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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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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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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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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What is a Paddock?

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

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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What word means to stain red?

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What was the name of the ship?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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Who is the leader of the English army?

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

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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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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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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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 Macbeth's original title?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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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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Which animals do witches hate?

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

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What is the ornament of life?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What castle is the most fortified?

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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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Where are deceased kings buried?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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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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"Brandish'd steel" is an example of what literary device?

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

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is Macduff's title?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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Who is responsible for putting Macbeth's armour on him?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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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 the number of the witch?

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

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What is a funeral bell?

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