Macbeth Act I Quiz
Multiple Choice
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Directions: Choose the best answer for each of the following. Put the letter of the
answer on your answer sheet. DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST!
1. Who are the women on the heath at the beginning of scene I?
a. three witches
b. three unnatural beings
c. three aunts
d. all of the above
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2. What three things do the witches call Macbeth?
a. Winking, Blinking and Nod b. Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, King Hereafter
c. Butcher, Baker and Candlestick maker d. Hurly, Burly and Curly
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3. What do the witches tell Banquo?
a. he will be father of kings
b. his father will be king
c. his mother will be a queen
d. his mother is really his father
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4. How does Lady Macbeth first get news of the witches' prophecies?
a. a messenger
b. she sees them
c. a letter from Macbeth
d. she is a witch
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5. When Lady Macbeth hears the king is coming, what does she begin doing?
a. cleaning house
b. plotting his murder
c. baking a cake
d. changing linens
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6. In Act I, scene vii, Macbeth is alone speaking his thoughts out loud. This is called a
(n)
a. symbol
b. soliloquy
c. sign of early senility
d. prop
7. Macbeth dismisses the thought of killing Duncan for ALL of the following reasons
EXCEPT
a. Duncan is family
b. Duncan has been a great ruler
c. Duncan is his guest
d. Macbeth hates the sight of blood
8. How does Lady Macbeth react to Macbeth's decision not to kill Duncan?
a. She questions his manhood b. She tells Macbeth he has no courage
c. She tells Macbeth he never follows-through d. all of the above
9. How does Lady Macbeth plan on taking care of the chamber guards?
a. she will seduce them
b. she will bribe them
c. she will get them drunk
d. she will kill them too
10. Fleance is Banquo's
a. son b. guard c. brother
d. kinsman
11. When Macbeth waits to kill Duncan he imagines a
a. ringing bell
b. person praying
c. terrible storm
d. bloody dagger
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12. Who said: "He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject
strong both against the deed."
a. Lady Macbeth
b. Ducan
c. Macbeth
d. Banquo
13. Who said: “Yet I do fear thy nature It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness."
b. Duncan
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a. Lady Macbeth
c. Macbeth
d. Malcolm
14. Who said: “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't."
b. Ducan
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a. Lady Macbeth
c. Macbeth
d. Banquo
15. Whom does Duncan name as his successor?
b. Ducan
c. Macbeth
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a. Lady Macbeth
d. Malcolm
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****Bonus (3pts) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says "unsex me here of
direst cruelty?”