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Macbeth Test!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan...Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,to cry Hold,Hold!" | Lady Macbeth |
| "If it were done when tis done...vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other" | Macbeth |
| "Whence is that knocking...The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red" | Macbeth |
| "Out, damned spot; out, I say. One, two,—why, then ’tis time to do’t...Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?" | Lady Macbeth |
| "She should have died hereafter...Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." | Macbeth |
| Who kills Macbeth? | Macduff |
| How many men reign as king of Scotland throughout the play? | 3 |
| How does Lady Macbeth die? | She dies offstage |
| Who discovers Duncan's body? | Macduff |
| Who are the Scots at war with at the beginning of the play? | Norway |
| Which nation's army invades Scotland at the end of the play? | England |
| Who is the goddess of witchcraft in the play? | Hecate |
| How does Lord Siward's son die? | Macbeth kills him. |
| Where are the Scottish kings crowned? | Scone |
| Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth? | He was born by C-Section |
| Where is Duncan killed? | In his bedchamber in Macbeth's castle. |
| Where does Macduff meet up with Malcolm after he flees Scotland? | England |
| What was the weather like when Duncan was murdered? | Stormy and violent |
| Who kills Lady Macbeth? | Herself |
| Who flees Scotland IMMEDIATELY after Duncan's death? | Malcolm & Donalbain |
| Who jokes that he works at "hell's gate"? | The porter |
| Who tells Macduff that his family has been murdered? | Ross |
| Which army is in Birnam Wood and which is in Dunsinane? | England's is in Birnam, Scotland's is in Dunisdane |
| What does Macbeth do to Macdonald after he defeats him? | Cuts off his head and places it on the battlements |
| The Weird Sisters greet Macbeth as ________________. | Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King hereafter |
| How do the Weird Sisters greet Banquo? | "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." |
| Who does Duncan name as his successor? | Malcolm |
| Lady Macbeth calls on supernatural powers to _____________. | "unsex me here" |
| Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth "When you durst do it, then ___________." | you were a man |
| What does Lady Macbeth say she would do with her child if she had to? | Dash its brains out |
| What does Banquo think about the witches' predictions? | He dreams that they may come true, but he will do nothing about them |
| What can't Macbeth say when he hears the bodyguards praying? | "Amen" |
| What does the first apparition tell Macbeth? | "Beware Macduff!" |
| What does the second apparition tell Macbeth? | "None of woman born shall harm Macbeth" |
| What does the third apparition tell Macbeth? | that he will fall when Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane |
| What is the last vision that the witches show Macbeth? | A procession of eight kings |
| Who warns Lady Macduff to leave her house? | A Messenger |
| In Act I, the wounded sergeant... | serves to reveal Macbeth as heroic and valien t. |
| King Duncan thinks of Macbeth as... | a hero whom he owes great thanks. |
| Part of the witches first prophecy is that Macbeth would become king and Macbeth remarks to himself "If chance would have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir." He means that... | he can gain the throne simply by letting events take their course. |
| Macbeth reveals his reluctance to kill Duncan in all of the following except... | If it were done ... then 'twere well it were done quickly." |
| Macbeth's soliloquy beginning "Is this dagger which I see before me" shows him to be... | horrified of the deed he is about to commit. |
| Soon after Duncan's body is discovered, MacBeth says "There's nothing serious in mortality." This means that... | Macbeth no longer finds meaning in life. |
| Early in Act III, Lady Macbeth says "Naught's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content." | This tells us that she distrusts Banquo. |
| Upon being told that Fleance has escaped, Macbeth declares that "the worm that's fled hath that in time will venom breed. No teeth for the present." Macbeth means that Fleance... | will eventually attempt vengenance. |
| The apparition of the bloody child represents... | Macduff at birth. |
| Lady Macduff comments "I am in this earthly world, where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometime accounted dangerous folly." This closely parallels... | "Fair is foul and foul is fair." |
| The eight brief scenes of Act V... | give an illusion of an increased speed in the action. |
| It is fitting that Malcom gives the final speech of the play because... | he is now king of Scotland. |
| Which character is King Duncan's son? | Malcolm. |