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12 questions
  1. Macbeth was written in about —
    1. 1590
    2. 1606
    3. 1623
    4. 1642
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    Answer: (B) 1606

    About 1606, early in the reign of James I.

  2. Shakespeare’s source for Macbeth was —
    1. Plutarch’s Lives
    2. Holinshed’s Chronicles
    3. The Faerie Queene
    4. Boccaccio
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    Answer: (B) Holinshed’s Chronicles

    Holinshed’s Chronicles supplied most of his historical material.

  3. The witches hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and —
    1. Thane of Fife
    2. King hereafter
    3. Lord of Inverness
    4. Prince of Cumberland
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    Answer: (B) King hereafter

    The third prophecy — king hereafter — is what sets the tragedy in motion.

  4. What are Banquo’s descendants promised?
    1. Great wealth
    2. That they shall be kings
    3. Long life
    4. Victory in battle
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    Answer: (B) That they shall be kings

    Banquo will be lesser and greater than Macbeth, and his children will be kings.

  5. Who escapes the murderers sent by Macbeth?
    1. Banquo
    2. Fleance
    3. Macduff
    4. Donalbain
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    Answer: (B) Fleance

    Fleance escapes, so Banquo’s line survives.

  6. Whose ghost appears at the banquet?
    1. Duncan’s
    2. Banquo’s
    3. Lady Macduff’s
    4. Young Siward’s
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    Answer: (B) Banquo’s

    Banquo’s ghost takes Macbeth’s seat, visible to him alone.

  7. Macbeth believes himself safe because no man "of woman born" can harm him. Macduff can kill him because —
    1. he is a Scot
    2. he was born by caesarean section
    3. he is older than Macbeth
    4. he carries a charmed sword
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    Answer: (B) he was born by caesarean section

    He was "from his mother’s womb untimely ripp’d" — so, strictly, not of woman born.

  8. How does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane?
    1. By a magic spell
    2. The soldiers carry branches as camouflage
    3. A storm uproots the trees
    4. It is only a dream
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    Answer: (B) The soldiers carry branches as camouflage

    Malcolm orders every soldier to cut a bough, and the wood appears to move.

  9. "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" is spoken by —
    1. Macbeth
    2. Lady Macbeth
    3. Lady Macduff
    4. The First Witch
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    Answer: (B) Lady Macbeth

    Lady Macbeth, sleepwalking and rubbing at her hands.

  10. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" describes —
    1. the witches
    2. life
    3. the battle
    4. kingship
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    Answer: (B) life

    It comes from the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow" speech, after Lady Macbeth’s death.

  11. The Porter scene in Macbeth is an example of —
    1. dramatic irony
    2. comic relief
    3. soliloquy
    4. the chorus
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    Answer: (B) comic relief

    A comic interlude immediately after the murder — the classic example of comic relief.

  12. Who becomes King of Scotland at the end of the play?
    1. Macduff
    2. Donalbain
    3. Malcolm
    4. Fleance
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    Answer: (C) Malcolm

    Malcolm, Duncan’s elder son and rightful heir.

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