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

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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What is a Paddock?

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

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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 Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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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 was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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What is a funeral bell?

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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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For whom was Macbeth written?

Hint: 1 choice
Shakespeare's lover.
King James.
The black lady.
Queen Elizabeth I.
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What was the name of the ship?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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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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"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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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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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 king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is a Graymalkin?

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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 ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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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 thane was working with Norway?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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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 is the ornament of life?

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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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Where are new kings crowned?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What is the number of the witch?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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What word means to stain red?

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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 was the sailor headed?

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What castle is the most fortified?