This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Macbeth – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macbeth Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Macbeth tries to reassure himself that Malcolm and Macduff are not a threat to him because they ..... A) Are far away in England. B) Do not have the military power that he has. C) Have fled because of fear. D) Are both "of woman born". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are both "of woman born". 2. "The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now? "Who is the Thane of Fife? A) Macduff. B) Malcolm. C) Lennox. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macduff. 3. ..... has a happy ending and a theme or motif that involves overcoming adversity. A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) History. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 4. Why didn't Lady Macbeth just kill the king herself? A) He looked too much like her father. B) She changed her mind. C) Someone walked in on her about to kill him. D) She wanted Macbeth to do it by himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He looked too much like her father. 5. "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale." Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night? A) Duke Orsino. B) Malvolio. C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek. D) Sir Toby Belch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Toby Belch. 6. The 3rd apparition tells Macbeth that he has nothing to fear until Birnam Wood marches up Dunsinane Hill to fight him. What does this apparition look like? A) An armed head. B) A bloody child. C) A crowned child holding a tree. D) A line of kings resembling Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A crowned child holding a tree. 7. The setting of Macbeth take place in ..... A) England. B) Norway. C) Ireland. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scotland. 8. While hallucinating, Macbeth starts ranting using a lexical field of black magic. Who does he name as the pale goddess of the witches? A) Hecate. B) Nicneven. C) Circe. D) Diana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hecate. 9. Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is a, what? A) A traitor. B) A liar. C) A violent person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A traitor. 10. When does Macbeth say his wife should have died? A) Hereafter. B) Years ago. C) Before she persuaded him to take Duncan's life. D) After the battle has ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hereafter. 11. Whom does Macbeth plan to meet the day after the banquet? A) Lennox. B) The Witches. C) Macduff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Witches. 12. What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to do almost immediately after learning of Duncan's murder? A) Avenge their father's death. B) Fight each other for the crown. C) Hide their grief from everyone. D) Run away to protect themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run away to protect themselves. 13. Before Macbeth makes his first appearance, we learn about his ..... A) Ambition. B) Great power. C) Superstitions. D) Bravery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bravery. 14. The witches in Scene 1 inform the audience that A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. B) There is trouble in Scotland. C) Macbeth has acted bravely in battle. D) There will be a new king of Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will see Macbeth after the battle. 15. In Act III, what is the actual cause of Macbeth's irrational behavior at the banquet? A) A sudden illness. B) Too much to drink. C) A lack of sleep. D) His guilty conscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His guilty conscience. 16. Come, you spiritsThat tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-fullOf direst cruelty! A) Macbeth. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 17. Who does Duncan name to succeed him as king? A) Thane of Glamis. B) Donalbain. C) Malcolm. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malcolm. 18. What word can Macbeth not say? A) Amen. B) Duncan. C) Murder. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amen. 19. Why does Lady Macbeth kill herself? A) She knows Macbeth will lose his crown. B) She cannot bear her guilt. C) She is under attack by Malcolm's army. D) She is afraid of Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She cannot bear her guilt. 20. Identify the speaker: "it is concluded. Banquo thy sould's flight/ if it find heaven, must find it tonight" A) Fleance. B) Macbeth. C) First Murderer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. ← 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