Braingle: 'Macbeth' Trivia Quiz

This is one of Shakespeare's most well known plays, but how well do you actually know it? Good luck and have fun.

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Category:	Literature > Shakespeare
Created By:	trewq

#1 What title(s) does Macbeth hold at the beginning of the play?

A general of the English forces and Earl of Northumberland
Thane of Fife
A general in King Duncan's army and Thane of Glamis
King Duncan's older son and heir to the throne
King Duncan's younger son and a general in King Duncan's army

#2 In Act I, Scene II, what news does the wounded Captain bring to King Duncan and Scottish noblemen at a military camp near Forres?

Macbeth killed Macdonwald, but the war continues.
Macbeth killed Macdonwald and the war is over.
The Scottish are losing badly to the Danes.
The castle at Dunsinane has been taken by Norway.
Macduff killed the Thane of Cawdor.

#3 Who says the following line? "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

#4 To whom is Lady Macbeth reading Macbeth's letter in Act I, Scene V?

#5 Lady Macbeth declares she would kill a baby she loved while it was nursing if she had sworn to do so, as Macbeth had sworn to kill Duncan. What later remark in Act II Scene II contradicts this?

"But no baby have I borne, to my relief."
"But they did say their prayers, and I addressed them Again to sleep."
"I had most need of blessing, and "Amen" Stuck in my throat."
"Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't."
"Should I not be afeared of eternal flame, this i' quiet."

#6 Whom does the porter not pretend to admit into hell in Act II, Scene III?

A farmer
An equivocator
A sailor
An English tailor

#7 Malcolm and Donalbain flee after their father's murder. Where do they go?

#8 In Scene IV, the last of Act II, Ross and an unnamed Old Man are talking about the unnatural events that have happened recently: an owl killed a falcon last Tuesday, last night's darkness has lingered into day, and what else?

Lady Macbeth grew a beard.
An earthquake cracked Macbeth's castle at Inverness.
King Duncan's horses ate each other.
Banquo's son committed suicide.
A nearby village burned down.

#9 In Act II, Scene IV, Macduff reveals that he is returning to Fife, his home, instead of going to Scone to witness what event?

#10 Whose musings about the witches' predictions and Macbeth's possible foul play begin Act III in the palace at Forres?

#11 Lady Macbeth knows about Macbeth's plan to hire murderers to kill Banquo.

True
False

#12 The murderers kill Banquo and Fleance.

True
False

#13 How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth's reaction to Banquo's ghost at the dinner table?

She faints and draws attention away from Macbeth.
She gives a toast to the Scottish noblemen in the hall.
She says he is just tired and needs sleep.
She says Macbeth has had a condition since his youth which is best ignored until it passes.
She says he caught a cold in the army and is hallucinating because of it.

#14 What is not included in the witches' cauldron in Act IV, Scene I?

#15 The Second Apparition tells Macbeth to: "Be bloody, bold, and _____!"

#16 The Third Apparition tells Macbeth not to worry until which wood comes to Dunsinane Hill?

#17 Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is dead and a traitor.

True
False

#18 In Act IV, Scene III, what reason does Malcolm not give for being a worse king than Macbeth if crowned?

#19 Why does Malcolm order each soldier to cut a branch from the forest and carry it to Dunsinane?

To hide the army's size
To fulfill the prophecy
To serve as shields
To build a catapult at the castle
To eat the berries and fruits on their march

Macbeth

#1 What title(s) does Macbeth hold at the beginning of the play?

#2 In Act I, Scene II, what news does the wounded Captain bring to King Duncan and Scottish noblemen at a military camp near Forres?

#3 Who says the following line? "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

#4 To whom is Lady Macbeth reading Macbeth's letter in Act I, Scene V?

#5 Lady Macbeth declares she would kill a baby she loved while it was nursing if she had sworn to do so, as Macbeth had sworn to kill Duncan. What later remark in Act II Scene II contradicts this?

#6 Whom does the porter not pretend to admit into hell in Act II, Scene III?

#7 Malcolm and Donalbain flee after their father's murder. Where do they go?

#8 In Scene IV, the last of Act II, Ross and an unnamed Old Man are talking about the unnatural events that have happened recently: an owl killed a falcon last Tuesday, last night's darkness has lingered into day, and what else?

#9 In Act II, Scene IV, Macduff reveals that he is returning to Fife, his home, instead of going to Scone to witness what event?

#10 Whose musings about the witches' predictions and Macbeth's possible foul play begin Act III in the palace at Forres?

#11 Lady Macbeth knows about Macbeth's plan to hire murderers to kill Banquo.

#12 The murderers kill Banquo and Fleance.

#13 How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth's reaction to Banquo's ghost at the dinner table?

#14 What is not included in the witches' cauldron in Act IV, Scene I?

#15 The Second Apparition tells Macbeth to: "Be bloody, bold, and _____!"

#16 The Third Apparition tells Macbeth not to worry until which wood comes to Dunsinane Hill?

#17 Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is dead and a traitor.

#18 In Act IV, Scene III, what reason does Malcolm not give for being a worse king than Macbeth if crowned?

#19 Why does Malcolm order each soldier to cut a branch from the forest and carry it to Dunsinane?

#20 Who speaks the last lines in the play?

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