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 Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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What country is Sweno the king of?

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What is the ornament of life?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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

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Witches were said to control _ ?

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

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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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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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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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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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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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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

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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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Who defined the tragic hero?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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

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Where are new kings crowned?

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What is the number of the witch?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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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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What is a funeral bell?

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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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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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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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What country does Malcolm go to?

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What is Macduff's title?

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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 Macbeth's original title?

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

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What is a Paddock?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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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 word means to stain red?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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

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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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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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

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

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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What was the name of the ship?