Macbeth Quiz 54 (20 MCQs)

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1. Why does Macbeth want to kill King Duncan?

Correct Answer: B) Macbeth wants to be king.

2. In Elizabethan theater, ..... was especially important because there were no elaborate special effects, lighting, or sets.

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

3. Why does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth has a poor chance of achieving power?

Correct Answer: C) He lacks sufficient ambition.

4. Who says:Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Correct Answer: C) The 3 Witches.

5. Who said it? "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes."

Correct Answer: A) The witches.

6. What are Banquo and Fleance doing when they are attacked?

Correct Answer: C) Riding their horses.

7. What does Macbeth do to Mcdonwald in battle that makes King Duncan call him, "A worthy gentleman"

Correct Answer: D) Cuts Mcdonwald in half, then spikes his head outside the castle.

8. Which of the following is NOT revealed in the letter Lady Macbeth receives?

Correct Answer: C) The location of Donalbain and Malcolm.

9. When Macbeth returns from killing Duncan, he makes the mistake of bringing

Correct Answer: B) Bloody daggers.

10. Malcolm believes that Macbeth's ..... made him desire others' jewels, houses, and titles.

Correct Answer: A) Avarice.

11. Who is crowned the king of Scotland at the end?

Correct Answer: A) Malcolm.

12. ..... comes with Macduff to pick up the King and tells of strange things he's heard in the night.

Correct Answer: A) Lennox.

13. That Milton was of the Devil's party without knowing it, was said by?

Correct Answer: A) Blake.

14. What does Macduff reveal?

Correct Answer: A) He was born by caesarean section.

15. What color does Macbeth say he shall make the green sea turn if he was to stick his hands into it?

Correct Answer: C) Red.

16. In Scene 2 ..... awards Macbeth with the title, Thane of Cawdor.

Correct Answer: A) Duncan.

17. Why is Macbeth envious of the murdered King Duncan?

Correct Answer: A) Macbeth cannot sleep and King Duncan has eternal sleep.

18. Why is Macbeth not worried when he learns that 10, 000 English troops are headed his way?

Correct Answer: C) The witches make him overconfident.

19. What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title?

Correct Answer: A) He was a traitor and took the other side in the war.

20. Macbeth will not return the daggers to the crime scene. Finish the quote:"I am ..... "

Correct Answer: B) Afraid.