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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Duncan decide to camp at the beginning of the play?
(a) Innerwith.
(b) Florence.
(c) Forres.
(d) Triamond.

2. How are Malcolm and Duncan related?
(a) Malcolm and Duncan are cousins.
(b) Malcom is Duncan's son.
(c) Duncan is Malcolm's son.
(d) Malcolm is Duncan's nephew.

3. What does the first witch do to get her revenge on the person who offended her in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Curses the young maiden with warts and boils.
(b) Curses the shop with bad produce and merchandice.
(c) Curses the soldier with blindness in his next battle.
(d) Curses the sailor with lack of sleep and fatigue.

4. Where do the witches go after Scotland's battle is over?
(a) A heath.
(b) A cave.
(c) The sea shore.
(d) The desert.

5. How is the first witch offended in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The shopkeeper denies her money.
(b) The soldier curses her and kicks stones at her.
(c) The young maiden calls her ugly and useless.
(d) The sailor's wife will not share chestnuts with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is featured in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

3. In Act 1, Scene 4, in an aside to the audience, what does Macbeth say he is carrying?

4. What must the loser of the battle between Scotland and it's enemy do in order to bury their dead men?

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

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