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Macbeth- MCQs

1.       The play Macbeth was set in
a.       England
b.      Ireland
c.       Scotland
d.      Denmark
Answer: c

2.       What title did Macbeth receive from King Duncan?
a.       Knight
b.      Prince of Wales
c.       Earl of Shaftesbury
d.      Thane of Cawdor
Answer: d

3.       Who is Banquo’s son?
a.       Angus
b.      Fleance
c.       Malcolm
d.      Ross
Answer: b

4.       Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand? These lines are taken from?
a.       Macbeth
b.      Othello
c.       King Lear
d.      Jew of Malta
Answer: a

5.       Who killed King Duncan?
a.       Macbeth
b.      Lady Macbeth
c.       Fleance
d.      Banquo
Answer: a

6.       Malcolm and Donalbain flee to which countries respectively?
a.       France and Germany
b.      Ireland and Italy
c.       Norway and Sweden
d.      England and Ireland
Answer: d

7.       Who was suspected of murdering King Duncan?
a.       The Knights
b.      The soldiers
c.       The Chamberlains
d.      The watchman
Answer: c

8.       Who killed Banquo?
a.       Macbeth
b.      Murderers (hitman)
c.       Lady Macbeth
d.      He killed himself
Answer: b

9.       Whose ghost appear before Macbeth when he was about to dine with his friends?
a.       Duncan
b.      Banquo
c.       Both a and b
d.      None of the above
Answer: b

10.   Who is the goddess of witches?
a.       Venus
b.      Minerva
c.       Lucina
d.      Hecate
Answer: d

11.   Who was blamed for Banquo’s  murder?
a.       Fleance
b.      Malcolm
c.       Ross
d.      Macbeth
Answer: a


12.   According to the witch Macbeth is safe until Birnam Wood moves to?
a.       Calton hill
b.      Cairnapple hill
c.       Dunsinane hill
d.      Kinnoull hill
Answer: c

13.   Who becomes Malcolm’s ally?
a.       Macbeth
b.      Macduff
c.       Ross
d.      Fleance
Answer: b

14.   “It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing”.
Who said these lines?
a.       Macbeth
b.      Macduff
c.       Malcolm
d.      Lady Macbeth
Answer: a

15.   Who becomes King at the end of the play?
a.       Donalbain
b.      Macduff
c.       Fleance
d.      Malcolm
Answer: d



Comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 6, 2022 at 8:33 AM

    I can't understand, how fleance was blamed for his father's murder ??!!
    I read this play more than once and there nothing said about fleance rather than he flees

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