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

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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 does Donalbain go to?

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

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

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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What is the ornament of life?

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

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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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 is the name of Banquo's son?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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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 castle is the most fortified?

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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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Which animals do witches hate?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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

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

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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 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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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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Where will the rebels meet before they attack Macbeth's castle?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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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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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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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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What is a Paddock?

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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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For whom was Macbeth written?

Hint: 1 choice
Shakespeare's lover.
King James.
The black lady.
Queen Elizabeth I.
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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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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 number of the witch?

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What word means to stain red?

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What is a funeral bell?

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What is Macduff's title?