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

2. How many soldiers are in Dunsinane in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

3. What does Macbeth fear his future will be after finding out the source of the shrill cry in Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Reigning and ruling.
(b) Great glory.
(c) Dusty death.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

4. Why does Malcolm lie to Macduff about being a lusty man?
(a) He wishes he could be that way.
(b) He is testing Macduff.
(c) He enjoys a good tale.
(d) He wanted to lighten the mood.

5. What is the second apparition to appear to Macbeth when he meets with the witches?
(a) A bloody child.
(b) The ghost of Duncan.
(c) An armed head.
(d) A child holding a branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the witches plan to do with that which they harvest from the moon?

2. Where is Malcolm when the other soldiers are at Dunsinane?

3. Why is Macbeth not at all disturbed by the war drums?

4. What has most of Macbeth's army done while the army in Dunsinane prepares for battle?

5. What were the boughs held by the army used for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is peculiar about the appearance of the surprise visitor to Macbeth's banquet in Act 3, Scene 4?

2. Why does Macbeth not want to receive any more reports from the doctor and his attendant in Act 5, Scene 2?

3. What does the child with the tree branch tell Macbeth when he visits the three witches?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How was Macduff born?

10. What is Malcolm trying to hide by using camouflage?

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