Online Test: Macbeth

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1. What is a tyrant?

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A military general

A major theme which emerges from Shakespeare's Macbeth

The time and place where a story takes place

A single, oppressive leader who often resorts to violence as a means of rule

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2. Alliteration is ___________

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an indirect reference to another work of literature.

the repetition of beginning vowel sounds.

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

a word that sounds like its meaning.

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3. Why is the sound of the spoken lines of Macbeth important?

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Macbeth is a story about sound.

Sound is mentioned in the famous 'Tomorrow' speech in Macbeth.

Macbeth is a play, so the audience will hear the actors speaking the lines.

Macbeth is a story about a visually impaired character, so sound is emphasized.

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4. Which of the following lines from Macbeth contains alliteration?

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'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'

'All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.'

'Out, out brief candle.'

'Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell.'

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5. Which of these alliterative phrases appear in the well-known 'Tomorrow' speech in Macbeth?

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'Red rose'

'Bloody business'

'Murderous Macbeth'

'Dusty death'

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6. An author would use an allusion by:

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Comparing the character or event to a well known event in history

Making a comparison, and then using footnotes to dene the historical event or character

Making a vague reference to a historical moment with no real connection to the story

Stating the historical gure, describing it, and then describing the character

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7. In William Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth', Ross describes Macbeth in battle as:

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Quiet as Prometheus

Evil as a hell hound

Powerful as Zeus

Bellona's bridegroom

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8. What does 'ambition' mean?

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A personal desire to murder or kill in order to achieve greatness.

A personal desire or intention to achieve greatness or success.

A speech given alone on stage where a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings.

A set of lines in a play meant to be heard by the audience and not by other characters on stage.

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9. In Macbeth, after Lady Macbeth's soliloquy, who does she encourage Macbeth to kill?

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Duncan

Banquo

His father

The circle of witches

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10. What do the predictions the witches made in 'Macbeth' do to Macbeth?

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Spark his already existing personal ambitions

Make him to retreat from battle and hide

Cause him to become Thane of Cawdor

Ensures he become king

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11. Where is The Globe Theatre located?

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Paris, France

London, England

Florence, Italy

Rome, Italy

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12. Why was the Globe Theatre closed?

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The Lord Chamberlain's Men could no longer afford to keep the theatre open

The Puritans closed it and put tenement homes in its place

An arsonist burned it to the ground

There were no longer actors to play the roles

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13. Who paid for the building of the original Globe Theatre?

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The citizens of Great Britain

Queen Elizabeth II

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

William Shakespeare paid for 100% of the building

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14. What is the meaning of hyperbole?

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he occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

a figure of speech involving exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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15. Which of the following is not an example of hyperbole

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I'm so hungry I can eat a horse

I'm dying of laughter

My grandpa is as old as dirt

I have blood on my hands

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16. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth uses hyperbole after she thinks she smells what?

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Fire

Corpses

Blood

Food

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17. In Macbeth, Macbeth uses hyperbole to describe the impossibility of doing what?

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grieving for a soldier

washing blood from his hands

killing the king

killing his wife

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18. What is imagery?

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A distortion of the meaning of words

The act of seeing something that is not present

Extra sensory perception of objects

Symbolic language that evokes a visual image

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19. In the famous sleepwalking scene in Macbeth, what does Lady Macbeth do to attempt to remove her guilt?

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She scrubs blood stains on the floor.

She washes the walls in Duncan's chamber.

She washes her hands.

She washes her bloody gown.

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20. What moral issue is emphasized with the blood imagery in Macbeth?

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Guilt and retribution

Duty to one's king

The ethics of killing animals for food

Duty to one's blood relatives

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21. What theme is sometimes illustrated by the use of clothing imagery in Macbeth?

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It is not easy being king

Greed kills

The conflict between appearance and reality

There is no honor among thieves

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22. Which of the following examples of irony is an example of dramatic irony in Macbeth?

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King Duncan thanks Lady Macbeth for her hospitality.

The prophecy that Burnam Wood will come to Dunsinane.

The prophecy that Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor.

The apparition of the armed head.

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23. What is Lady Macbeth trying to remove from her hands in Macbeth?

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The dirt from the deplorable conditions of her home.

Blood from her murder of Banquo.

Her guilt over the murder of King Duncan.

Blood from the murder of Lady Macdu.

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24. In the play Macbeth, if Macbeth cannot be murdered by a man born of woman, how is he killed?

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A tree falls on Macbeth's head.

Macbeth is killed by a stray arrow during the battle.

Macduff was delivered via cesarean section and kills Macbeth.

Macdu kills Macbeth and makes the prophesy untrue.

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25. In Macbeth, which ghost haunts Macbeth and leads the other characters to believe that he has gone mad?

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Fleance.

King Duncan.

Macdu.

Banquo.

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26. Why are the prophesies examples of situational irony in Macbeth?

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They come true exactly as the witches predicted but not in the way we expected.

They do not come true, so the unexpected happens.

The prophesies come true for Duncan, not Macbeth.

They are examples of dramatic irony, not situational irony

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27. Why does Macbeth murder King Duncan in Macbeth?

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His wife tells him to

He is told by three witches that he would one day be king

To become king

All of the answers are correct

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28. Macbeth finds out he will become the Thane of Cawdor and the King of Scotland by _____.

