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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who of the following has NOT fled the country by Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Ross.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Donalbain.

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

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

4. What do the men in Dunsinane use as camouflage?
(a) Black paint.
(b) Mud.
(c) Armor from Macbeth's army.
(d) Branches from trees in the wood.

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

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

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

8. 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 angered.
(d) He is proud of their cunning.

9. Who is the first person killed by Macbeth in the battle at his castle?
(a) Angus.
(b) Young Siward.
(c) Lennox.
(d) Malcolm.

10. What happens to Macduff's family after he has fled the country?
(a) They flee to join him.
(b) They are murdered.
(c) They prepare to go see Macbeth.
(d) They go into hiding.

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

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

13. Who is Duncan's heir?
(a) Donalbain.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Fleance.
(d) Macbeth.

14. What is the source of the shrill cry Macbeth hears as the army approaches his castle in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) His servant sees the large numbers of the army.
(b) The gate is bombarded.
(c) The doctor is shot with an arrow.
(d) His wife has died.

15. Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
(a) Siward.
(b) Donalbain.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Malcom afraid to take up the crown?

3. Where does the first scene in Act 5 take place?

4. In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Macduff promise Malcolm he is not?

5. What does Macbeth call his servant who tried to warn him of the encroaching army?

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