Macbeth Test

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Below is the first section of the test: Acts 1 and 2

Who does Macbeth split from "the nave to the chops"?

The Traitor Cawdor

The Traitor Macdonwald

The Traitor Duncan

What is seemingly paradoxical or tricky about the witches initial prophecy?

They say Macbeth will be king, but Banquo's sons will be kings.

They say Macbeth and Banquo will both be king

What does the following quote mean? "Look th' innocent flower,/but be the serpent under 't." -Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

Wear a mask when committing the murders

Pretend to be innocent, but be able to seduce a woman.

When a character speaks to himself/herself revealing their inner thoughts aloud regardless of any potential hearers, it is called _______.

Monologue

Soliloquy

When a character speaks either to himself, the audience, or another character without being overheard by the other characters on stage, this is called ____________.

Monologue

Soliloquy

What does Lady Macbeth's soliloquy below most likely mean? “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty!”

She wishes to shed her femininity or "womanly characteristics" and to be a man to fight in wars

She is becoming insecure about her authority as Macbeth continues to gain more land

Who serves as comic relief and jokes he works at he gate of Hell?

The Porter

Who killed King Duncan?

Macduff

Lady Macbeth

"Had I but died an hour before this chance,/I had lived a blessed time." When Macbeth said this to all on the crime scene of King Duncan's death, ________ began to suspect him as the murderer.

Malcolm

Lennox

After Lady Macbeth reads the letter from her husband what is she concerned about?

She thinks Banquo would actually be a better king than her husband.

Macbeth heard a voice after killing King Duncan, what did it say?

Macbeth murdered sleep

Out, damned spot!

When Donalbain says, "Where we are,/There's daggers in men's smiles," to Malcolm he means

There are commoners surrounding them who hate them and wish to kill them.

There are friends who know all their secrets and might rat on them.

Malcolm and Donalbain fled to _ and __.

Ireland and Germany

France and Italy

The following is the definition for which literary term? When the audience knows something the characters do not. Also, when the words/actions of a character take on a different meaning for the audience than the characters. The audience knows something the characters do not.

Aside

Soliloquy

What does Macbeth decide to do about his “friend”?

He decides he must die, and thus sends murderers after he and his son

He decides he must exile him and his son

During the banquet, whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair?

Banquo's ghost

Duncan's ghost

When Macbeth says to the murderers, "But Banquo's safe?" what literary device is used?

Metonymy

Metaphor

When Macbeth says, "they say blood will have blood," he has made the realization that violence _______________.

Will only beget more violence

Is a justifiable means to an end

"Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." is a chant the witches use to do what?

Create polyjuice potion in order to transform someone into an animal.

Call upon apparitions to trick Macbeth with riddles.

What/who is the "something wicked this way comes"?

Macduff

Banquo

What are the three things the apparitions tell Macbeth (in Act 4 specifically)?

Beware Macduff, no one of woman born may harm Macbeth, and he won't be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane

What is the final vision the witches show Macbeth?

Lady Macbeth lying in a pool of blood

In order to get revenge on Macduff, Macbeth ___________.

Sends an assassin to England in order to kill Macduff.

What is the medicine that Malcolm says they should take to cure their "deadly grief"?

Revenge against Macbeth

Who says this and what does it mean? "Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself/Within my sword's length set him. If he 'scape/Heaven forgive him too."

Malcolm: He wants Macduff to die a traitor's death and hopes one day God will forgive him.

Macduff; He wants only to be in arm's length of Macbeth and he will slay him.

Who says, "I will not be afraid of death and bane/Till Birnum Forest come to Dunsinane," and why?

Macbeth; he has fought so many wars and won every time, the forest would uproot and walk before he could die.

Banquo; he knows the witches lied to Macbeth and he is no longer afraid of death.

What does Macbeth say he regrets upon reflection on his life?

He regrets that he has curses instead of friends.

He regrets that he has wasted the advantage by not striking when Malcolm was at Inverness.

When and why does Lady Macbeth say the following? "Out, damned spot, out I say!"

