Macbeth Practice Test

Macbeth Practice Test

Mr. Flaim's Gr. 11 English Class. This is a practice test featuring information from both Macbeth and Mr. Flaim's notes.

published on November 08, 2012
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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What is a funeral bell?

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Horses eating each other after Duncan's murder is an example of what dramatic device? (Hint: Not irony)

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Who is responsible for putting Macbeth's armour on him?

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Who is the goddess of witches, sorcerers, and ghosts?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is the ornament of life?

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What are the four humors?

Blood, Red Bile, Black Bile, Yellow Bile
Blue Bile, Yellow Bile, Black Bile, White Bile
Blood, Black Bile, Yellow Bile, Phlegm
Blood, Phlegm, Black Bile, White Bile
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What is the number of the witch?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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How many predictions do the witches make for Macbeth when he visits them for the first time?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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"Brandish'd steel" is an example of what literary device?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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Who is suspicious of Macbeth's actions following Duncan's murder?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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"I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing." is an example of what motif?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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What word means to stain red?

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Name the person who's son fights in the battle against Macbeth?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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What is Macduff's title?

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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What are the three significant questions Macbeth asks Banquo before he has him killed?

Hint: 3 choices
Goes Fleance with you?
What good could they pretend?
Ride you this afternoon?
Is't far you ride?
That you can let this go?
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An officer of the king's household who goes ahead to prepare for the king's reception and accommodation

Sewer
Thane
Harbinger
Equivocator
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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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What is parricide?

The murder of one's parrot.
The murder of one's brother.
The murder of one's father.
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What is the word for lines of dialogues that create the impression of chaos and/or fast speaking?

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What was the name of the ship?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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"Make our face's vizards to our hearts, disguising what they are" is an example of what motif?

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What is a Paddock?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What do you call a soldier that kill themselves? (Historical allusion)

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"Why do you dress me in borrow'd robes?" is an example of what motif?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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Where will the rebels meet before they attack Macbeth's castle?

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For whom was Macbeth written?

Hint: 1 choice
Shakespeare's lover.
King James.
The black lady.
Queen Elizabeth I.
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What is a Graymalkin?

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Where are new kings crowned?