Quiz  /  Shakespeare's Macbeth Practice Literature MCQ Questions Quiz with Answers

  • 1. 
    Who was the King of Scotland?

  • Macbeth
  • Duncan
  • Banquo
  • Fleance

  • 2. 
    Who was the officer attending to Macbeth?

  • Seyton
  • Siward
  • Macduff
  • Lennox

  • 3. 
    Who was Banquo's son?

  • Malcolm
  • Duncan
  • Macbeth
  • Fleance

  • 4. 
    Who were the generals of the King's army?

  • Fleance and Macbeth
  • Macduff and Macbeth
  • Siward and Macduff
  • Banquo and Macbeth

  • 5. 
    Who was Earl of Northumberland and a general of the English forces?

  • Macbeth
  • Macduff
  • Siward
  • Seyton

  • 6. 
    In what country is Macbeth primarily set?

  • France
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Germany

  • 7. 
    Where does the first scene take place?

  • a desert place
  • a forest
  • the castle
  • a dungeon

  • 8. 
    Who are the major characters in the first scene?

  • Macbeth and Duncan
  • Macbeth and Banquo
  • Three witches
  • Duncan and Banquo

  • 9. 
    What is Macbeth's reward for defeating the rebels?

  • He becomes King of Scotland
  • He becomes the Thane of Cawdor
  • He becomes a general
  • He becomes Earl of York

  • 10. 
    Who predicts that Macbeth will become king?

  • the three witches
  • Banquo
  • Duncan
  • the Thane of Cawdor

  • 11. 
    Who does Duncan name as successor to his throne?

  • Macbeth
  • Macduff
  • Banquo
  • Malcolm

  • 12. 
    Who comes up with the plot to kill King Duncan?

  • Macbeth
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Malcolm
  • Banquo

  • 13. 
    When Macbeth hears the bell toll, what does he think this portends?

  • Duncan going to heaven or hell
  • His own demise
  • His wifes death
  • Malcoms death

  • 14. 
    How does Macbeth kill Duncan?

  • with poison
  • with daggers
  • with an axe
  • with a candlestick

  • 15. 
    Who does Macbeth and Lady Macbeth blame for the king's murder?

  • Malcom
  • Banquo
  • the three witches
  • the guards

  • 16. 
    Who flees Scotland because they are afraid of being blamed for the king's murder?

  • Macduff
  • Banquo and Seyton
  • Malcolm and Donalbain
  • the guards

  • 17. 
    Who does Macbeth plot after he kills the king?

  • Banquo and Fleance
  • the gaurds
  • Malcolm and Donalbain
  • Lady Macbeth

  • 18. 
    Who escapes being murdered by Macbeth's killers?

  • Banquo
  • Fleance
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Duncan

  • 19. 
    Who's ghost appears to Macbeth at a banquet in Act III?

  • Banquo
  • Malcolm
  • Duncan
  • one of the witches

  • 20. 
    Who scolds the three witches for not being included in their plans for Macbeth?

  • Lady Macduff
  • Hecate
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Banquo's ghost

  • 21. 
    Who forms an army to overthrow Macbeth?

  • Lady Macbeth
  • Hecate
  • Malcolm
  • Seyton

  • 22. 
    "Who says ""double, double toil and trouble""?"

  • Macbeth
  • Macduff
  • Malcolm
  • the three witches

  • 23. 
    Which of the following was not told to Macbeth by the three ghosts?

  • That he would be king
  • That Macduff would betray him
  • That no man born of a child could harm him
  • That he will rule Scotland until the forest at Birnam marches to the castle at Dunsinane

  • 24. 
    Who's family does Macbeth have killed because of his betrayal?

  • Duncan's
  • Seyton's
  • Macduff's
  • Siward's

  • 25. 
    Who does Lady Macbeth confess to while talking in her sleep?

  • a doctor and gentlewoman
  • a doctor and guard
  • two guards
  • Lady Mcduff

  • 26. 
    "When does Macbeth say that life ""is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing."" ?"

  • When talking to the three witches about his future
  • After Lady Macbeth dies
  • When plotting to kill Duncan
  • After he kills Duncan

  • 27. 
    How does Malcom's army fulfill the witches prophesy?

  • by climbing the walls of the castle
  • by marching without swords
  • by camouflaging themselves with branches from the trees of Birnam Wood
  • "by yelling ""Malcom is King"" when attacking"

  • 28. 
    Who kills Macbeth in a dual at the end of the play?

  • Banquo's ghost
  • Siward
  • Malcolm
  • Maduff

  • 29. 
    How is it that Macduff is not of a woman born?

  • he was prematurely ripped from the womb
  • he was created by the three witches
  • he is a ghost
  • he is a god

  • 30. 
    How many Acts are there in Macbeth?

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
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