Macbeth Jeopardy Test Review

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Question Macbeth’s tragic flaw

Answer 1 – 10 His lust for power

Question The murder of Lady Macduff and her children is different from Duncan’s murder because it is prompted by…

Answer 1 – 20 Fear and rage

Question Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death reveals that he…

Answer 1 – 30 Thinks life is a meaningless path to death

Question In the aftermath of Duncan’s murder, Lady Macbeth becomes…

Answer 1 – 40 Hysterical

Question Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland after their father’s death because they…

Answer 1 – 50 Fear for their lives

Question Macduff first shows his opposition to Macbeth by…

Answer 2 – 10 Refusing to witness his coronation

Question At the banquet, Macbeth’s conscience causes him to…

Answer 2 – 20 Challenge Banquo’s ghost

Question Why was Macduff able to kill Macbeth according to the prophecy?

Answer 2 – 30 He was not “born of a woman.”

Question What does Macbeth believe about the witches until the very end?

Answer 2 – 40 That the prophecy will save his life

Question This character is terrified by “strange screams of death” in the night

Answer 2 – 50 Lennox

Question Who said it? “Let not your ears despise my tongue forever, / Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound / That ever yet they heard.”

Answer 3 – 10 Ross

Question The “damned spot” refers to…

Answer 3 – 20 Duncan’s bloodstain & Lady Macbeth’s guilt

Question Who said it? “Whence is that knocking?— How is’t with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes.”

Answer 3 – 30 Macbeth

Question Who said it? “Out, damned spot; out, I say. One, two,—why, then ’tis time to do’t. Hell is murky.”

Answer 3 – 40 Lady Macbeth

Question This character fears the “daggers in men’s smiles.”

Answer 3 – 50 Donalbain

Question King Duncan decides to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because…

Answer 4 – 10 Macbeth fought heroically for him

Question Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to “Make thick my blood, / Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse” to ask…

Answer 4 – 20 To be made insensitive to the cruelty she is plotting

Question True or False. Duncan and Macbeth are brothers.

Answer 4 – 30 False

Question After Macbeth kills Duncan, he kills…

Answer 4 – 40 The king’s servants

Question The supernatural disturbances that occur the night of Duncan’s death symbolize…

Answer 4 – 50 Macbeth’s evil deeds

Question “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater” is an example of what literary term?

Answer 5 – 10 Paradox

Question Which of the following is NOT necessarily an element of tragedy? – a character who makes mistakes – a disaster near the end – frequent communication with the supernatural – a main character who is high-ranking

Answer 5 – 20 Which of the following is NOT necessarily an element of tragedy? – a character who makes mistakes – a disaster near the end – frequent communication with the supernatural – a main character who is high-ranking

Question The “barren scepter” symbolizes…

Answer 5 – 30 That Macbeth will have no heirs to the throne

Question “O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” is an example of what type of language…

Answer 5 – 40 Figurative language

Question Name a reoccurring image in the play

Answer 5 – 50 Daggers Woods Children Blood