Right after Banquo's murder, she is trying to scrub the blood from her hands but it won't come off

Which BEST describes how Lady Macbeth died?

She sleepwalks off the edge of a tower of the castle

She confesses to the murders and is put to death

When Malcolm says to Macduff, "This tyrant...was once thought honest. You have loved him well. He hath not touched you yet..." it is an example of ____________ because the audience knows what Macbeth just did to Macduff's family.

Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony

How does Birnam Wood reach Dunsinane Hill?

Malcolm instructs every soldier to grab leafy branches to hide their slow advance.

Malcolm's army burns down the forest as they ride towards Macbeth's castle at Dunsinane.

What does Macduff say will happen if he doesn't kill Macbeth?

He won't be able to sleep at night, just like the tyrant, Macbeth.

His wife and children will haunt him.

Why is the following quote important? "Despair thy charm,/And let the angel whom thou still hast served/Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb/Untimely ripped."

Seyton tells Macbeth that he should not fight Macbeth because it goes against the prophecy.

The final prophecy told to Lady Macbeth warned her that her husband would fight Macduff who was half-giant.

What does blood symbolize throughout the play?

Life

Guilt

When Macbeth gives his soliloquy about Lady Macbeth's death, the section below is a that means ____. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

Metonymy; Life is a dream that should be interpreted.

Metaphor; Life is a play that ultimately means nothing.

Who says, "And let the angel whom thou hast served/Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb/Untimely ripped, and why?

Malcolm: He is telling Macbeth that Macduff was taken from the womb via C-Section and thus not technically born.

Macduff; He is telling Macbeth that he was taken from the womb via C-Section and thus not technically born.

Why does Macbeth fight Macduff despite learning the truth of the prophecies?

Macduff does not give him another moment to speak because he knows Macbeth will use it to his advantage.

Macduff warns him that if he surrenders that he will be mocked, paraded through the streets, and ridiculed the rest of his life.

At the end of the play who becomes King of Scotland?

Malcolm

Fleance

Macbeth being cursed to not being able to sleep

Who does Macbeth split from "the nave to the chops"?

The Traitor Cawdor

The Traitor Macdonwald

The Traitor Duncan

What is seemingly paradoxical or tricky about the witches initial prophecy?

They say Macbeth will be king, but Banquo's sons will be kings.

They say Macbeth and Banquo will both be king

What does the following quote mean?

"Look th' innocent flower,/but be the serpent under 't." -Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

Wear a mask when committing the murders

Pretend to be innocent, but be able to seduce a woman.

When a character speaks to himself/herself revealing their inner thoughts aloud regardless of any potential hearers, it is called _______.

Monologue

Soliloquy

When a character speaks either to himself, the audience, or another character without being overheard by the other characters on stage, this is called ____________.

Monologue

Soliloquy

What does Lady Macbeth's soliloquy below most likely mean? 

“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty!”

She wishes to shed her femininity or "womanly characteristics" and to be a man to fight in wars

She is becoming insecure about her authority as Macbeth continues to gain more land

Who serves as comic relief and jokes he works at he gate of Hell?

The Porter

Who killed King Duncan?

Macduff

Lady Macbeth

"Had I but died an hour before this chance,/I had lived a blessed time."

When Macbeth said this to all on the crime scene of King Duncan's death, ________ began to suspect him as the murderer.

Malcolm

Lennox

After Lady Macbeth reads the letter from her husband what is she concerned about?

She thinks Banquo would actually be a better king than her husband.

Macbeth heard a voice after killing King Duncan, what did it say?

Macbeth murdered sleep

Out, damned spot!

When Donalbain says, "Where we are,/There's daggers in men's smiles," to Malcolm he means

There are commoners surrounding them who hate them and wish to kill them.

There are friends who know all their secrets and might rat on them.

Malcolm and Donalbain fled to _______ and ________.

Ireland and Germany

France and Italy

The following is the definition for which literary term?

When the audience knows something the characters do not. Also, when the words/actions of a character take on a different meaning for the audience than the characters. The audience knows something the characters do not.

