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

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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What word means to stain red?

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

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What is a Paddock?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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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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Who defined the tragic hero?

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

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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What is the number of the witch?

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

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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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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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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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 snack was the witch denied?

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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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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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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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Who is responsible for putting Macbeth's armour on him?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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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 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 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 thane is related to Macduff?

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

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

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What was the name of the ship?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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What country does Donalbain go to?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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"Why do you dress me in borrow'd robes?" is an example of what motif?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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What is a funeral bell?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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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.