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 title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

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

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

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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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 a funeral bell?

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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 a Graymalkin?

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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 was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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

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

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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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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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What is the number of the witch?

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What word means to stain red?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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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 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 character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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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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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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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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Where was the sailor headed?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Where are new kings crowned?

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What country does Donalbain go to?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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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 ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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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 castle is the most fortified?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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Who defined the tragic hero?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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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 is a Paddock?

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For whom was Macbeth written?

Hint: 1 choice
Shakespeare's lover.
King James.
The black lady.
Queen Elizabeth I.