth is on the side of the devil. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Duncan's oldest son; heir to the throne A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Donalbain. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malcolm. 16. 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. 17. "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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMacbeth Quiz 1Macbeth Quiz 2Macbeth Quiz 3Macbeth Quiz 4Macbeth Quiz 5Macbeth Quiz 6Macbeth Quiz 7Macbeth Quiz 8Macbeth Quiz 9Macbeth Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books