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- 1. Multiple ChoiceEarly in the play, a wounded captain tells us all about what Macbeth has been doing. This part of the plot is called the...ExpositionInciting IncidentClimaxResolution
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero?The hero has a tragic flawThe hero is driven insaneThe hero is noble and importantThe hero recognizes their error and accepts responsibility
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe witches give us all of the following prophesies in
Act I EXCEPT...Beware of MacduffMacbeth will be kingMacbeth will be Thane of CawdorBanquo's sons will be king - 4. Multiple ChoiceHow does Macbeth FIRST respond to his wife's plan to kill Duncan?He argues that Duncan is their guestHe says they will discuss it laterHe agrees to kill DuncanHe asks her to kill her baby
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy do people suspect that Malcolm and Donalbain killed their father?They found the bodyThey had bloody clothesThey fought with him earlierThey ran away after the murder
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn Act III, Lennox praises Macbeth for killing Duncan's guards. Why?He thinks the guards murdered DuncanHe wants Macbeth to like himHe thinks Macbeth was brave to kill two by himselfHe is being ironic
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following do the doctor and the gentlewoman NOT observe while watching Lady Macbeth?She tries to rub her hands cleanHer eyes are open, but without senseShe confesses to killing DuncanShe blames Macbeth for the murder
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy is Macbeth not worried when he learns that 10,000 English troops are headed his way?Macbeth's army is biggerHe doesn't believe the servantThe witches make him overconfidentHe is safe as long as he stays in his castle
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho said: " I would, while it is smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from its boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.”Lady MacbethLady MacduffSiwardThe gentlewoman
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho said: " “How it did grieve Macbeth! Did he not straight, in pious rage, the two delinquents tear, that were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep? Was not that nobly done?”MacbethLennoxMacduffDuncan
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWho said: “Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live.”BanquoMacbethMacduffLady Macbeth
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho said: “Out, damned spot! Out I say!”Lady MacbethThe doctorMalcolmBanquo
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho said: “If thou beest slain and with no stroke of mine, my wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.”MacduffBanquoDuncanMacbeth
- 14. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare probably wrote Macbeth to impress his Scottish ruler _______________James IJames VElizabeth IElizabeth IV
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho said ""Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?"MacbethLady MacbethDuncanBanquo
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does 'Fair is foul and foul is fair' mean?White skin is a sign of poor healthWhat appears to be beautiful is actually ugly, and vice versa. The play centers around themes of deception.Nothing, it's just a weird thing to say
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