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

1. Who was the King of Scotland?

A Macbeth B Duncan C Banquo D Fleance

2. Who was the officer attending to Macbeth?

A Seyton B Siward C Macduff D Lennox

3. Who was Banquo's son?

A Malcolm B Duncan C Macbeth D Fleance

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

A Fleance and Macbeth B Macduff and Macbeth C Siward and Macduff D Banquo and Macbeth

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

A Macbeth B Macduff C Siward D Seyton

6. In what country is Macbeth primarily set?

A France B England C Scotland D Germany

7. Where does the first scene take place?

A a desert place B a forest C the castle D a dungeon

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

A Macbeth and Duncan B Macbeth and Banquo C Three witches D Duncan and Banquo

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

A He becomes King of Scotland B He becomes the Thane of Cawdor C He becomes a general D He becomes Earl of York

10. Who predicts that Macbeth will become king?

A the three witches B Banquo C Duncan D the Thane of Cawdor

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

A Macbeth B Macduff C Banquo D Malcolm

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

A Macbeth B Lady Macbeth C Malcolm D Banquo

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

A Duncan going to heaven or hell B His own demise C His wifes death D Malcoms death

14. How does Macbeth kill Duncan?

A with poison B with daggers C with an axe D with a candlestick

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

A Malcom B Banquo C the three witches D the guards

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

A Macduff B Banquo and Seyton C Malcolm and Donalbain D the guards

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

A Banquo and Fleance B the gaurds C Malcolm and Donalbain D Lady Macbeth

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

A Banquo B Fleance C Lady Macbeth D Duncan

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

A Banquo B Malcolm C Duncan D one of the witches

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

A Lady Macduff B Hecate C Lady Macbeth D Banquo's ghost

21. Who forms an army to overthrow Macbeth?

A Lady Macbeth B Hecate C Malcolm D Seyton

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

A Macbeth B Macduff C Malcolm D the three witches

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

A That he would be king B That Macduff would betray him C That no man born of a child could harm him D 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?

A Duncan's B Seyton's C Macduff's D Siward's

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

A a doctor and gentlewoman B a doctor and guard C two guards D Lady Mcduff

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

A When talking to the three witches about his future B After Lady Macbeth dies C When plotting to kill Duncan D After he kills Duncan

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

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

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

A Banquo's ghost B Siward C Malcolm D Maduff

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

A he was prematurely ripped from the womb B he was created by the three witches C he is a ghost D he is a god

30. How many Acts are there in Macbeth?

A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6