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1. Q: Who was the King of Scotland?A: MacbethB: DuncanC: BanquoD: Fleance-------------------------------------2. Q: Who was the officer attending to Macbeth?A: SeytonB: SiwardC: MacduffD: Lennox-------------------------------------3. Q: Who was Banquo's son?A: MalcolmB: DuncanC: MacbethD: Fleance-------------------------------------4. Q: Who were the generals of the King's army?A: Fleance and MacbethB: Macduff and MacbethC: Siward and MacduffD: Banquo and Macbeth-------------------------------------5. Q: Who was Earl of Northumberland and a general of the English forces?A: MacbethB: MacduffC: SiwardD: Seyton-------------------------------------6. Q: In what country is Macbeth primarily set?A: FranceB: EnglandC: ScotlandD: Germany-------------------------------------7. Q: Where does the first scene take place?A: a desert placeB: a forestC: the castleD: a dungeon-------------------------------------8. Q: Who are the major characters in the first scene?A: Macbeth and DuncanB: Macbeth and BanquoC: Three witchesD: Duncan and Banquo-------------------------------------9. Q: What is Macbeth's reward for defeating the rebels?A: He becomes King of ScotlandB: He becomes the Thane of CawdorC: He becomes a generalD: He becomes Earl of York-------------------------------------10. Q: Who predicts that Macbeth will become king?A: the three witchesB: BanquoC: DuncanD: the Thane of Cawdor-------------------------------------11. Q: Who does Duncan name as successor to his throne?A: MacbethB: MacduffC: BanquoD: Malcolm-------------------------------------12. Q: Who comes up with the plot to kill King Duncan?A: MacbethB: Lady MacbethC: MalcolmD: Banquo-------------------------------------13. Q: When Macbeth hears the bell toll, what does he think this portends?A: Duncan going to heaven or hellB: His own demiseC: His wifes deathD: Malcoms death-------------------------------------14. Q: How does Macbeth kill Duncan?A: with poisonB: with daggersC: with an axeD: with a candlestick-------------------------------------15. Q: Who does Macbeth and Lady Macbeth blame for the king's murder?A: MalcomB: BanquoC: the three witchesD: the guards-------------------------------------16. Q: Who flees Scotland because they are afraid of being blamed for the king's murder?A: MacduffB: Banquo and SeytonC: Malcolm and DonalbainD: the guards-------------------------------------17. Q: Who does Macbeth plot after he kills the king?A: Banquo and FleanceB: the gaurdsC: Malcolm and DonalbainD: Lady Macbeth-------------------------------------18. Q: Who escapes being murdered by Macbeth's killers?A: BanquoB: FleanceC: Lady MacbethD: Duncan-------------------------------------19. Q: Who's ghost appears to Macbeth at a banquet in Act III?A: BanquoB: MalcolmC: DuncanD: one of the witches-------------------------------------20. Q: Who scolds the three witches for not being included in their plans for Macbeth?A: Lady MacduffB: HecateC: Lady MacbethD: Banquo's ghost-------------------------------------21. Q: Who forms an army to overthrow Macbeth?A: Lady MacbethB: HecateC: MalcolmD: Seyton-------------------------------------22. Q: "Who says ""double, double toil and trouble""?"A: MacbethB: MacduffC: MalcolmD: the three witches-------------------------------------23. Q: Which of the following was not told to Macbeth by the three ghosts?A: That he would be kingB: That Macduff would betray himC: That no man born of a child could harm himD: That he will rule Scotland until the forest at Birnam marches to the castle at Dunsinane-------------------------------------24. Q: Who's family does Macbeth have killed because of his betrayal?A: Duncan'sB: Seyton'sC: Macduff'sD: Siward's-------------------------------------25. Q: Who does Lady Macbeth confess to while talking in her sleep?A: a doctor and gentlewomanB: a doctor and guardC: two guardsD: Lady Mcduff-------------------------------------26. Q: "When does Macbeth say that life ""is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing."" ?"A: When talking to the three witches about his futureB: After Lady Macbeth diesC: When plotting to kill DuncanD: After he kills Duncan-------------------------------------27. Q: How does Malcom's army fulfill the witches prophesy?A: by climbing the walls of the castleB: by marching without swordsC: by camouflaging themselves with branches from the trees of Birnam WoodD: "by yelling ""Malcom is King"" when attacking"-------------------------------------28. Q: Who kills Macbeth in a dual at the end of the play?A: Banquo's ghostB: SiwardC: MalcolmD: Maduff-------------------------------------29. Q: How is it that Macduff is not of a woman born?A: he was prematurely ripped from the wombB: he was created by the three witchesC: he is a ghostD: he is a god-------------------------------------30. Q: How many Acts are there in Macbeth?A: 3B: 4C: 5D: 6-------------------------------------Click here for the Answers to Shakespeare's Macbeth questions
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