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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malcolm tell the army to do when they reach the castle at Dunsinane?
(a) Wipe off their camouflage.
(b) Put down their branches.
(c) Get some good rest before the action begins.
(d) Chant against Macbeth.

2. How does Macbeth hear that Birnam Wood is moving towards the castle?
(a) He sees it out his window.
(b) He sees it in a dream.
(c) His sentry tells him.
(d) A witch prophecies it to him.

3. What is Lady Macbeth trying to do while she is sleeping?
(a) Kill Duncan.
(b) Repent.
(c) Put on her crown.
(d) Wash her hands.

4. What makes Macbeth feel invincible in Act 5?
(a) The prophecy of the witches.
(b) His anger.
(c) The love the people have for him.
(d) His huge army.

5. What does Malcolm tell Macduff after they have both fled?
(a) He is filled with confusion.
(b) He is filled with anger.
(c) He is filled with sadness.
(d) He is filled with fear.

6. What does Macduff do when he hears his family has been murdered?
(a) Puts on mourning apparel.
(b) Puts together an army of English soldiers.
(c) Swears vengeance on Macbeth.
(d) Faints.

7. Who is helping Macduff when he flees after Banquo's murder?
(a) Fleance.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Donalbain.
(d) Ross.

8. How many soldiers are in Dunsinane in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1,000.

9. What does Macduff do when summoned by Macbeth in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Pretends to not hear.
(b) Challenges him to a duel.
(c) Refuses to come.
(d) Threatens his life.

10. What is the army in Dunsinane trying to hide with their unique camouflage?
(a) Their numbers.
(b) Their existence.
(c) Their strategy.
(d) The approach.

11. What does Macbeth see at the banquet that no one else does?
(a) Banquo's ghost.
(b) A procession of devils.
(c) The three witches.
(d) Blood in the wine.

12. Who suggests the form of camouflage that the army in Dunsinane uses?
(a) Donabain.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) General Siward.
(d) Macduff.

13. Who of the following is NOT in attendance in the hall when the banquet begins in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Donalbain.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Ross.
(d) Lennox.

14. What do the soldiers in Dunsinane enter Act 5, Scene 2 with?
(a) The body of Duncan.
(b) A drum and colors.
(c) A war scream.
(d) Their written strategy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Malcolm lie to Macduff about being a lusty man?

2. After the murders of Duncan and Banquo, what do the witches view Macbeth as?

3. What are the witches rebuked for the morning after Banquo's murder?

4. What do the witches plan to do with that which they harvest from the moon?

5. Who is crowned king at the end of the play?

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