Macbeth
  • 1. What is the full title of 'Macbeth' as mentioned in the text?
A) King Macbeth's Downfall
B) The Scottish Play
C) Macbeth: A Scottish Tale
D) The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • 2. In what year was 'Macbeth' first performed?
A) 1606
B) 1610
C) 1599
D) 1623
  • 3. Who is the patron of Shakespeare's acting company mentioned in the text?
A) James I
B) Henry VIII
C) Elizabeth I
D) Charles I
  • 4. What does Macbeth receive from a trio of witches that sets off his ambition?
A) A prophecy that he will become King of Scotland
B) A warning about Banquo's betrayal
C) A curse for his future actions
D) A spell to control the Scottish throne
  • 5. Who murders King Duncan in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'?
A) The witches
B) Banquo
C) Macbeth
D) Lady Macbeth
  • 6. What psychological state does Macbeth experience after murdering Duncan?
A) Guilt and paranoia
B) Indifference
C) Confusion about the prophecy
D) Joy and satisfaction
  • 7. Who is prophesied to father a line of kings according to the witches?
A) Duncan
B) Malcolm
C) Banquo
D) Macbeth
  • 8. What does Macduff discover that provokes his vengeance against Macbeth?
A) Duncan's hidden treasure
B) The murder of his family by Macbeth's orders
C) Macbeth's alliance with the witches
D) A prophecy about his own kingship
  • 9. What supernatural event convinces Macduff that he can defeat Macbeth?
A) A prophecy from the witches
B) A vision of Banquo's ghost
C) The moving trees of Birnam Wood advancing on Dunsinane Hill
D) An apparition of a bloody child
  • 10. How does Macbeth die?
A) He is executed by Malcolm
B) He is killed in a duel by Macduff
C) He is poisoned by Lady Macbeth
D) He succumbs to his own guilt and paranoia
  • 11. What does Lady Macbeth do after the murder of Duncan?
A) She kills herself
B) She confesses to the murder immediately
C) She flees Scotland with Macbeth
D) She plants bloody daggers on Duncan's sleeping servants
  • 12. What is Lady Macbeth's reaction when she sees Macbeth holding the bloody daggers?
A) She plans their escape
B) She scolds him and takes the knives to frame Duncan's servants
C) She faints from shock
D) She praises his bravery
  • 13. What does Macbeth hallucinate after deciding to murder Duncan?
A) Duncan's apparition warning him
B) A blood-smeared dagger leading him towards Duncan's chamber
C) Lady Macbeth as a witch
D) The ghost of Banquo
  • 14. What does the Porter scene in Act II involve?
A) He humorously welcomes guests to hell, including an equivocator and a tailor
B) He warns of the witches' prophecy
C) He confesses his own crimes
D) He reveals Macbeth's plan to murder Duncan
  • 15. What is Lady Macbeth's famous line about looking innocent?
A) 'Out, damned spot! Out, I say!'
B) 'What's done cannot be undone'
C) 'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't'
D) 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?'
  • 16. Who is revealed to have been born by Caesarean section in Act V?
A) Banquo
B) Macduff
C) Malcolm
D) Duncan
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