Macbeth

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following makes up the exposition or basic situation?

a. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth. c. Macduff is a Scottish name.
b. Three witches tell Macbeth his future. d. The curse of Macbeth lives on.
____ 2. Who else receives a favorable prophecy?
a. Duncan c. Malcolm
b. Lady Macbeth d. Banquo
____ 3. What reason does Macbeth give for killing Duncan?
a. Macbeth’s desire to be king c. His desire to make his wife happy
b. Duncan’s cruelty d. none of the above

____ 4. Macbeth's vision of bloody daggers and uncertainty are examples of what?
a. internal conflict c. person v. nature conflict
b. external conflict d. individual v. society conflict
____ 5. Lady Macbeth feels Macbeth’s ____________ is a weakness.
a. pride c. kindness
b. ambition d. bravery
____ 6. What is a result of Malcolm and Donalbain’s flight from Inverness?
a. They become suspects in the murder. c. They are able to regroup and war against
Macbeth later in the play.
b. They flee to safety. d. All of the above
____ 7. Banquo’s ghost may be a symbol for what?
a. the throne c. Macbeth’s guilt
b. murder d. Lady Macbeth’s remorse
____ 8. Which of the following foreshadows the play's tragic ending?
a. Macbeth's murder of Banquo c. The witches plan to give Macbeth a false
sense of security
b. Macbeth seeing Banquo's ghost d. The increasing death toll
____ 9. Which of the following is an example of the witches' prophecies being fulfilled?
a. Lady Macbeth dies. c. The enemy troops disguise themselves
with trees.
b. Macbeth hangs banners from the castle. d. Macduff talks trash.