Macbeth Jeopardy
Test Review
•Characteristics of a Tragedy
•Literary Terms
•Characters
•Plot
•Play History
•Quotes
Tragedy
Literary
Terms
Characters
The Play
More Play
History
Quotes
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Tragedy: 100
Define “antagonist.”
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Tragedy: 200
Define “tragic hero.”
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Tragedy: 300
Define “tragic flaw.”
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Tragedy: 400
Define “catastrophe.”
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Tragedy: 500
How does the tragic hero gain
the audience’s sympathy?
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Tragedy: 600
How does the tragic hero meet
his doom?
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Literary Terms: 100
Define “foreshadowing.”
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Literary Terms: 200
Define “dramatic irony.”
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Literary Terms: 300
Define “theme.”
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Literary Terms: 400
Define “comic relief.”
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Literary Terms: 500
Define “aside.”
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Literary Terms: 600
Define “soliloquy.”
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The Play: 100
Where does the play take place?
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The Play: 200
What does Macbeth see in his
chair at the banquet in Act III?
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The Play: 300
Who develops the plan
to kill Duncan?
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The Play: 400
After Duncan, who was
Macbeth’s next victim?
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The Play: 500
What prophecies do the three
apparitions give Macbeth?
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The Play: 600
Which scene do experts believe
was not written by
Shakespeare and was later
added later for effect?
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More Play: 100
Who was King of Scotland at
the opening of the play?
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More Play: 200
What is Macbeth’s first
hallucination?
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More Play: 300
What do the witches predict for
Banquo’s future?
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More Play: 400
What prediction does Macbeth
receive from the witches
in the first Act?
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More Play: 500
To what countries do
Malcolm & Donailbain flee
after their father’s murder?
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More Play: 600
What purpose does Act II, scene i
(the porter scene) serve?
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History: 100
For whom was Macbeth written?
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History: 200
For what two reasons did
Macbeth honor King James?
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History: 300
Name five main themes of the play.
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History: 400
From what literary work was
Macbeth adapted?
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History: 500
What book did James I write
dealing with witchcraft?
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History: 600
What is the remedy for the
Macbeth curse?
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Characters: 100
Who killed Macbeth?
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Characters: 200
Who is queen of the witches?
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Characters: 300
Who encouraged Macbeth to
murder Duncan?
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Characters: 400
Who was Duncan’s eldest son?
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Characters: 500
Who was Lennox?
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Characters: 600
This is the messenger who
told Macduff his family
was murdered.
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