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 country does Malcolm go to?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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

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

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What snack was the witch denied?

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

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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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 title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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

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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 parricide?

The murder of one's parrot.
The murder of one's brother.
The murder of one's father.
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What is a Paddock?

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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?

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What is the ornament of life?

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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 Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is the number of the witch?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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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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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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Who defined the tragic hero?

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

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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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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Which thane was working with Norway?

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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 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 are deceased kings buried?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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

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What word means to stain red?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What was the name of the ship?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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What is Macduff's title?

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

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What is a funeral bell?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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Where were the mercenaries from?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance