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 is the word for lines of dialogues that create the impression of chaos and/or fast speaking?

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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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"Make our face's vizards to our hearts, disguising what they are" is an example of what motif?

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is the ornament of life?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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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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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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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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Which animals do witches hate?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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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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What country does Malcolm 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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What is Macbeth's original title?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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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
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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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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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What is Macduff's title?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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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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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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"Why do you dress me in borrow'd robes?" 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 country is Sweno the king of?

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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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What is the number of the witch?

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

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What is a Paddock?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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

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What is a funeral bell?

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

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

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?