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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news terrifies Macbeth at his banquet?
(a) The murderer wants more money.
(b) Fleance escaped.
(c) Banquo is dead.
(d) Banquo's death had witnesses.

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

4. Where is Malcolm when the other soldiers are at Dunsinane?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Pont Whiff Castle.
(c) Birnam Wood.
(d) Forres.

5. What is Macduff doing as he flees after Banquo's death?
(a) Trying to save his life.
(b) Grieving for Duncan and Banquo.
(c) Plotting against Macbeth.
(d) Spreading the news of Macbeth's treachery.

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

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

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

9. Where is the army at Dunsinane from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) England.

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

11. Where does the first scene in Act 5 take place?
(a) A wood.
(b) An inn.
(c) An anteroom in Macbeth's castle.
(d) Macduff's castle.

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

13. Where did the army get the boughs they are holding?
(a) From trees at the castle.
(b) From Birnam wood.
(c) At Dunsinane.
(d) From the forests near their homes.

14. Who are speaking at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) Macbeth and his wife.
(b) Angus and Ross.
(c) Macduff and his son.
(d) A gentlewoman and a doctor.

15. What does Macbeth fear his future will be after finding out the source of the shrill cry in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Reigning and ruling.
(b) Great glory.
(c) Dusty death.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Macduff born?

2. How does Lady Macbeth die?

3. What has most of Macbeth's army done while the army in Dunsinane prepares for battle?

4. How many soldiers are in Dunsinane in Act 5, Scene 3?

5. How does Macbeth feel about his first killing in the battle in Act 5, Scene 7?

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