Macbeth Quizzes

Macbeth Quiz 1

1 What does Macbeth do to Macdonald after he defeats him?
Takes his family crest and title

Cuts off his head and places it on the battlements

Rips out his heart

He takes him prisoner and brings him to Duncan
2 What new title does Macbeth receive early in Act one?
Earl of Northumberland

Thane of Glamis

Thane of Cawdor

King of Scotland
3 The Weird Sisters greet Macbeth as ________________.
Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Lochaber, and Thane of Glamis

Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King hereafter

Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Fife, and King hereafter

Thane of Glamis, Thane of Fife, and father of kings
4 How do the Weird Sisters greet Banquo?
"Thou shalt be king of Scotland!"

"Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none."

"Hail, king hereafter!"

"O valiant cousin!"
5 Who does Duncan name as his successor?
Macduff

Malcolm

Banquo

Macbeth
6 Lady Macbeth calls on supernatural powers to _____________.
"sleek o'er your rugged looks"

"unsex me here"

"hover through fog and filthy air"

"beguile the time"
7 Who will the Macbeths frame as Duncan's murderer?
Banquo

Duncan's bodyguards

Macduff

Donalbain
8 Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth "When you durst do it, then ___________."
wilt thou be king

'twere well it were done quickly

you were a man

will I love you
9 What does Lady Macbeth say she would do with her child if she had to?
Abandon it

Give up her life for it

Dash its brains out

Cut off its head
10 What does Banquo think about the witches' predictions?
He dreams that they may come true, but he will do nothing about them

He doesn't believe them

He wishes they would not come true

He will try to make them come true, no matter what it takes
11 What does Macbeth think he sees floating in front of him as he goes to kill Duncan?
A bloody sword

A bloody head

A bloody dagger

A bloody child
12 What can't Macbeth say when he hears the bodyguards praying?
"Sleep no more"

"Amen"

"Avaunt thee"

"God bless us"
13 Where does the porter imagine he is guarding the gate?
The gate to Hell

The gate to Heaven

The castle at Fife

The palace at Dunsinane
14 Who discovers Duncan's body?
Macduff

Malcolm

Ross

Macbeth
15 What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide they will do when Duncan is murdered?
Kill Macbeth

Flee to England and Ireland

Avenge his death

Kill the bodyguards
16 Who is proclaimed king after Duncan is murdered?
Macduff

Banquo

Malcolm

Macbeth
17 Who will kill Banquo?
Macbeth

Duncan's bodyguards

The three witches

Two murderers
18 The two murderers are joined by ___________.
A third murderer

Macbeth

The three witches

Seyton
19 What is going on at Macbeth's castle while the murderers are killing Banquo?
Macbeth's coronation

Plans for killing Lady Macduff

Duncan's murder

A feast
20 What vision does Macbeth see at the table?
Duncan's head

Banquo's ghost

A bloody child

A bloody dagger
21 What does the first apparition tell Macbeth?
"Beware Macduff!"

"Beware Siward!"

"Beware Malcolm!"

"Beware Banquo!"
22 What does the second apparition tell Macbeth?
"None of woman born shall become king."

"None of woman born shall take Dunsinane"

"None of woman born shall harm Macbeth"

"None of woman born shall beware thee"
23 What does the third apparition tell Macbeth?
that he will fall when Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane

that he is safe as long as he stays at Dunsinane

that he should travel from Dunsinane to Birnam Wood

that he should attack Macduff
24 What is the last vision that the witches show Macbeth?
A procession of eight kings

A stain on his hand

A procession of bloody corpses

Macduff's head
25 Who warns Lady Macduff to leave her house?
A Messenger

Macduff

Malcolm

A Weird Sister

Of what importance are the bleeding Sergeant and Ross? Why does Shakespeare introduce two messengers?

There are two pieces of information here, hence the two messengers. The bleeding sergeant is meant to inform Duncan, and the audience, of Macbeth's valor in battle. Ross is meant to inform about the Thane of Cawdor being a traitor. Both pieces of...

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Macbeth

The third which says that Banquo's sons shall be kings, Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!

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Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3 questions

What is significant about the first words that Macbeth speaks in the play?

A motif or recurring idea in the play is equivocation. There is the balance of the dark and the light, the good and the bad. Macbeth's first line reflects this. It...

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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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