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 the leader of the English army?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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What word means to stain red?

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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 Macduff's title?

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

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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 is Bellona's bridegroom?

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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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"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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What castle is the most fortified?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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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 country does Malcolm go to?

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What is the ornament of life?

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

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What snack was the witch denied?

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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 is a funeral bell?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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What is the number of the witch?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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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 a posset?

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

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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

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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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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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

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Where are new kings crowned?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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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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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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

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

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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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 is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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What was the name of the ship?

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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