Use this PowerPoint as a self-test for the
plot of Macbeth.
Its fun and you can check your own
knowledge and understanding of the
play! Good Luck…
1. Who kills Macbeth ?
Banquo
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Malcolm
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2. How many men reign as king of
Scotland throughout the play?
1
2
3
4
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3. Whom does Lady Macbeth
frame for the murder of Duncan?
Duncan’s drunken chamberlains
Malcolm and Donalbain
The porter
Macbeth
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4. Who kills Banquo?
Macbeth
A group of murderers hired by
Macbeth
Fleance
Macduff
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5. Which of the following best
describes Lady Macbeth’s death?
Macduff slays her in revenge for
his own wife’s murder
She declares her own guilt and
stabs herself with a knife
She dies offstage
She sleepwalks off of the palace
wall
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6. Who discovers Duncan’s
body?
Macduff
Donalbain
Ross
Lennox
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7. Whom does Macbeth see
sitting in his chair during the
banquet?
Lady Macbeth
Duncan’s ghost
Macbeth
Banquo’s ghost
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8. What vision does Macbeth
have before he kills Duncan?
He sees a pale maiden weeping in
the moonlight
He sees a floating dagger pointing
him to Duncan’s chamber
He sees a bloody axe lodged in
Duncan’s brow
He sees a floating head urging him
to spill blood
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9. With whom are the Scots at war at
the beginning of the play?
Finland
Poland
Norway
Denmark
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10. Which nation’s army invades
Scotland at the end of the play?
Norway
France
Finland
England
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11. Who is the goddess of
witchcraft in the play?
Aphrodite
Hecate
Minerva
Mordred
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12. Who kills Donalbain?
Macbeth
Malcolm
A group of murderers hired by
Macbeth
No one
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13. What happens to Lady
Macbeth before she dies?
She is plagued by fits of
sleepwalking
She is haunted by the ghost of
Duncan
She sees her children killed in
battle
She sees her children killed by
Macbeth
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14. Who kills Lord Siward’s son?
Duncan
Macbeth
Lennox
Ross
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15. Where are Scottish kings
crowned?
Dunsinane
London
Edinburgh
Scone
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16. Why is Macduff able to kill
Macbeth despite the witches’
prophecy?
He is a powerful warlock himself
He was born by cesarean section
He receives a charm from
Grinswindle
He kills the witches first
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17. Where is Duncan killed?
At Birnam Wood
In his bedchamber at Forres
In his bedchamber at Macbeth’s
castle
In the battle with Norway
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18. Who flees Scotland to join
Malcolm in England?
Lennox
Macduff
Ross
Fleance
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19. What was the weather like
the night Duncan was
murdered?
It was a night like any other night,
according to Lennox
Foggy and ominous
Calm and placid
Stormy and violent
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20. Who kills Lady Macbeth?
Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Macbeth
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21. Who flees Scotland
immediately after Duncan’s
death?
Lennox
Fleance and Banquo
Malcolm and Donalbain
Macbeth
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22. Who jokes that he works at
“hell gate”?
The porter
Duncan
Macduff
Macbeth
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23. What title is Macbeth given
after his victory described in Act
I?
Prince of Cumberland
King of Scotland
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Ross
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24. Who tells Macduff that his
family has been killed?
Lady Macduff
Ross
Macbeth
Donalbain
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25.
How does Birnam Wood come
to Dunsinane?
It doesn’t
Malcolm’s army hides behind cut-off tree
branches
Through an earthquake
By magic
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