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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 has most of Macbeth's army done while the army in Dunsinane prepares for battle?
(a) Fled.
(b) Found armor.
(c) Sent faulty information to the spies.
(d) Switched sides.

2. Where does the first scene in Act 5 take place?
(a) Macduff's castle.
(b) An anteroom in Macbeth's castle.
(c) An inn.
(d) A wood.

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

4. What news terrifies Macbeth at his banquet?
(a) Banquo is dead.
(b) The murderer wants more money.
(c) Fleance escaped.
(d) Banquo's death had witnesses.

5. What do the witches plan to show Macbeth the morning after Banquo's murder?
(a) His future disgrace.
(b) A prophecy of lies.
(c) His destiny.
(d) His sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macbeth see at the banquet that no one else does?

2. What do the soldiers in Dunsinane enter Act 5, Scene 2 with?

3. Who of the following is NOT in attendance in the hall when the banquet begins in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. Why is Macduff's birth so important to the plot?

5. What does the first apparition warn Macbeth against?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Act 4, Scene 2, what happens to Lady Macduff as she is preparing to join her husband?

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

4. Who is the main general in Malcolm's army?

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

6. Where has Macduff fled to after hearing about Banquo's death?

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

8. What lies does Malcolm tell Macduff as they converse in England?

9. What is the source of a horrible shrill cry Macbeth hears while preparing for battle in Act 5, Scene 5?

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

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