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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Macbath ask his doctors to do when he hears the war drums from Dunsinane?
(a) Give him an injection of strength.
(b) Stop giving him reports.
(c) Attend to his wife.
(d) Leave him and find safety.

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

5. How does Macbeth feel about what his army has done while the army in Dunsinane prepares for battle?
(a) He cares not at all.
(b) He is still confident that he will win.
(c) He is proud of their cunning.
(d) He is angered.

6. What does a doctor say Lady Macbeth needs to heal?
(a) A priest.
(b) A physician.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Some strong medication.

7. What has caused Macbeth's fiery rage while the soldiers are all in Dunsinane?
(a) The treachery of his friends.
(b) His secret murders.
(c) His wife's madness.
(d) The mutiny against him.

8. What are the witches doing at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Stirring things in their cauldron.
(d) Dancing.

9. What has been happening to Lady Macbeth since Banquo's death?
(a) She has been having horrible dreams.
(b) She has been followed by Banquo's ghost.
(c) She has been sleepwalking.
(d) She has been having hallucinations.

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

11. After the murders of Duncan and Banquo, what do the witches view Macbeth as?
(a) A foolhardy man.
(b) A wayward son.
(c) An amusing toy.
(d) A burgeoning evil.

12. What does Macbeth call his servant who tried to warn him of the encroaching army?
(a) A good man.
(b) A coward.
(c) A fool.
(d) A traitor.

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

14. What is the one thing that will frighten Macbeth?
(a) The ghost of Duncan.
(b) Seeing the wood move to the castle.
(c) Seeing the Thane of Fife.
(d) Hearing a bad prophecy from the witches.

15. What has most of Macbeth's army done while the army in Dunsinane prepares for battle?
(a) Switched sides.
(b) Found armor.
(c) Sent faulty information to the spies.
(d) Fled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the soldiers in Dunsinane plan to purge Macbeth of his anger?

2. Who wants to take revenge personally on Macbeth during the battle at the castle?

3. How does Macbeth hear that Birnam Wood is moving towards the castle?

4. What does Macduff's son compare himself to when he hears that his father has fled?

5. Where is the army at Dunsinane from?

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