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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. How does Lady Macbeth die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Mistaken for a witch by a servant.
(c) Poison.
(d) Captured by the enemy.

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

3. Who is Duncan's heir?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Fleance.
(d) Donalbain.

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

5. What does Macbeth decide he must do when he sees the army at his castle in Act 5, Scene 7?
(a) Make a stand.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Make a truce.
(d) Flee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news terrifies Macbeth at his banquet?

3. What is Macbeth's title in the castle at Dunsinane?

4. What brings Siward comfort when he hears of his son's death?

5. Who are speaking at the beginning of Act 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first person Macbeth kills in the battle against Malcolm?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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