Macbeth Test Multiple Choice questions with
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What style of English did Shakespeare write Macbeth in?
a. Old English
b. Early Modern English
c. Modern English
d. post-modern English - correct answer ✔✔b. early modern English
what does the word Thane mean?
a. king
b. prince
c. lord
d. mister - correct answer ✔✔c. lord
what did Shakespeare’s audience believe to be true about witches?
a. they were real
b. there were good and bad ones
c. they got their power from the devil
d. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. all of the above
which of the following is NOT a way Macbeth and Banquo identify the witches as
witches?
a. they are dressed funny
, b. they turned them into newts
c. they have beards
d. they vanish - correct answer ✔✔b. they turned them into newts
which of the following best describes what lady Macbeth wants to do after she
receives the letter from Macbeth and reads its contents?
a. wait and see what happens
b. to talk to Macbeth to clarify what the prophecy means
c. to gain power through ally noblemen and begin a takeover
d. to kill Duncan - correct answer ✔✔d. to kill Duncan
the witches told macbeth which of the following in their prophesy?
a. thane of glamis, thane of five, thane of cawdor
b. thane of cawdor, king of scotland, his sons will be kings
c. thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
d. his sons will be kings
e. thane of fife, thane of cawdor, kind of scotland - correct answer ✔✔c. thane of
glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
the witches told Banquo which of the following in their prophesy?
a. lesser than macbeth and greater; not so happy yet happier; his sons will be
kings
b. thane of cawdor, king of scotland, his sons will be kings
c. thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
d. he is in great danger
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What style of English did Shakespeare write Macbeth in?
a. Old English
b. Early Modern English
c. Modern English
d. post-modern English - correct answer ✔✔b. early modern English
what does the word Thane mean?
a. king
b. prince
c. lord
d. mister - correct answer ✔✔c. lord
what did Shakespeare’s audience believe to be true about witches?
a. they were real
b. there were good and bad ones
c. they got their power from the devil
d. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. all of the above
which of the following is NOT a way Macbeth and Banquo identify the witches as
witches?
a. they are dressed funny
, b. they turned them into newts
c. they have beards
d. they vanish - correct answer ✔✔b. they turned them into newts
which of the following best describes what lady Macbeth wants to do after she
receives the letter from Macbeth and reads its contents?
a. wait and see what happens
b. to talk to Macbeth to clarify what the prophecy means
c. to gain power through ally noblemen and begin a takeover
d. to kill Duncan - correct answer ✔✔d. to kill Duncan
the witches told macbeth which of the following in their prophesy?
a. thane of glamis, thane of five, thane of cawdor
b. thane of cawdor, king of scotland, his sons will be kings
c. thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
d. his sons will be kings
e. thane of fife, thane of cawdor, kind of scotland - correct answer ✔✔c. thane of
glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
the witches told Banquo which of the following in their prophesy?
a. lesser than macbeth and greater; not so happy yet happier; his sons will be
kings
b. thane of cawdor, king of scotland, his sons will be kings
c. thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, king of scotland
d. he is in great danger
