MACBETH COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
⩥ Banquo wants the prediction made by the witches to come true for his
sons. What does he refuse to do so that the prediction does come true?
Answer: Kill Duncan
⩥ What is Macbeth anticipating in his soliloquy about the dagger?
Answer: Murdering Duncan
⩥ What is the significance of the ringing of the bell? Answer: It means
death. It is time for Macbeth to murder Duncan.
⩥ What did Lady Macbeth do to the guards to make them sleep?
Answer: Got them drunk.
⩥ Why couldn't Lady Macbeth murder the king herself? Answer: He
looks like her father
⩥ What does Macbeth do or say to show his near hysteria after the
murder? Answer: He can't sleep, he can't say amen, he won't go back,
and he called the murder scene a "sorry sight"
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
⩥ Banquo wants the prediction made by the witches to come true for his
sons. What does he refuse to do so that the prediction does come true?
Answer: Kill Duncan
⩥ What is Macbeth anticipating in his soliloquy about the dagger?
Answer: Murdering Duncan
⩥ What is the significance of the ringing of the bell? Answer: It means
death. It is time for Macbeth to murder Duncan.
⩥ What did Lady Macbeth do to the guards to make them sleep?
Answer: Got them drunk.
⩥ Why couldn't Lady Macbeth murder the king herself? Answer: He
looks like her father
⩥ What does Macbeth do or say to show his near hysteria after the
murder? Answer: He can't sleep, he can't say amen, he won't go back,
and he called the murder scene a "sorry sight"
