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

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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What is Macduff's title?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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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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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is a funeral bell?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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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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What country is Sweno the king of?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Who is responsible for putting Macbeth's armour on him?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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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 is Macbeth's original title?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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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 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 name of Banquo's son?

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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 defined the tragic hero?

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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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Where was the sailor headed?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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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 country does Donalbain go to?

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

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What is a Paddock?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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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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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is the ornament of life?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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Where were the mercenaries from?

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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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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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

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

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

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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What was the name of the ship?

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What is the number of the witch?

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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.