| Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty by saying that he _________. | has more vices than Macbeth |
| “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!…who would have thought the old man to have thought the old man to have had so much _____________ in him?” | blood |
| In what country is the play set? | Scotland |
| Who is the queen of the witches? | Hecate |
| True or False. The rebels whom Macbeth and Banquo defeat in Act I are Macduff and Macdonwald. | False |
| What is the name of the English king who offers Malcolm 10,000 soldiers to help with the fight to dethrone Macbeth? | Edward |
| Who is the son of Banquo? | Fleance |
| How does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane? | Malcolm’s army hides behind cut-off branches |
| What does Macbeth call the “chief nourisher of life’s feast”? | sleep |
| When Macbeth states: “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” what literary device is being demonstrated? | allusion |
| Where does Duncan live? | Forres |
| Who is the former Thane of Cawdor that betrays Duncan at the opening of the play? | Macdonwald |
| Who kills Macbeth? | Macduff |
| The gentlewoman and the ________________ watch Lady Macbeth sleepwalking. | doctor |
| Who said, “Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble”? | the witches |
| Who tells Macduff that his family has been killed? | Ross |
| Who jokes that he works at “hell gate” | the porter |
| In a play, what is a character’s comment, that is heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage, called? | aside |
| Who killed Lady Macbeth? | Lady Macbeth |
| What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan? | He sees a floating dagger pointing him to Duncan’s chamber |
| True or False. During the banquet, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth see Banquo’s ghost. | False |
| Where are the Scottish kings crowned? | Scone |
| How does Macbeth justify his killing of the king’s servants? | He was angry with them for killing the king |
| Who flees to Ireland after his father is killed? | Donalbain |
| Who does lady Macbeth frame for the murder of Duncan? | Duncan’s drunken chamberlains |
| As she reads her husband’s letter, Lady Macbeth is ____________. | determined to convince Macbeth to murder the king |
| True or False. Banquo and Fleance are both killed. | False |
| In whose seat does the ghost of Banquo sit when he appears twice during Macbeth’s first formal occasion as the king? | Macbeth |
| Who kills Donalbain? | no one |
| What does the “crowned child” apparition hold? | tree |
| Where is Duncan killed? | Inverness |
| What is Macbeth’s tragic flaw? | ambition |
| The first witch placed a curse on a sailor because his wife refused to give her a ____________. | chestnut |
| What was the weather like the night Duncan was murdered? | stormy and violent |
| Who is the Thane of Fife? | Macduff |
| True or False. By Act V, Lady Macbeth cannot rest because she is troubled by all her sinful deeds. | True |
| Shakespeare intends for his audience to think of Duncan as a ____________. | worthy king |
| Who kills Banquo? | a group of murderers hired by Macbeth |
| A dramatic device in which a character, alone on a stage, reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if speaking aloud is called? | soliloquy |
| True or False. Malcolm orders his soldiers to camouflage themselves with branches from Birnam Wood so that the enemy cannot tell how man soldiers he really has. | True |
| What does Lady Macbeth imagine is all over her hands? | blood |
| True or False. Donalbain and Malcolm come from England to defeat Macbeth together. | False |
| The witches predict that _________. | Macbeth will be king |
| What two characters are initially held responsible for the death of Duncan? | Malcolm and Donalbain |
| Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches’ prophecy? | He was born by cesarean section |
| What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies? | She is plagued by fits of sleepwalking |
| Macbeth becomes the Thane of Cawdor. What is his other title at the beginning of the play? | Thane of Glamis |
| Why did Lady Macbeth say she could not kill Duncan herself? | he looks like her father |
| Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill the king by telling him that _________________. | Macbeth is not a man if he fears to commit the murder |
| What is one apparition that appears to Macbeth? | Beware of Macduff! |
| What is one apparition that appears to Macbeth? | You will be safe until Birnam Wood comes to your castle |
| What is one apparition that appears to Macbeth? | No one born of a woman shall harm Macbeth |
Macbeth Test REVIEW
July 7, 2019