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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lady Macbeth act when the king arrives at her castle in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Cold and harsh.
(b) Warm and inviting.
(c) Confused and nervous.
(d) Sweet and shy.

2. What does Macbeth feel that Banquo has stripped him of?
(a) His regal nature.
(b) His pride.
(c) His victory in battle.
(d) His lineage.

3. What does Macbeth ask mighty Neptune for help with?
(a) Washing blood off his hands.
(b) Resisting his wife.
(c) Killing Duncan.
(d) Becoming king.

4. What do the witches say are their greatest pleasure in life?
(a) Conjuring.
(b) Deceiving.
(c) Serving.
(d) Killing.

5. Who kills Banquo?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Banquo's servants.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Hired murderers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Macbeth's castle?

2. What does Macbeth say he will have to do if he is caught murdering the king?

3. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

4. Who is the hero of the battle between Scotland and its main enemy?

5. Why is Macbeth plotting to kill Banquo at all?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Macbeth plan to kill Banquo and his son?

2. What is Banquo's first impression of Macbeth's castle?

3. What does Ross speak with an old man about the morning after Duncan's assassination?

4. In Act 3, Scene 1, what do the witches prophecy for Banquo's future?

5. What does Macbeth hear just after murdering Duncan?

6. What is to be done with the captured Thane of Cawdor in Act 1, Scene 2?

7. What does Banquo wish to speak with Macbeth about late in the night just before Macbeth murders Duncan?

8. What does Duncan reward Lady Macbeth with the evening before his assassination?

9. How did the rebel Macdonwald die?

10. What is the Porter doing just after Duncan is assassinated?

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