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Macbeth Final Test
I. Macbeth: Write the correct letter to answer each question. (2 points each)
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1. When Macbeth first hears the predictions from the Weird Sisters, he is accompanied by
a. Lady Macbeth
b. Macduff
c. Banquo
2. Which of the following was not predicted by the Weird Sisters?
a. Banquo will be the father of kings.
b. Macbeth will be king.
c. Fleance will die.
3. The former Thane of Cawdor is
a. killed in battle by Macduff.
b. executed by Duncan.
c. taken captive by the King of Norway.
4. Macbeth’s plot to murder the king depends on
a. poisoning Duncan.
b. using the guards’ swords.
c. murdering Malcolm.
5. The murdered Duncan is first discovered by
a. Malcolm.
b. Banquo.
c. Macduff.
6. Macbeth claims that he fears no one but
a. Banquo.
b. Macduff.
c. Malcolm.
7. Macbeth hires murderers to kill
a. Malcolm and Donalbain.
b. Macduff and Lennox.
c. Banquo and Fleance.
8. During the banquet, Macbeth’s chair is occupied by the ghost of
a. Duncan.
b. Banquo.
c. Macduff.
9. On his second visit to the Weird Sisters, Macbeth is warned by an apparition to beware of
a. Lady Macbeth.
b. Fleance.
c. Macduff.
10. During the second visit to the Weird Sisters, Macbeth is warned by an apparition that he will not be
conquered until
a. Birnamwood marches to Dunsinane.
b. Fleace ages enough to be King.
c. Malcolm returns from England.
11. Although she does not heed the messenger, Lady Macduff is warned of impending danger and told to
a. fortify the castle.
b. leave with her children.
c. send for help from Macbeth.
12. Malcolm encourages Macduff to
a. maintain loyalty to Macbeth.
b. turn grief into anger and seek revenge.
c. surrender allegiance to Scotland.
13. Lady Macbeth confesses her crimes when she
a. walks in her sleep.
b. meets with Malcolm.
c. writes Macduff a letter.
14. Young Siward falls victim to the sword of
b. Malcolm.
b. Macbeth.
c. Donalbain.
15. Because Macduff was delivered by a Caesarean section, he fulfills the prophecy when he
c. kills Macbeth.
b. becomes King of Scotland. c. Revenges Banquo’s murder.
26. Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because
a. Macbeth is his cousin.
b. the Thane of Cawdor died in battle.
c. Macbeth won battles with Sweno and Macdonwald.
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27. Macbeth is startled when the witches
a. call him Thane of Cawdor and predicts he will be king.
b. predict that his heirs will be kings.
c. call him “man of woman born.”
28. Lady Macbeth suggests that Macbeth’s actions when he sees Banquo’s ghost are
a. “the way to dusty death.”
b. A result of his hearing “the owl scream and the crickets cry.”
c. A “fit…which hath been from his youth.”
29. Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep because
a. her guilt causes deep psychic troubles.
b. it is predicted by the witches.
c. the ghost of Banquo appears to her.
30. Many are killed during the course of this play. Which of the following is true concerning those deaths?
a. Macduff’s wife and son are stabbed by Macbeth.
b. The witches predict the murder of Banquo.
c. Macbeth is killed by one who was “of no woman born.”
Matching: Match the following words to their correct descriptors. Some words may be used more than once or not
at all.
(1 point each)
Banquo
Siward
Dunsinane
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32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
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Macbeth
Birnam Wood
Donalbain
Inverness
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Macduff
cavern
Fleance
This character reveals his suspicion of Macbeth’s guilt by not attending the coronation.
Where Duncan meets his death in Macbeth’s castle.
This character is slain by Macbeth during Macbeth’s final battle.
This character says to the witches, “Speak then to me who neither beg nor fear your favors nor your hate.”
Where the Scottish and English join forces.
This character smears blood on the chamberlains.
This character says, “O! full of scorpions is my mind.”
Where Macbeth’s second meeting with the witches occurs.
This character said, “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.”
40. Where the doctor observes Lady Macbeth in the castle.
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Essay: Answer the following questions. Be sure your answer is complete.
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41. What are the three apparitions the witches use to trick Macbeth, and how do they all come true? (Hint: the
second set of prophecies.) (10 points)
42. Explain and interpret (discussing the use of metaphors) four of the following quotes below. Be sure to
include what the reader learns about the character through the lines. (20 points)
1. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
Witches (I.i.10)
2. “And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s
In deepest consequence.”
Banquo (I.iii.123-126)
3. “I have given suck, and know
How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.”
Lady Macbeth (I.vii.54-59)
4. “But screw your courage to the sticking
place,
And we’ll not fail.”
Lady Macbeth (I.vii.60-61)
5. “Where our desire is got without content.
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.”
Lady Macbeth (III.ii.5-7)
6. “For mine own good
All causes shall give way. I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er.”
Macbeth (III.iv.136-139)
7. “Whither should I fly?
I have done no harm. But I remember now
I am in this earthly world, where to do harm
Is often laudable, to do good sometime
Accounted dangerous folly.”
Lady Macduff (IV.ii.74-76)
8. “Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let
grief
Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.”
Malcolm (IV.iii.228-229)
9. “I have lived long enough. My way of life
Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf;
And that which should accompany old age,
As Honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
Curses not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath,
which the poor hear would fain deny, and dare not.”
Macbeth (V.iii.22-28)
10. “Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dust death. Out, out, brief candle!!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
Macbeth (V.v.19-28)
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