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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings Siward comfort when he hears of his son's death?
(a) He died nobly.
(b) He died quickly and painlessly.
(c) Macbeth was defeated.
(d) He honored his father.

2. Why is Macduff's birth so important to the plot?
(a) His unique birth gave him strength.
(b) Macbeth can not be killed by a man born naturally of a woman.
(c) Macduff is related to Macbeth.
(d) Macbeth and Macduff were born the same way.

3. What do the witches plan to harvest from the moon?
(a) A vaporous drop.
(b) Artificial light.
(c) Dust of the moon.
(d) A key to darkness.

4. How does Lady Macbeth die?
(a) Mistaken for a witch by a servant.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Captured by the enemy.
(d) Poison.

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

6. How was Macduff born?
(a) Extracted from his mother's dead corpse.
(b) Ripped from his mother's womb.
(c) Born prematurely.
(d) Stillborn, and then revived.

7. Who is the leader of the army at Dunsinane?
(a) Donalbain.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) General Siward.
(d) Macduff.

8. What does Macbeth decide he must do when he sees the army at his castle in Act 5, Scene 7?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Flee.
(c) Make a truce.
(d) Make a stand.

9. Who appears at the door when the banquet first begins?
(a) A messenger.
(b) The murderer.
(c) Fleance.
(d) Macduff.

10. What does the first apparition warn Macbeth against?
(a) The son of Banquo.
(b) The Thane of Fife.
(c) The jealous passion of his wife.
(d) Over-indulgance.

11. Why is Macbeth not afraid of the man sworn to take revenge on him?
(a) The prophecy from the witches gives him courage.
(b) He knows he is stronger than the man.
(c) He is full of confidence.
(d) He had a dream in which he defeated this man.

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

13. What is the third 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.

14. What does Macduff call Macbeth as they fight?
(a) A child.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) A fool.
(d) A pussycat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lennox speak to about Banquo's death?

2. Why is Macbeth afraid when the army reaches the castle when he has been so confident until then?

3. What makes Macbeth feel invincible in Act 5?

4. What has caused Macbeth's fiery rage while the soldiers are all in Dunsinane?

5. What does the army at Dunsinane do when they reach the castle?

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