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.

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

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What is a Paddock?

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What Scottish territory did the Norwegians conquer?

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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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Witches were said to control _ ?

Wind
Water
Fire
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If the thanes are pearls; who is the crown?

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Which thane was working with Norway?

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Who is Bellona's bridegroom?

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What is the name of Banquo's son?

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

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How many rebels are there?

5,000
20,000
10,000
15,000
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Who is the goddess of witches, sorcerers, and ghosts?

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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 a funeral bell?

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What title is Malcolm given by Duncan?

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Where are deceased kings buried?

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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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What was the name of the traitor Macbeth beheaded?

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What is the name of Duncan's younger son?

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Where does Hecate tell the witches to meet 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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Which thane is related to Macduff?

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What is a Graymalkin?

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What is Macbeth's original title?

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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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Where was the sailor headed?

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Who is the leader of the English army?

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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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What castle is the most fortified?

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Which animals do witches hate?

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Where are new kings crowned?

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Where were the mercenaries from?

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What country is Sweno the king of?

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Where is Macbeth's castle?

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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 animals are associated with evil? (3)

Hint: 3 choices
Owls
Swallows
Martlets
Ravens
Crickets
Toads
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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 parricide?

The murder of one's parrot.
The murder of one's brother.
The murder of one's father.
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The reference to bearbaiting is an example of what?

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What country does Malcolm go to?

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

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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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Who lies and says he has no virtues?

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

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Which king does Malcolm go to for help in England?

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What is Macduff's title?

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

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

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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 is a posset?

Night-cap
Monetary deposit
Bird of ill-omen
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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 was the name of the ship?

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Who defined the tragic hero?

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What ghost does Macbeth see in his seat?

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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 country does Donalbain go to?