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

2. What does Malcolm tell the army to do when they reach the castle at Dunsinane?

3. What do the witches plan to harvest from the moon?

4. Why is Macbeth afraid when the army reaches the castle when he has been so confident until then?

5. Why does Malcolm lie to Macduff about being a lusty man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Macbeth feel about his first kill in the battle against Malcolm?

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

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

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

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

10. Where is most of Malcolm's army from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

How does Macbeth's relationship with his wife change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this play?

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