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a dream he has

the prophesies of three witches

Lady Macbeth's psychic powers

a last will and testament

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29. In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is able to trick Othello into believing his wife is cheating on him. Othello falls for the tricks and kills his wife in a jealous rage. What is his tragic flaw?

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jealousy

violence

cowardice

trust

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30. Sophocles' drama Oedipus the King is the story of Oedipus and how he rises to be a great king. However, when he was a young man he kills a stranger on the street who disrespected him. Years later he learns he unknowingly killed his own father and married his mother. Which is his tragic flaw?

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pride

ambition

cowardice

violence

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31. In which type of literature does a tragic flaw occur?

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romance

comedies

mysteries

tragedies

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32. Another word for hamartia (tragic flaw) could be

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frailty

vice

weakness

error of judgement

all answers are correct

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33. Macbeth's audience may have some sympathy for the title character because_____.

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his wife nags him to kill the king

he kills an evil king

he suffers guilt for committing murder

he's under the influence of the Three Witches

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34. Macbeth's tragic outcome is set in motion by the _____, who predict that he will become King of Scotland.

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the Three Ghosts

Lady Macbeth

General Banquo

the Three Witches

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35. For a character to be tragic, he or she must be _____.

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dismissive of his or her character flaw

proud of his or her character flaw

ignorant of his or her character flaw

cognizant of his or her character flaw

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36. According to Aristotle and displayed by Macbeth, a tragic character must _____.

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suer

die

be innocent of any crime

have a tragic character flaw

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37. Lady Macbeth is also a tragic figure in the play because she is blind to the destructive power of her _____.

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children

honor

husband

ambition

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38. Who is Young Siward in 'Macbeth?'

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The son of Siward, a member of Macbeth's court.

Banquo's friend

The son of Siward, a general in the English Army.

The cousin of Macdu and Malcolm

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39. Why was Macbeth so confident that he would defeat Young Siward?

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He was the king and knew that Young Siward would be intimidated by him

He was a much stronger solider than Young Siward

The witches had told Macbeth that no man born of a woman would kill him

He was older than Young Siward

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40. In 'Macbeth', Young Siward is described as one of the unrough youths that even now/Protest their first of manhood. What does this mean?

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He is young and weak and should not be a part of the fight.

He and the other youths are not willing to be a part of the battle.

He has yet to grow facial hair, which means he is a young teen, but he is eager to become a man.

He is not rough, meaning he is not a good fighter.

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41. In 'Macbeth', why was it important that Young Siward was stabbed in the front?

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It shows how ruthless Macbeth was

It shows his wounds were self inicted

It shows his bravery and that he did not run

This description was not as important as his encounter with Macbeth

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42. . How does Young Siward's death represent Macbeth's demise during the play?

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It shows how ruthless he has become

It shows both his arrogance and his ruthlessness

It shows how much arrogance he has

It shows Macbeth's desire to stay the hero

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43. Which of the following is the source of the play 'Macbeth'?

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Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, or History of the Danes

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron

Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives'

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44. Match the 'Hamartia' with the tragic hero:

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Inaction / too much of thinking

Rash action / jealousy

Ambition

hubris

Oedipus

Hamlet

Othello

Macbeth

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45. Which of the following scenes in 'Macbeth' are melodramatic?

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Witches Scenes

Duncan Murder Scene (Murder is not enacted on stage but events before and after murder shall be considered as Duncan Murder scene)

Banquo Ghost Scene

Lady Macbeth's nigh walking scene

Macbeth's reaction on the news of death of Lady Macbeth

46. Study of film adaptations: How are complicating factors like supernatural (witches, ghost etc) are improvised by Vishal Bhardwaj in 'Maqbool'?

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As the setting is that of Muslim characters, the witches are converted into male Mullahs of Islam religion

The Banquo-ghost scene is also removed from Hindi film adaptation.

There is a real ghost of the character known as 'kaka' who is Banquo of 'Macbeth'.

The witches are removed from this film adaptation and there is no improvisation in any other way

The Banquo-ghost is portrayed as an illusion - wherein protagonist sees sudden opening of eyes of dead person and his frightened.

The witches are presented as one Old Lady

The witches are portrayed as Brahmin Police-men Pandit and Purohit who are always found with horoscopes

47. To understand 'melodrama', we have seen similar situation portrayed in separate films. Which film-scenes have we seen in the online class?

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Newyork

Sairat

Dhadak

Maqbool

Thrones of Blood

Macbeth

48. The last soliloquy by Macbeth - 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. . . life is but a walking shadow, a poor player struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing. What is the meaning of these lines?

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Life is meaningless. There is nothing to be achieved in life. Whatever we do is futile and illusory.

Life is beautiful stage and there is great pleasure in playing our role on the stage.

Life is full of meaning. It signifies beauty and truth.

Life is beautiful. Do not wail in futile if your today is bad. Tomorrow is going to be beautiful.

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49. What is the meaning of deus ex machina?

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an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.

translation of Greek theos ek mēkhanēs, ‘god from the machinery’. In Greek theatre, actors representing gods were suspended above the stage, the denouement of the play being brought about by their intervention.

It is use of robots machines in the performance of the plays

It is over use of technology machines in play performance

50. What is this image about?

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The Heaven and the Hell

The Great Chain of Being

The Three Worlds - the Abode of the Divine Power, the Earth of the Humans and the Underworld of the Devils

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