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

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

3. Where did Banquo receive 20 gashes?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His heart.
(c) His neck.
(d) His head.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following is not among the soldiers in Dunsinane?

2. Who is helping Macduff when he flees after Banquo's murder?

3. What does Lady Macduff say her husband's flight makes her look like?

4. What do the witches plan to harvest from the moon?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Macbeth feel about his first kill in the battle against Malcolm?

2. In Act 4, Scene 2, why is Lady Macduff so frustrated with the flight of her husband?

3. Why does Malcolm tell lies to Macduff as they converse in England?

4. How was Macduff born?

5. What does Macbeth see at the banquet that frightens him beyond measure?

6. How does Angus pledge to purge Macbeth of his bloodlusty sickness?

7. How does Macduff prove that he has slain Macbeth?

8. What about his new English soldiers is Malcolm most worried about?

9. What does Malcolm suggest that his soldiers use as camouflage while approaching Macbeth's castle?

10. What does Macbeth think his enemies will suffer before he is defeated?

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