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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 been happening to Lady Macbeth since Banquo's death?
(a) She has been sleepwalking.
(b) She has been followed by Banquo's ghost.
(c) She has been having hallucinations.
(d) She has been having horrible dreams.

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

3. Why is Malcom afraid to take up the crown?
(a) He has no knowledge of state affairs.
(b) He has many vices.
(c) He is too young.
(d) He fears he will be murdered.

4. What do the witches plan to do with that which they harvest from the moon?
(a) Envelop Macbeth in darkness.
(b) Look into the future.
(c) Cause Macbeth to sleep so that he may be murdered in his bed.
(d) Create evil sprites.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ross say about Macduff after he has fled?

2. In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Macduff promise Malcolm he is not?

3. What news terrifies Macbeth at his banquet?

4. Who is crowned king at the end of the play?

5. What does Macduff do when summoned by Macbeth in Act 3, Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Macbeth's army so small in comparison to Malcolm's army?

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

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

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

9. What is Hecate mad at the three witches for?

10. What does Macbeth ask Seyton to help him with before the battle begins?

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