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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macbeth tell the unexpected visitor to the hall at the beginning of the banquet to do?

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

3. Why is Malcom afraid to take up the crown?

4. What does Macbeth fear his future will be after finding out the source of the shrill cry in Act 5, Scene 5?

5. What does Macduff tell Malcolm to do after they have both fled?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Macduff born?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and greed are two common themes in this play. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

Valor is a theme of this play very important to many of the characters involved. Where does this theme of valor present itself, and how do these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

General Siward was a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence--however brief--altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Siward had not been in the play at all?

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