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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Macbeth's first reaction to the witches?
(a) Amazed and terrified.
(b) Impatient and worried.
(c) Surprised and disgusted.
(d) Skeptical and unbelieving.

2. Who is the first person to see the king dead?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Lennox.

3. What is the second apparition to appear to Macbeth when he meets with the witches?
(a) An armed head.
(b) A bloody child.
(c) The ghost of Duncan.
(d) A child holding a branch.

4. What does Macbeth see in a vision just as he is about to murder the king?
(a) A crown.
(b) A spear.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A ghost.

5. Who of the following is NOT found in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Lennox.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malcolm tell Duncan of the Thane of Cawdor just before the new Thane is named?

2. Where is Macbeth going to be crowned king?

3. What does Macbeth feel that Banquo has stripped him of?

4. Who has sole responsibility for the impending doom of Banquo?

5. Who is to be the new Thane of Cawdor?

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