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Act 1, scenes 1–4
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1
of 25
1. Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Malcolm
2
of 25
2. How many men reign as king of Scotland throughout the play?
1
2
3
4
3
of 25
3. Whom does Lady Macbeth frame for the murder of Duncan?
Malcolm and Donalbain
Duncan’s drunken chamberlains
The porter
Macbeth
4
of 25
4. Who kills Banquo?
Macduff
Fleance
Macbeth
A group of murderers hired by Macbeth
5
of 25
5. Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth’s death?
She dies offstage.
She sleepwalks off of the palace wall.
She declares her own guilt and stabs herself with a knife.
Macduff slays her in revenge for his own wife’s murder.
6
of 25
6. Who discovers Duncan’s body?
Lennox
Ross
Macduff
Donalbain
7
of 25
7. Whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair during the banquet?
himself
Banquo’s ghost
Duncan’s ghost
Lady Macbeth
8
of 25
8. What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
He sees a floating head urging him to spill blood.
He sees a bloody axe lodged in Duncan’s brow.
He sees a pale maiden weeping in the moonlight.
He sees a floating dagger pointing him to Duncan’s chamber.
9
of 25
9. With whom are the Scots at war at the beginning of the play?
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Finland
10
of 25
10. Which nation’s army invades Scotland at the end of the play?
Norway
France
England
Finland
11
of 25
11. Who is the goddess of witchcraft in the play?
Aphrodite
Hecate
Minerva
Mordred
12
of 25
12. Who kills Donalbain?
Macbeth
Malcolm
A group of murderers hired by Macbeth
No one
13
of 25
13. What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies?
She is plagued by fits of sleepwalking.
She is haunted by the ghost of Duncan.
She sees her children killed in battle.
She sees her children killed by Macbeth.
14
of 25
14. Who kills Lord Siward’s son?
Duncan
Lennox
Macbeth
Ross
15
of 25
15. Where are Scottish kings crowned?
Edinburgh
Scone
London
Dunsinane
16
of 25
16. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches’ prophecy?
He kills the witches first.
He receives a charm from Grinswindle.
He is a powerful warlock himself.
He was born by cesarean section.
17
of 25
17. Where is Duncan killed?
In the battle with Norway
In his bedchamber at Macbeth’s castle
In his bedchamber at Forres
At Birnam Wood
18
of 25
18. Who flees Scotland to join Malcolm in England?
Donalbain
Ross
Macduff
Lennox
19
of 25
19. What was the weather like the night Duncan was murdered?
Stormy and violent
Calm and placid
Foggy and ominous
It was a night like any other night, according to Lennox
20
of 25
20. Who kills Lady Macbeth?
Macbeth
Macduff
Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth
21
of 25
21. Who flees Scotland immediately after Duncan’s death?
Macbeth
Malcolm and Donalbain
Fleance
Lennox
22
of 25
22. Who jokes that he works at “hell gate”?
Macbeth
Macduff
The porter
Duncan
23
of 25
23. What title is Macbeth given after his victory described in Act 1?
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Ross
King of Scotland
Prince of Cumberland
24
of 25
24. Who tells Macduff that his family has been killed?
Donalbain
Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Ross
25
of 25
25. How does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane?
By magic
Through an earthquake
It doesn’t
Malcolm’s army hides behind cut-off tree branches
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