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Question 1

Who wrote Macbeth?
  1. William Shakespeare
  2. J.B. Priestley
  3. Robert Browning
  4. Toni Morrison

Question 2

Macbeth is set mainly in which country?
  1. Scotland
  2. England
  3. Italy
  4. Denmark

Question 3

At the very start of Macbeth, what title does Macbeth hold?
  1. Glamis
  2. Cawdor
  3. Fife
  4. Ross

Question 4

Who gives Macbeth his prophecies?
  1. The Witches
  2. The Murderers
  3. The Porter
  4. The Lords

Question 5

In Macbeth, who is named Prince of Cumberland?
  1. Malcolm
  2. Donalbain
  3. Macduff
  4. Banquo

Question 6

Who physically kills King Duncan?
  1. Macbeth
  2. Lady Macbeth
  3. Duncan's guards
  4. Macduff

Question 7

Whose ghost appears at Macbeth's banquet?
  1. Banquo
  2. Duncan
  3. Macduff
  4. Fleance

Question 8

In Macbeth, who says "Out, damned spot!"?
  1. Lady Macbeth
  2. Macbeth
  3. Lady Macduff
  4. The Witch

Question 9

In Macbeth, who is "from his mother's womb untimely ripped"?
  1. Macduff
  2. Malcolm
  3. Banquo
  4. Duncan

Question 10

Who kills Macbeth?
  1. Macduff
  2. Malcolm
  3. Banquo
  4. Siward

Question 11

Which image most directly represents Macbeth's guilt?
  1. Blood
  2. The crown
  3. Darkness
  4. Children

Question 12

In Macbeth, who says "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?
  1. The Witches
  2. Macbeth
  3. Banquo
  4. King Duncan

Question 13

In Macbeth, which wood seems to move in the prophecy?
  1. Birnam Wood
  2. Sherwood Forest
  3. Fife Wood
  4. Inverness Wood

Question 14

Which flaw drives Macbeth's fall?
  1. Ambition
  2. Pride
  3. Indecision
  4. Jealousy

Question 15

What genre is Macbeth?
  1. Tragedy
  2. Comedy
  3. Epic
  4. Satire

Question 16

Who is Macbeth's wife?
  1. Lady Macbeth
  2. Lady Macduff
  3. Lady Capulet
  4. Lady Anne

Question 17

Who admits having 'cursed thoughts' while trying to sleep?
  1. Banquo
  2. Macbeth
  3. Lady Macbeth
  4. Macduff

Question 18

What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to do?
  1. Unsex me here
  2. Crown me now
  3. Wake the king
  4. Hide the dagger

Question 19

Which title does Macbeth gain after Duncan's death?
  1. King of Scotland
  2. Prince of Cumberland
  3. Thane of Fife
  4. Thane of Cawdor

Question 20

In Macbeth, who escapes when Banquo is attacked?
  1. Fleance
  2. Ross
  3. Macduff
  4. Lennox

Question 21

What title does Duncan give Macbeth after the battle?
  1. Thane of Cawdor
  2. Prince of Cumberland
  3. King of Scotland
  4. Earl of Northumberland

Question 22

What vision does Macbeth see before murdering Duncan?
  1. A dagger
  2. A crown
  3. Banquo’s ghost
  4. A raven

Question 23

Who discovers Duncan’s body?
  1. Macduff
  2. Banquo
  3. Malcolm
  4. Ross

Question 24

Where does Malcolm flee after Duncan's murder?
  1. England
  2. Ireland
  3. Norway
  4. Fife

Question 25

Who advises Macbeth to hide his intentions before Duncan’s visit?
  1. Lady Macbeth
  2. Banquo
  3. Macduff
  4. Malcolm

Question 26

Who visits the Witches in Act 4?
  1. Macbeth
  2. Banquo
  3. Duncan
  4. Fleance

Question 27

What do the Witches show Macbeth in Act 4?
  1. Three apparitions
  2. Three crowns
  3. Three ghosts
  4. Three swords

Question 28

What does the first apparition warn Macbeth about?
  1. Macduff
  2. Malcolm
  3. Banquo
  4. Lady Macbeth

Question 29

Who orders soldiers to carry branches from Birnam Wood?
  1. Malcolm
  2. Macduff
  3. Siward
  4. Ross

Question 30

Who dies offstage after sleepwalking?
  1. Lady Macbeth
  2. Lady Macduff
  3. Banquo
  4. Duncan

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