The Ultimate Macbeth Play Quiz
16 Questions
Cancel
-
+
Take this Macbeth play quiz it's a play by William Shakespeare. Let's play and learn about this!
Questions and Answers
- 1.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 2.Why was the original Thane of Cawdor executed?
- A.
He cheated on his wife.
- B.
He committed treason against King Duncan and Scotland.
- C.
He killed the Queen.
- D.
He refused to go into battle because he was a coward.
- 3.
- A.
Banquo's sons will be kings.
- B.
Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor.
- C.
Macbeth will be King of Scotland.
- D.
Banquo will kill Macbeth.
- 4.
- A.
Duncan is an unfair leader.
- B.
Duncan is old and senile and can't take care of the country anymore.
- C.
Macbeth wants to be King himself.
- D.
Duncan insulted Macbeth's manhood.
- 5.Who helps Macbeth come up with his plan to kill the King?
- A.
Banquo
- B.
Lady Macbeth
- C.
The Weird Sisters
- D.
Lennox
- 6.True or False: The penalty for treason (being a traitor to the king) is life in prison.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.True or False: Macbeth purposefully keeps his plot against Duncan from his wife.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.True or False: Although he has the ambition to become king, Macbeth verbalizes many good reasons not to kill King Duncan.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.“Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” is said by the Witches. A riddle-like phrase that seems contradictory is also known as a(n) _____________.
- 11.Banquo seems to understand that the witches’ prophecies could lead to trouble, while ___________ can think only about the promise of greatness.
- 12.Macbeth obviously respects and values his wife as an equal, which he proves by calling her, “dearest _____________ in greatness.”
- 13.Lady Macbeth believes that in order to carry out the murder, she must behave more like a _____________.
- 14.Lady Macbeth says she keeps all promises she makes, and says she would even kill her _____________ if she had vowed to do so.
- 15.The witches are sometimes referred to as The Weird Sisters. "Weird" comes from an Anglo-Saxon term, "wyrd," which means _______.
- 16.
- A.
Soliloquy
- B.
Ballad
- C.
Aside
- D.
Aural
Back to top
