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6. Who is the audience first introduced to in the play?

  • The Three Witches
  • Banquo
  • The Captain
  • Macbeth

7. Regicide is...

  • The act of killing an infant
  • The act of killing a mother
  • The act of killing a King
  • The act of killing a father

8. Which does NOT describe the image of woman in the Jacobean age?

  • Defiant
  • Fragile
  • Weak
  • Powerless

9. The idea that the King was chosen by God is known by what term?

  • Divine Right of Kings
  • Godly Hierarchy
  • Chosen by Divine Powers
  • Celestial Command Chain

10. The Prince of Cumberland is "a step on which I(Macbeth) must fall down or else overleap" - Which character is he?

  • Malcolm
  • Angus
  • Donaldbain
  • Macduff

11. "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it" best represents what theme?

  • Kingship
  • Supernatural
  • Appearance vs Reality
  • Guilt

12. Some of the chants and incantations from the 'Weird Sisters' are quoted from which book written by King James I?

  • Demonology
  • Apparition anxiety
  • Supernatural spectres
  • Covenant

13. Which of these names was NOT given to Macbeth at the start of the play?

  • "Valour's hero"
  • "Bellona's bridegroom"
  • "Worthy Gentleman"
  • "Valiant Cousin"

14. Which is the correct definition for treason?

  • Committing a sin that would be seen as unforgivable
  • Plotting to destroy a random citizens home and place of work
  • Betraying one's country; especially attempting to overthrow a Monarch
  • Deliberately killing an individual in a higher power

15. To influence a situation or person cleverly with no concern for morality is known by what term?

  • Tyranny
  • Treason
  • Manipulation
  • Disobedience

16. Fate is the development of events outside of a person's control - who were 'the fates'?

  • Five women who spun 'Fortune's wheel' to decide an individual's path
  • Three Goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans
  • A group of humans with supernatural abilities
  • Two Gods who could cut and knot the strings of fate, changing reality

17. Which symbol is unlikely to be interpreted as a symbol of guilt in Macbeth?

  • Ghost of Banquo
  • Blood
  • Vision of daggers
  • Birds of prey

18. An aside is when a character speaks directly to the ________ to keep their thoughts and ambitions secret.

  • Auidence
  • Antagonist
  • Protagonist
  • Character on their right side

19. In the quote: "Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell" - what is a knell?

  • An alarm
  • A warning signal
  • A funeral bell
  • A siren

20. Something beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature is the definition for...

  • Appearance vs Reality
  • Ambition
  • Supernatural
  • Duplicity