Macbeth Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. Identify the speaker of the following lines:"What hands are here? ha! They pluck out mine eyes."

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth.

2. Hecate was angry with The Witches for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: D) They did not pray to her before delivering the prophecy.

3. Lady Macbeth demonstrates that she is shocked by Duncan's death by

Correct Answer: B) Pretending to faint.

4. Why does Lady Macbeth choose not to kill King Duncan herself?

Correct Answer: A) She thinks the king, as he sleeps, looks like her father.

5. How do Malcolm and Donalbain react to their father's murder?

Correct Answer: D) They flee, fearing for their own safety.

6. Why doesn't Lady Macbeth want to kill Duncan?

Correct Answer: A) He looks too much like her father.

7. The title of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus' means?

Correct Answer: C) Tailor Repatched.

8. In Act V, which of the following represents the resolution of the plot?

Correct Answer: D) Macduff kills Macbeth.

9. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he first encounters the Three Witches?

Correct Answer: D) Banquo.

10. Who is the queen of the witches that reprimands the other three weird sisters for dealing with Macbeth?

Correct Answer: B) Hecate.

11. Three apparitions appear to Macbeth in Act IV. Which of the following do they predict?

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth should fear Macduff.

12. In his soliloquy before the murder, what does Macbeth imagine he sees in front of him?

Correct Answer: C) A dagger.

13. Who was the second monarch to rule during Shakespeare's lifetime?

Correct Answer: C) James I.

14. What does Macbeth's soliloquy (long speech revealing his thoughts) in Scene 7 reveal?

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth has second thoughts about the plan.

15. What vision does Macbeth see on his way to murder Duncan?

Correct Answer: D) A floating dagger.

16. A(n) ..... is a character's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other characters on stage.

Correct Answer: C) Aside.

17. Which character does NOT appear in Act IV?

Correct Answer: B) Lady MacBeth.

18. What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?

Correct Answer: C) It was his birthday.

19. Why is Lady Macduff upset?

Correct Answer: C) Her husband has left with no notice.

20. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was not influenced by?

Correct Answer: D) Matthew Arnold.