Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Final Test Review Sheet
English 12 CC
Part One: Quotation Identification
Know the significance of the following quotes:
1. “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from
the crown to the toe top full Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, Stop up the access
and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell
purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it!”
2. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
3. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute! Laugh to scorn the pow’r of man, for none of woman
born shall harm Macbeth.”
4. “To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your
tongue; look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.”
5. “But ’tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of
darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence.”
Part Two: Multiple Choice
Know:
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The author of the play
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What an anachronism is
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The example of an anachronism in the play
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What a paradox is
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What “The battle’s lost and won” means
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What two predictions the witches make for Macbeth
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What three predictions the witches make for Banquo
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Why Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor
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How Macbeth initially feels about the witches’ prophecies/the possibility of
murdering Duncan
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Macbeth’s tragic flaw
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What a soliloquy is
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The dagger Macbeth sees in his Act II soliloquy…is it real or a hallucination?
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Why Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland after Duncan’s murder
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Examples of weird things that happened in nature when Duncan was murdered
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The possible purposes of the Porter’s scene in Act Two (there are three…see your
Act Two study guide)
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Why Macbeth tells the murderers to be secretive about killing Banquo
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Who the unexpected guest is at Macbeth’s banquet
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How Lady Macbeth explains Macbeth’s freak out at the banquet when he sees
Banquo’s ghost
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How Hecate intends to ensure Macbeth’s downfall
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What the first apparition tells Macbeth
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What the second apparition tells Macbeth
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What the third apparition tells Macbeth
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Why Macduff isn’t killed with his family
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Why Malcolm pretends to be evil when Macduff talks about him being king
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How Malcolm tells Macduff he should react to his family’s murder
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Examples at the beginning of Act Five of Lady Macbeth going insane
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How Macbeth reacts to his wife’s death
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How Macbeth knows the third prophecy is fulfilled
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Who is named King of Scotland at the end of the play