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 Donalbain go to?

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What is a Paddock?

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is a Graymalkin?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What is a funeral bell?

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What word means to stain red?

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

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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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 ornament of life?

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

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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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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What country does Malcolm go to?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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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 the name of Banquo's son?

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

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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 Macduff's title?

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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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 do you call a soldier that kill themselves? (Historical allusion)

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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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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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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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 word for lines of dialogues that create the impression of chaos and/or fast speaking?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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

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What castle is the most fortified?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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What is the number of the witch?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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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 Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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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?