Aside

Soliloquy

What does Macbeth decide to do about his “friend”?

He decides he must die, and thus sends murderers after he and his son

He decides he must exile him and his son

During the banquet, whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair?

Banquo's ghost

Duncan's ghost

When Macbeth says to the murderers, "But Banquo's safe?" what literary device is used?

Metonymy

Metaphor

When Macbeth says, "they say blood will have blood," he has made the realization that violence _______________.

Will only beget more violence

Is a justifiable means to an end

"Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
is a chant the witches use to do what?

Create polyjuice potion in order to transform someone into an animal.

Call upon apparitions to trick Macbeth with riddles.

What/who is the "something wicked this way comes"?

Macduff

Banquo

What are the three things the apparitions tell Macbeth (in Act 4 specifically)?

Beware Macduff, no one of woman born may harm Macbeth, and he won't be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane

What is the final vision the witches show Macbeth?

Lady Macbeth lying in a pool of blood

In order to get revenge on Macduff, Macbeth ___________.

Sends an assassin to England in order to kill Macduff.

What is the medicine that Malcolm says they should take to cure their "deadly grief"?

Revenge against Macbeth

Who says this and what does it mean?

"Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself/Within my sword's length set him. If he 'scape/Heaven forgive him too."

Malcolm: He wants Macduff to die a traitor's death and hopes one day God will forgive him.

Macduff; He wants only to be in arm's length of Macbeth and he will slay him.

Who says, "I will not be afraid of death and bane/Till Birnum Forest come to Dunsinane," and why?

Macbeth; he has fought so many wars and won every time, the forest would uproot and walk before he could die.

Banquo; he knows the witches lied to Macbeth and he is no longer afraid of death.

What does Macbeth say he regrets upon reflection on his life?

He regrets that he has curses instead of friends.

He regrets that he has wasted the advantage by not striking when Malcolm was at Inverness.

When and why does Lady Macbeth say the following?

"Out, damned spot, out I say!"

Right after Banquo's murder, she is trying to scrub the blood from her hands but it won't come off

Which BEST describes how Lady Macbeth died?

She sleepwalks off the edge of a tower of the castle

She confesses to the murders and is put to death

When Malcolm says to Macduff, "This tyrant...was once thought honest. You have loved him well. He hath not touched you yet..." it is an example of ____________ because the audience knows what Macbeth just did to Macduff's family.

Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony

How does Birnam Wood reach Dunsinane Hill?

Malcolm instructs every soldier to grab leafy branches to hide their slow advance.

Malcolm's army burns down the forest as they ride towards Macbeth's castle at Dunsinane.

What does Macduff say will happen if he doesn't kill Macbeth?

He won't be able to sleep at night, just like the tyrant, Macbeth.

His wife and children will haunt him.

Why is the following quote important?

"Despair thy charm,/And let the angel whom thou still hast served/Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb/Untimely ripped."

Seyton tells Macbeth that he should not fight Macbeth because it goes against the prophecy.

The final prophecy told to Lady Macbeth warned her that her husband would fight Macduff who was half-giant.

What does blood symbolize throughout the play?

Life

Guilt

When Macbeth gives his soliloquy about Lady Macbeth's death, the section below is a ________ that means ____________.

"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

Metonymy; Life is a dream that should be interpreted.

Metaphor; Life is a play that ultimately means nothing.

Who says, "And let the angel whom thou hast served/Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb/Untimely ripped, and why?

Malcolm: He is telling Macbeth that Macduff was taken from the womb via C-Section and thus not technically born.

Macduff; He is telling Macbeth that he was taken from the womb via C-Section and thus not technically born.

Why does Macbeth fight Macduff despite learning the truth of the prophecies?

Macduff does not give him another moment to speak because he knows Macbeth will use it to his advantage.

Macduff warns him that if he surrenders that he will be mocked, paraded through the streets, and ridiculed the rest of his life.

At the end of the play who becomes King of Scotland?

Malcolm

Fleance