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Macbeth Quotes Test
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1Give 3 quotations used in Act 1 which praise Macbeth in war:
- [blank_start]Brave Macbeth[blank_end] – well he deserves that name - Captain p2
- [blank_start]Valiant cousin[blank_end] - Duncan p2
- [blank_start]Worthy gentleman[blank_end] - Duncan p2- ABrave Macbeth
- BValiant cousin
- CWorthy gentleman
2Provide an example of ambiguous language used by the witches:
- [blank_start]Fair is foul, and foul is fair[blank_end], p1- AFair is foul, and foul is fair
3A quote from Macbeth in Act 1 scene iii which echoes the earlier words of the witches:
- [blank_start]So fair and foul a day I have not seen[blank_end] – p6- ASo fair and foul a day I have not seen
4How does Banquo describe Macbeth’s reaction to the witches?
- [blank_start]Why do you start and seem to fear[blank_end]/[blank_start]Things that do sound so fair?[blank_end] Or ……[blank_start]he seems rapt withal[blank_end] p6- AWhy do you start and seem to fear
- BThings that do sound so fair?
- Che seems rapt withal
5How does Banquo describe the appearance of the witches?
- [blank_start]So wither’d and so wild in their attire,[blank_end]/[blank_start]That look not like th’inhabitants[blank_end] o’ [blank_start]the earth and yet are on’t[blank_end] p6- ASo wither'd and so wild in their attire,
- BThat look not like th’inhabitants
- Cthe earth and yet are on’t
6What adjective does Macbeth use to describe the witches?
- “[blank_start]imperfect[blank_end] speakers” p7- Aimperfect
7Provide an example of clothing imagery from Act 1 scene iii when Macbeth is declared Thane of Cawdor.
- “Why do you dress me [blank_start]in borrow’d robes[blank_end]” p8- Ain borrow'd robes
8Complete the missing words:
“If good, why do I [blank_start]yield[blank_end] to that suggestion,
Whose [blank_start]horrid image[blank_end] doth [blank_start]unfix[blank_end] my [blank_start]hair[blank_end],
And make my [blank_start]seated heart[blank_end] knock at [blank_start]my ribs[blank_end]
Against the [blank_start]use[blank_end] of [blank_start]nature[blank_end]?” p9- Ayield
- Bhorrid image
- Cunfix
- Dhair
- Eseated heart
- Fmy ribs
- Guse
- Hnature
9Finish the quote:
“If chance will have me king, [blank_start]why chance may crown me[blank_end]/[blank_start]Without my stir[blank_end].” p9- Awhy chance may crown me
- BWithout my stir
10Finish the quote:
“Stars, hide your fires,/[blank_start]Let not light see my black and deep[blank_end] desires” p13- ALet not light see my black and deep
11Lady Macbeth, on reading the letter, fears that Macbeth is
“Too full [blank_start]o’th’ milk of human kindness[blank_end]/[blank_start]To catch the nearest way[blank_end].” p14- Ao'th'milk of human kindness
- BTo catch the nearest way
12Provide textual evidence from Act 1 scene v which suggests Lady Macbeth wishes to rid herself of all femininity:
[blank_start]Come you spirits[blank_end]/[blank_start]That tend on mortal thoughts[blank_end], [blank_start]unsex me here[blank_end] … p15- ACome you spirits
- Bunsex me here
- CThat tend on mortal thoughts
13A quote to show the closeness of the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth:
[blank_start]My dearest love[blank_end] (Macbeth) p15- AMy dearest love
14A quote for the theme of appearance versus reality; Lady Macbeth to Macbeth:
“Look like [blank_start]th’innocent flower,[blank_end]/[blank_start]But be the serpent under’t[blank_end].” p17- Ath'innocent flower,
- BBut be the serpent under't
15Provide a quote from Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 scene vii which shows he does not want to kill Duncan:
"[blank_start]then, as his host,[blank_end]/[blank_start]Who should against his murderer[blank_end] shut [blank_start]the door[blank_end]," p19- Athen, as his host,
- BWho should against his murderer
- Cthe door
16What are the missing adjectives?
