This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Macbeth – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following symbols in Scene ii signals that King Duncan's murder has been accomplished? A) The knocking at the south entry. B) The words spoken by Malcolm and Donalbain. C) The owl's scream and the crickets' cries. D) The voice Macbeth hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The owl's scream and the crickets' cries. 2. The phrase 'Pathetic fallacy' is coined by? A) Milton. B) Coleridge. C) Carlyle. D) John Ruskin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Ruskin. 3. Macbeth was written in 1605 in response to what event in England? A) The Magna Carta. B) The Gunpowder Plot. C) The Beheading of Anne Boleyn. D) The Death of Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gunpowder Plot. 4. "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." The line given above occurs in A) Hamlet. B) Henry IV, Pt I. C) The Tempest. D) Twelfth Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 5. Ross tells Lady Macduff to A) Pull herself together and trust her husband. B) Leave her husband and save herself. C) Join the fight against Macbeth and become a soldier. D) Give her son over to the army and let him fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull herself together and trust her husband. 6. Who is the first person to discover Duncan's body? A) Banquo. B) Macduff. C) Ross. D) The Porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 7. The voice that tells Macbeth "Sleep no more! Macbeth has murdered sleep!" is saying that A) Someone has witnessed Duncan's murder. B) Duncan will never awaken from his "sleep". C) Macbeth murdered Duncan in his sleep. D) Macbeth will never again have a clear conscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth will never again have a clear conscience. 8. This monarch was ruling England when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth: A) Richard I. B) James I. C) Henry IV. D) George IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James I. 9. What is Lady Macbeth's plan for killing Duncan? A) Drug the guards and go in the room and stab him. B) Overpower the guards and kill Duncan in hand to hand combat. C) Poison Duncan at the banquet. D) Turn Malcolm against him and get him to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drug the guards and go in the room and stab him. 10. Which statement is most true about Act 3 of Macbeth? A) Macbeth now takes the initiative to do evil deeds. B) Lady Macbeth must still urge Macbeth to protect the throne. C) Macbeth still shows nervousness about killing. D) Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to raise an army. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth now takes the initiative to do evil deeds. 11. What word does Malcolm use to describe Lady Macbeth? A) Fiend-like. B) Witch-like. C) Evil. D) Vicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiend-like. 12. Who becomes king when Macbeth dies? A) Donalbain. B) Fleance. C) Macduff. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malcolm. 13. Who also fought bravely with Macbeth in the battle at the beginning of the play? A) King Duncan. B) Malcolm. C) Banquo. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 14. The Chartist Movement sought? A) Protection of the political rights of the working class. B) Recognition of chartered trading companies. C) Political rights for women. D) Protection of the political rights of the middle class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection of the political rights of the working class. 15. Othello gave Desdemona .....as a token of love: A) Ring. B) Handkerchief. C) Pendant. D) Bengals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handkerchief. 16. ..... says that no man born of woman will hurt Macbeth. A) The child with a crown and a tree branch. B) Banquo's ghost. C) The armed head. D) The bloody child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bloody child. 17. Who does Duncan meet as he sets up camp at the beginning of the play? A) A wounded soldier. B) Malcolm. C) Donalbain. D) A messenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wounded soldier. 18. Duncan names Malcolm as prince of A) Dunsinane. B) Inverness. C) Cumberland. D) Fife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cumberland. 19. According to the Three Witches, who will be king? A) Only Macbeth. B) Macbeth, and Banquo's future heirs. C) Macbeth and his heirs. D) Only Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth, and Banquo's future heirs. 20. Which of the following describes Lady Macbeth's death (in the play)? A) She dies offstage. B) She falls on Macbeth's sword. C) She sleepwalks off a wall. D) She is shot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She dies offstage. ← 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