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