QUESTIONS

Questions and Answers

1. Remorse ruins lady Macduff's enjoyment of success.
A.
B.

True
False

2.

A.
B.
C.

A bloodstain
Part of the witch's brew
Appears to Lady Macbeth
Tells Fleance to escape

3.

Macbeth receives a diamond for his wife from

Malcolm
Fleance
Duncan
4. Identify the speaker of the following line:"That which had made them drunk hath made me
bold."
A.
Lady Macduff
B.
Witches
C.
Porter
D.
Lady Macbeth
Identify
the speaker of the following line:"What we need fear who knows it, when none can
5.
call our power to account?"
A.
Lady Macbeth
B.
Macbeth
C.
Doctor
D.
Malcolm
A.
B.
C.

6.

A.
B.
C.

Select the correct role of:Banquo

Tells Fleance to escape
Attends the banquet
A traitor to Scotland

7. At the end of the play, Malcolm knows the true Macbeth.

True
False

A.
B.

8.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.

9.

Macbeth's evil side is associated with

Royalty
The color blue
Night and darkness
Select the correct role of:Macdonwald
Praises Macbeth's castle
Traitor to Scotland
Appears to Lady Macbeth

10. Name the three prophecies of the witches and explain how they came to pass.
11. Identify the speaker of the following line:"She should have died hereafter."
A.

Macbeth

B.
C.
D.

Banquo
Malcolm
Macduff

12.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.
D.

France
Norway
England

13. Identify the speaker of the following line:"We have met with foes that strike beside us."
Macbeth
Macduff
Malcolm

14.

A.
B.
C.

Ross

Macbeth is killed by
Malcolm
Macduff
Banquo

15.
A.
B.
C.

Malcolm's invasion is launched from

16.

A.
B.
C.

Select the correct role of:Norway

Site of Duncan's murder
At war with Scotland
Macbeth's original estate
Select the correct role of:Glamis
Macbeth's original estate
Macduff
Talks of an equivicator

17. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Double, double, toil and trouble."
Old Siward
Doctor
Witches
Lady Macbeth

A.
B.
C.
D.

18.
A.
B.
C.

The wife of the Thane of Fife is

Lady Macbeth
Lady Hecate
Lady Macduff

19. Macbeth's explanation of Duncan's death satisfies Duncan's sons.

A.
B.

True
False
20. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Let us not be dainty of leave-taking, but shift
away."
A.
Malcolm
B.
Donalbain
C.
Fleance
D.
Banquo

21.

A.
B.
C.

Select the correct role of:Birnam

Part of the witche's brew
Site of Duncan's murder
A forest

22.

For his bravery and loyalty Macbeth becomes

A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.

Prince of Cumberland
Thane of Fife
Thane of Cawdor

23.

Duncan's murderer is

25.

Duncan's death is blamed on

Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Banquo
24. Identify the three evils that Malcolm claims to have and describe the outcome of his
conversation with Macduff.

A.
B.
C.

The grooms
Macduff
The doctor

26.

The porter's scene is the play's

Beginning
Comic relief
Climax
27. Identify the speaker of the following line:"you have displaced the mirth, broke ope the good
meeting, with most admired disorder."
A.
Macbeth
B.
Macduff
C.
Lady Macduff
D.
Lady Macbeth
A.
B.
C.

28.

A.
B.
C.

Banquo's ghost
A traitor to Scotland
Appears to Lady Macbeth
Attends the banquet

29.

The witches have human form.

True
False
Identify
the
speaker
of the following line:"When she we three meet again, in thunder,
30.
lightning, or in rain?"
A.
Duncan
B.
Lady Macbeth
C.
Lady Macduff
D.
Witches
A.
B.

31.
A.
B.
C.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Select the correct role of:eye of newt

Part of the witch's brew

A small salamander in a forest
Attends the banquet
32. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is not
without content."
Witches
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Donalbain

33.

After Duncan's death, Macbeth finds killing

A.
B.
C.

Impossible
Not worth the trouble
Often necessary

34.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.

A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
A.
B.
C.

Site of Duncan's murder

Refuge for Malcom
At war with Scotland

35. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player..."
Lady Macbeth
Witches
Macbeth
Doctor

36.

Select the correct role of:the porter

Appears before Duncan's murder

Praised for his healing touch
Talks of an equivicator
37. Identify the speaker of the following line:"What thou wouldst highly that thou wouldst holily;
would not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win."
Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Macduff
Lady Macbeth

38.
A.
B.
C.

Select the correct role of:England

Select the correct role of:Inverness

Refuge for Malcolm
Site of Duncan's murder
A forest

39. Identify the speaker of the following line:"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Macduff
Witches

40.

