1. Macbeth Jeopardy Test Review

2. Characters More Characters Who said it? PlotLit Terms 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 Macbeth’s tragic flaw

4. Answer 1 – 10 His lust for power

5. Question 1 - 20 The murder of Lady Macduff and her children is different from Duncan’s murder because it is prompted by…

6. Answer 1 – 20 Fear and rage

7. Question 1 - 30 Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death reveals that he…

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

9. Question 1 - 40 In the aftermath of Duncan’s murder, Lady Macbeth becomes…

10. Answer 1 – 40 Hysterical

11. Question 1 - 50 Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland after their father’s death because they…

12. Answer 1 – 50 Fear for their lives

13. Question 2 - 10 Macduff first shows his opposition to Macbeth by…

14. Answer 2 – 10 Refusing to witness his coronation

15. Question 2 - 20 At the banquet, Macbeth’s conscience causes him to…

16. Answer 2 – 20 Challenge Banquo’s ghost

17. Question 2 - 30 Why was Macduff able to kill Macbeth according to the prophecy?

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

19. Question 2 - 40 What does Macbeth believe about the witches until the very end?

20. Answer 2 – 40 That the prophecy will save his life

21. Question 2 - 50 This character is terrified by “strange screams of death” in the night

22. Answer 2 – 50 Lennox

23. Question 3 - 10 Who said it? “Let not your ears despise my tongue forever, / Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound / That ever yet they heard.”

24. Answer 3 – 10 Ross

25. Question 3 - 20 The “damned spot” refers to…

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

27. Question 3 - 30 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.”

28. Answer 3 – 30 Macbeth

29. Question 3 - 40 Who said it? “Out, damned spot; out, I say. One, two,—why, then ’tis time to do’t. Hell is murky.”

30. Answer 3 – 40 Lady Macbeth

31. Question 3 - 50 This character fears the “daggers in men’s smiles.”

32. Answer 3 – 50 Donalbain

33. Question 4 - 10 King Duncan decides to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because…

34. Answer 4 – 10 Macbeth fought heroically for him

35. Question 4 - 20 Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to “Make thick my blood, / Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse” to ask…

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

37. Question 4 - 30 True or False. Duncan and Macbeth are brothers.

38. Answer 4 – 30 False

39. Question 4 - 40 After Macbeth kills Duncan, he kills…

40. Answer 4 – 40 The king’s servants

41. Question 4 - 50 The supernatural disturbances that occur the night of Duncan’s death symbolize…

42. Answer 4 – 50 Macbeth’s evil deeds

43. Question 5 - 10 “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater” is an example of what literary term?

44. Answer 5 – 10 Paradox

45. Question 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

46. 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

47. Question 5 - 30 The “barren scepter” symbolizes…

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

49. Question 5 - 40 “O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” is an example of what type of language…

50. Answer 5 – 40 Figurative language

51. Question 5 - 50 Name a reoccurring image in the play

52. Answer 5 – 50 Daggers Woods Children Blood