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- Q1The setting of the play is primarily inScotlandIrelandNorwayEngland30s
- Q2At the beginning of the play, Scotland is at war with which country?IrelandEnglandNorwayDenmark30s
- Q3An extended speech in which a character speaks to himself or herself on stage to reveal private thoughts is called aEpilogueEulogyMetaphorSoliloquy30s
- Q4The original Thane of Cawdor wasA traitor to ScotlandDuncan's sonMacbeth's fellow soldierMacbeth's father30s
- Q5In the beginning of the play, Macbeth successfully fights againstCawdorBanquoMacdonwaldMacduff30s
- Q6Macbeth first meets the Witches when he is returning home fromBanquo's residenceA battle he has just wonA coronation ceremonyA meeting with King Duncan30s
- Q7In the first Act, the Witches predictThat Birnam Wood will come to DunsinaneThat civil war will end and they will meet MacbethThat Duncan will be killed and Lady Macbeth will kill herselfThat Macbeth will be King but Banquo will not30s
- Q8Macbeth believes it is equally unlikely that he will be named either Thane or Cawdor or King of Scotland. However, the audience already knows that Duncan has ordered the Thane of Cawdor’s execution and he plans to give Macbeth the title; therefore, this is an example ofVerbal IronySituational IronyForeshadowingDramatic Irony30s
- Q9Who does Duncan name the Prince of Cumberland?LennoxDonalbainMalcolmMacduff30s
- Q10Before Macbeth murders Duncan, he seesBloody spots on his handsThe ghost of BanquoAn apparition of Duncan's bloody headAn apparition of a bloody dagger30s
- Q11Which prophesy does not come true during the course of the play?Banquo's sons will be kingsMacbeth will only be hurt when Birnam Wood moves.Only a man not born of a woman will kill Macbeth.Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor30s
- Q12When Lady Macbeth hears King Duncan is coming to see them, sheIs happy because she expects him to name Macbeth his successorIs pleased with the opportunity it gives MacbethIs worried that Macbeth may commit a terrible deedIs frightened that he may know the truth30s
- Q13The scene of Duncan’s murder is described asA new Gorgon (a reference to Medusa)A new RevelationA new doomsdayA new Hecate (the goddess of Witchcraft)30s
- Q14What error did Macbeth commit in regard to the murder?He awakened the King before he killed him.He screamed.He brought the daggers out of the room with him.He used the wrong daggers.30s
- Q15Who murdered the chamberlains?MacbethDonalbainLady MacbethMalcolm30s