The witches predict the Banquo's heirs will be kings.

True
False

41.

Duncan's sons are

Ross and Malcom

Malcolm and Donalbain
Macduff and Siward
Identify
the speaker of the following line:"Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had
42.
done't."
A.
Lady Macduff
B.
Lady Macbeth
C.
Macbeth
D.
Macduff
43. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Had I as many sons as I have hairs I would not
wish them to a fairer death."
A.
Macduff

B.
C.
D.

Siward
Duncan
Macbeth

44.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.

45.

When in England, Malcolm tests the loyalty of

Macduff
Banquo
Ross
Select the correct role of:Duncan

Praised for his healing touch

Appears to Lady Macbeth
Praises Macbeths castle

46. Identify the speaker of the following line:"I go and it is done; the bell invites me."

Malcolm
Banquo
Macbeth
Duncan
47. Identify the speaker of the following line:"That which should accompany old age, as honor,
love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have."
A.
Macbeth
B.
Duncan
C.
Banquo
D.
Fleance
A.
B.
C.
D.

48.

The doctor says that Lady Macbeth suffers from a fatal illness.
True
False

A.
B.

49.
A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.

Select the correct role of:the dagger

Appears before Duncan's murder

Shows Fleance a way to escape
Part of the witch's brew

50. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Why should I play the Roman fool?"
Porter
Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo

51.

Duncan is suspicious of Macbeth.

True
False

52.

A.
B.
C.

At his wife's death, Macbeth

Swears revenge
Accepts fate
Vows to change

53.

Macbeth and his wife conspire to kill Macduff.

True
False

A.
B.

54. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Fie, my Lord, fie! A soldier and afeard?"
A.
B.

Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth

C.
D.
A.
B.

Macduff
Macbeth

55.

True
False

56.

A.
B.
C.

A.
B.
A.
B.

Select the correct role of:a man not born of woman

Malcolm
Macduff
Fleance

57.
A.
B.
C.

Lady Macbeth takes part in Banquo's murder.

58.

The former Thane of Cawdor had been

Traitor
Duncan's son
Brother to Macbeth
Malcolm becomes king at the end of the play.
True
False

59.

Lady Macbeth does not see Banquo's ghost.

True
False

60.

As king, Macbeth is

A.
B.
C.

Brutal
Wise
Gentle
61. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Approach now like the rugged Russian bear, take
any shape but that."
A.
Witches
B.
Macbeth
C.
Malcolm
D.
Old Siward
Identify
the speaker of the following line:"Lay on macduff, And damn'd be him that cries,
62.
'Hold, enough!'"
A.
Malcolm
B.
Lady Macbeth
C.
Macbeth
D.
Duncan

63. Identify the speaker of the following line:"What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged."
Nurse
Witches
Doctor
Handmaidens

A.
B.
C.
D.

64. Identify the speaker of the following line:"A little water clears us of this deed."
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Macduff
Donalbain

A.
B.
C.
D.

65.
A.

The "Third Murderer" is sent by

Macbeth

B.
C.
A.
B.
A.
B.

Banquo
Lady Macbeth

66.

True
False

67.
68.

70.

A.
B.
C.

72.

A.
B.
C.

The witches
The English nobility
The Scottish nobility
Banquo's son is
Sinel

Macdonwald

A.
B.

A.
B.

Hecate is linked to

Fleance

71.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Lady Macbeth becomes

Somnambulist
A mute
An insomniac

69.

A.
B.
C.

Macbeth's chief fear is punishment after death.

True
False

A.
B.
C.
A.
B.
C.

Banquo faints after the killing of Duncan.

The thanes are loyal to Macbeth to the end.

True
False
Select the correct role of:King James

Praises Macbeth's castle

At war with Scotland
Praised for his healing touch
73. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Though bladed corn be lodg'd and trees blown
down...answer me to what I ask you."
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Malcolm
Macbeth

74. Even though she is warned of treachery, Lady Macbeth is killed.

True
False

75.

Macbeth meet death

As a physical coward
As a repentant sinner
With desperate courage

76. Identify the speaker of the following line:"Why in that rawness left you wife and child?"
A.
B.
C.
D.

Macbeth
Malcolm

Macduff

Ross

ANSWERS