Macbeth
Act One Quiz
Armstrong
1) _____ How many witches are there in Act One?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
2) _____ Who is King Duncan fighting against?
a) England
b) Macbeth
c) Norway
d) France
3) _____ What prophecy is given to Banquo?
a)
b)
c)
d)
He will be a father to kings.
He will be King of Scotland.
He will be miserable and never sleep again
He will be killed by a friend
4) _____ Duncan names this person as the next king to rule Scotland:
a) Malcolm
b) Banquo
c) Macbeth
d) Angus
5) _____ The most thoroughly evil character so far is:
a) Macbeth
b) Duncan
c) Lady Macbeth
d) Macdonwald
6) _____ What does Macbeth do to Macdonwald after defeating him?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rips his heart out
Takes his family crest and title
Takes him as prisoner and turns him over to King Duncan
Chops off his head and hangs it on the battlement
7) _____ What new title does Macbeth receive in Act One?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Glamis
Prince of Cumberland
King of Scotland
8) _____ Lady Macbeth calls on supernatural powers to:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Get rid of her “feminine weaknesses”
Make her husband become king without resorting to murder
Kill King Duncan
Find her someone to truly love
9) _____ According to the plan, who is to be framed for the murder of Duncan?
a) Banquo
b) Duncan’s guards
c) Malcolm
d) the witches
10) _____ What does Lady Macbeth say she would do to her baby if she had to?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Offer it up for adoption
Sacrifice its life to the gods
Dash its brains out
Give up her life for it
11) _____ The three witches represent:
a)
b)
c)
d)
The supernatural
Good fortune
Death
God or Christianity
12) _____ How does Banquo feel about the prophesies of the witches?
a) He is confident that they will all come true
b) He laughs at them and dismisses them
c) He is suspicious of them and thinks of them as evil temptation
13) _____ Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as:
a)
b)
c)
d)
A ruthless man
A bit of a lunatic
A weakling
A strong noble man
Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Three points each.
14) Why did King Duncan strip the title of the Thane of Cawdor? To whom did he give it?
Why?
15) How does Lady Macbeth act to the prophecies of the witches and the idea of killing the
king?
16) What prophecies do the witches give to Banquo?
Who says the following? You may use a name more than once. Not all names will be used.
a) Lady Macbeth
b) King Duncan
c) Macbeth
d) Banquo
e) the Witches
17) _____ “Look like the innocent flower, but act like the serpent under it.”
18) _____ “Fair is foul and foul is fair”
19) _______”Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my deep and dark desires”
20) ______ “You can never tell from a man’s face what’s going on in his mind. I trusted him
completely.”
21) ______ “We teach the art of bloodshed, then become victims of our own lessons.”