- [blank_start]False[blank_end] face must hide what the [blank_start]false[blank_end] heart doth know.- AFalse
- Bfalse
17Quote a section of speech from Act 1 scene vii that shows how Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth in to killing Duncan:
- "[blank_start]When you durst do it[blank_end], [blank_start]then you were a man[blank_end]" p20- AWhen you durst do it
- Bthen you were a man
18A director of the play has chosen not to have a visible dagger on stage for Act 2 scene I. Supply evidence from the text which supports this interpretation.
- [blank_start]Or art thou but[blank_end]/A dagger of the mind, a false creation/[blank_start]Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain[blank_end]? p24- AProceeding from the heat-oppressed brain
- BOr art thou but
19What is Macbeth unable to say after the Murder of Duncan?
[blank_start]I could not say ‘Amen’[blank_end] p27- AI could not say 'Amen'
20Macbeth’s guilt is so great, he feels incapable of cleaning the blood from his hands. This is evident in the line:
- [blank_start]Will all great Neptune’s ocean[blank_end] wash [blank_start]this blood[blank_end]/[blank_start]Clean from my hand[blank_end]? p28- AWill all great Neptune's ocean
- Bthis blood
- CClean from my hand
21Malcolm and Donaldblain suspect that men are not as they appear:
- To show [blank_start]an unfelt sorrow is an office[blank_end]/Which [blank_start]the false man[blank_end] does [blank_start]easy[blank_end] p36
- There’s [blank_start]daggers in men’s[blank_end] smiles. p36- Aan unfelt sorrow is an office
- Bthe false man
- Ceasy
- Ddaggers in men’s
22Banquo suspects that Macbeth may have killed Duncan:
- Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promis’d, and [blank_start]I fear[blank_end]/
[blank_start]Thou played’st most foully for’t[blank_end]; yet it was said/
It should not stand in thy [blank_start]posterity[blank_end],
But that myself should be [blank_start]the root and father[blank_end]
Of many kings.- AI fear
- BThou played'st most foully for't
- Cposterity
- Dthe root and father
23Act 3 scene i, Macbeth shows his anxiety about Banquo in a soliloquy:
- “Our fears [blank_start]in Banquo[blank_end]/ [blank_start]Stick deep[blank_end], and in [blank_start]his royalty of nature[blank_end]/[blank_start]Reigns that which would[blank_end]
be fear’d” p43- Ain Banquo
- BReigns that which would
- CStick deep
- Dhis royalty of nature
24Metaphors/adjectives which show that Macbeth will be the only member of his blood line to be king:
- [blank_start]fruitless[blank_end] crown
- [blank_start]barren[blank_end] sceptre
- [blank_start]unlineal[blank_end] hand p43- Afruitless
- Bbarren
- Cunlineal
25Macbeth challenges the masculinity of the murders in Act 3 scene I by comparing the variations in men to those found in [blank_start]dogs[blank_end]. p44
- Adogs
26“We have [blank_start]scorch’d the snake, not kill’d it[blank_end]” Macbeth Act 3 scene ii. An image which shows that Macbeth’s work is incomplete and that while Duncan is dead, his sons live on. p46
- Ascorch'd the snake, not kill'd it
27“O, [blank_start]full of scorpions is my mind[blank_end], dear wife!”. Macbeth Act 3 scene ii. An image which shows that Macbeth’s thoughts are stressful and he cannot rest easy. p47
- Afull of scorpions is my mind
28“Thou canst not say I did it; [blank_start]never shake[blank_end]/[blank_start]Thy gory locks at me[blank_end]!” Act 3 scene iv Macbeth addresses the ghost of Banquo. p52
- Anever shake
- BThy gory locks at me
29During the banquet scene, Lady Macbeth attempts to take control. In an aside to Macbeth she asks:
“Are [blank_start]you a man?[blank_end]" p53- Ayou a man?
30Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth it is all in his imagination:
“O proper stuff!/ This is the [blank_start]very painting of your fear[blank_end];
[blank_start]This is the air-drawn dagger[blank_end] which [blank_start]you said[blank_end]/[blank_start]Led you to Duncan[blank_end]” p54- Avery painting of your fear
- BThis is the air-drawn dagger
- CLed you to Duncan
- Dyou said
31Complete the quote:
“It will have blood they say: [blank_start]blood will have blood[blank_end].” p56- Ablood will have blood
32An image from Act 3 scene v which shows that Macbeth feels there is no going back:
“I am in blood/[blank_start]Stepp’d in so far[blank_end] that [blank_start]should I wade no more[blank_end],/[blank_start]Returning were as tedious as[blank_end] go o’er.’ p57- AStepp'd in so far
- Bshould I wade no more
- CReturning were as tedious as
33Macbeth decided to murder the family of Macduff and he realises that he needs to act swiftly in matters:
“From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart [blank_start]shall be the firstlings of my hand[blank_end].” p68- Ashall be the firstlings of my hand
34Act 4 scene iii
Malcolm describes Macbeth as “[blank_start]black[blank_end] Macbeth” (p74) and “[blank_start]Devilish[blank_end] Macbeth” (p76) – 1 adjective for each- Ablack
- BDevilish
35Macduff says in Act 4 scene iii
Front to front
Bring thou this [blank_start]fiend[blank_end] of [blank_start]Scotland[blank_end] and myself. p81- Afiend
- BScotland
36In an ironic echo of the earlier words of her husband, Lady Macbeth says in Act 5 scene i:
“What, will [blank_start]these hands ne’er be clean?[blank_end]” p 84- Athese hands ne'er be clean?
37Much like how Macbeth wonders of all of Neptune’s oceans can wash his guilt away, Lady Macbeth states:
“[blank_start]all the perfumes of Arabia[blank_end] will not sweeten this little hand.” p84- Aall the perfumes of Arabia
38Fill in the blanks:
Macbeth: “I have almost forgot the [blank_start]taste of fears[blank_end].” Act 5 scene v p 92.- Ataste of fears
39Macbeth:
“Out, out, [blank_start]brief candle[blank_end],
Life’s but a [blank_start]walking shadow[blank_end], [blank_start]a poor player[blank_end]/[blank_start]That struts and frets[blank_end] his [blank_start]hour upon the stage[blank_end]
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
[blank_start]Told by an idiot[blank_end], [blank_start]full of sound and fury[blank_end]
[blank_start]Signifying[blank_end] nothing. “ p 92-93- Abrief candle
- Bwalking shadow
- Ca poor player
- DThat struts and frets
- Ehour upon the stage
- FTold by an idiot
- Gfull of sound and fury
- HSignifying
40Act 5 scene viii
Macbeth:
“Why should I play the [blank_start]Roman fool and die[blank_end]/ [blank_start]On mine own sword?[blank_end]” p97- ARoman fool and die
- BOn mine own sword?
41“Of all men else I have avoided thee,
But get thee back, [blank_start]my soul is too much charg’d[blank_end]/[blank_start]With blood of thine already.[blank_end]” p97- Amy soul is too much charg'd
- BWith blood of thine already.
42Macbeth about the witches, when he realises that Macduff was born of a Caesarean section:
And be these [blank_start]juggling fiends[blank_end] no more believ’d
That palter with us in a [blank_start]double sense[blank_end],
That keep the word of promise to our ear
And [blank_start]break it to our hope[blank_end]. I’ll [blank_start]not fight with thee[blank_end].” p97-98.- Ajuggling fiends
- Bdouble sense
- Cbreak it to our hope
- Dnot fight with thee
43Yet I will try the last. Before my body
[blank_start]I throw my warlike shield[blank_end].” p98- AI throw my warlike shield
44In the final speech of the play, Malcolm calls Macbeth “this dead [blank_start]butcher[blank_end]” and Lady Macbeth “his [blank_start]fiend-like[blank_end] queen,” p100
- Abutcher
- Bfiend-like
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- Year 10 English Quiz on Macbeth Quotes Test, created by Izzy Prime on 02/07/2017.
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