Macbeth acted as he did because | he was ambitious |
Lady Macbeth’s motive for urging Macbeth on was that she | wanted to be queen |
Do the witches (a) implant the evil thought in Macbeth’s mind, (b) work on what is already there, (c) draw him from his purpose? | (a) implant the evil thought in Macbeth’s mind |
The weird women symbolizes the | evil temptation in the world |
Banquo’s moral character was | strong |
Macduff (a) was guilty of criminal negligence in leaving his family, (b) serves no dramatic purpose in the play, (c) did not sufficiently atone for his fault | A/C |
Macbeth’s ambition led him to | destruction |
As a king Macbeth was | unjust |
The theme of the play Macbeth is | evil ambition and its results |
The turning point in Macbeth’s success comes | when Banquo’s ghost appears at the banquet |
Macbeth meets his fate | with desperate bravery |
The play Macbeth is a | tragedy |
Macbeth’s companion the first time he met the witches was | Banquo |
Duncan is murdered by | Macbeth |
Malcolm flees to | England |
Just before the signal is given by Lady Macbeth, Macbeth sees | a dagger |
Immediately after Duncan’s murder, Macbeth is | repentant |
Banquo is murdered by | hired murderers |
Macbeth believed that he | bore a charmed life |
What does it mean to bear a charmed life? | to be untouchable or unharmable; to be special. |
Macbeth’s true character is best revealed through | his soliloquies |
The witches encourage Macbeth | to draw on to his doom |
“double, double, toil and trouble” | Witches |
“what need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to accompt” | Lady Macbeth |
“Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, Take any shape by that” | Macbeth |
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player” | Macbeth |
“Though bladed corn be lodg’d and trees blown down; answer me to what I ask you” | Macbeth |
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” | Macbeth |
“When shall we three meet again in thunder, lighting, or in rain?” | witches |
“Fie, my lord, Fie! a soldier and afeard?” | Lady Macbeth |
“What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged” | Doctor |
“She should have dies hereafter” | Macbeth |
“I go and it is done; the bell invites me” | Macbeth |
“That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold.” | Lady Macbeth |
“A little water clears us of this deed.” | Lady Macbeth |
“Lay on Macduff, and damn’d be him that first cries, Hold, enough!” | Macbeth |
“Had I as many sons as I have hairs I would not wish them to a fairer death” | Old Siward |
“That which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have” | Macbeth |
“Thou canst not say I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me” | Macbeth |
“Why in that rawness left you wife and child?” | Malcolm |
“Why should I play the Roman fool?” | Macbeth |
“Let us not be dainty of leave-taking, but shift away” | Malcolm |
“Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is gotten without content” | Lady Macbeth |
“You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, with most admired disorder” | Lady Macbeth |
“We have met with foes that strike beside us” | Malcolm |
“Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it” | Lady Macbeth |
“What thou souldst highly that thou wouldst holily; Wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win” | Lady Macbeth |
Macbeth thought of murder after listening to the witches. | True |
Macbeth smeared the guard’s faces with blood. | False |
Duncan’s sons were suspected of his murder because they fled. | True |
Banquo suspected Macbeth of the murder. | True |
Fleance and Banquo were murdered at the same time. | False |
The witches said Banquo would be king. | False |
The witches said that Macbeth would never be overcome. | False |
Malcolm suspected Macduff of treachery. | True |
The thanes were loyal to the last to Macbeth. | False |
Macbeth was a coward. | False |
Banquo was loyal to Macbeth. | True |
Macbeth’s chief fear was punishment after death. | False |
Lady Macbeth had no conscience. | False |
Macduff loved his family very much. | True |
Macbeth feared the opinion of others. | True |
Macbeth gains what the Thane of Cawdor loses. | True |
Banquo murders the grooms. | False |
The witches’ chief delight was evil. | True |
A sergeant fights bravely against the capture of Macbeth. | False |
Malcolm becomes King after Macbeth’s death. | True |
Malcolm gained strength of character as the play advanced. | True |
Macbeth was a happy king. | False |
Lady Macbeth’s conscience punished her. | True |
This play shows that happiness can follow sin. | False |
There are no attractive, good characters in the play. | False |
This play teaches that we cannot escape punishment for doing wrong. | True |
The air-drawn dagger was an illusion. | True |
The porter scene is elevating. | True |
Duncan was a cruel king. | False |
The play ends with the good characters triumphant. | True |
Macbeth was a successful host. | False |
The climax is reached when Banquo is killed and Fleance escapes. | False |
The play, Macbeth, shows the power of evil influence. | True |
The keynote of the drama was the struggle between evil and good. | True |
Banquo swoons after the murder of Duncan. | False |
Macduff ran away from Scotland in fear. | False |
The owl shrieked during the murder of King Duncan. | True |
Lady Macbeth reveals her secret. | True |
The play is written in blank verse. | True |
Malcolm kills Macbeth. | False |
Macbeth Practice Test
August 4, 2019