View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lady Macbeth tell her husband to do in front of the king when he comes to their home?
(a) Play the innocent.
(b) Get him alone.
(c) Poison him.
(d) Praise his masterful mind.

2. What does Lady Macbeth say she would do before breaking a promise?
(a) Go mad.
(b) Kill her husband.
(c) Kill her own child.
(d) Kill herself.

3. What does Banquo acknowledge in his soliloquy at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) His fear of being murdered next.
(b) The truthfulness of the witches' prophecy.
(c) His suspicion of Macbeth.
(d) His grief over Duncan's death.

4. How does Lady Macbeth hear about the prophecy of the witches?
(a) Her husband writes a letter about it.
(b) One of the witches comes to tell her.
(c) Duncan tells her about it.
(d) She sees it in a dream.

5. Who is the chief guest at Macbeth's celebration feast?
(a) Macduff.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Banquo.
(d) Lennox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first witch do to get her revenge on the person who offended her in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What is Macbeth's first reaction to the witches?

3. What do the witches vow to do at the beginning of the play?

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

5. Which of these is NOT a guest at Macbeth's castle after the battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When do the witches vow to meet again before they part at the beginning of the play?

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

4. In the first scene of the play, who else do the witches say they will meet with when they next meet?

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

6. How did the rebel Macdonwald die?

7. What does Macbeth think his wife will do when she hears of his devious and secret plan in Act 3, Scene 2?

8. What does the witch do to punish the sailor's wife who offends her?

9. In Act 1, Scnee 6, what does Duncan say helped Macbeth to arrive at his castle so far ahead of himself?

10. What does Lady Macbeth do in order to allow for Macbeth to have safe passage past Duncan's chamberlains in Act 1, Scene 7?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample