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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. Who wants to take revenge personally on Macbeth during the battle at the castle?
(a) General Siward.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Donalbain.

2. Where is Malcolm when the other soldiers are at Dunsinane?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Pont Whiff Castle.
(c) Forres.
(d) Birnam Wood.

3. What does the first apparition warn Macbeth against?
(a) The Thane of Fife.
(b) The son of Banquo.
(c) Over-indulgance.
(d) The jealous passion of his wife.

4. Who will lead the first assault on the castle in Act 5, Scene 6?
(a) Macduff.
(b) Angus.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Siward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macduff do when he hears his family has been murdered?

2. Where does Macduff go after Banquo's murder?

3. What is the first apparition to appear to Macbeth when he meets with the witches?

4. Who is the first person killed by Macbeth in the battle at his castle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Macbeth so sure that he will be victorious over Malcolm's army?

2. Why is Malcolm so afraid for his life in Act 3, Scene 6?

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

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

5. What is Hecate planning on harvesting from the moon?

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

7. What does the bloody child tell Macbeth when Macbeth visits the three witches?

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

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

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

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