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 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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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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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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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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What is a funeral bell?

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

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What is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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Who is responsible for putting Macbeth's armour on him?

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Which animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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Which thane was working with Norway?

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What castle is the most fortified?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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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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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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

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What is a Graymalkin?

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What snack was the witch denied?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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What is Macduff's title?

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Who is the leader of the English army?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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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 is the ornament of life?

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Which character provides comic relief following the murder of Duncan?

Porter
Macduff
Macduff's son
Fleance
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"Brandish'd steel" is an example of what literary device?

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

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What is a Paddock?

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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 king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is the number of the witch?

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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 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 country does Donalbain go to?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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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 was the name of the ship?

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

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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet Macbeth?

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Where was the sailor headed?

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

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How does Lady Macbeth die?

Stabbed
Suicide
Poisoned
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What is Macbeth's original title?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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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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Which animals do witches hate?

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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 word means to stain red?