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

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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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"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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Which animals do witches hate?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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What is the number of the witch?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Which thane was working with Norway?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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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 country is Sweno the king of?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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What is the ornament of life?

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

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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What do you call a soldier that kill themselves? (Historical allusion)

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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 ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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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 is Macbeth's original 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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"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 the goddess of witches, sorcerers, and ghosts?

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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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Who defined the tragic hero?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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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 word means to stain red?

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What is a Paddock?

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

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

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What castle is the most fortified?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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What was the name of the ship?

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

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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 character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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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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What country does Malcolm go to?