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Macbeth - Character
This GCSE English Literature quiz tests your knowledge of the characters in William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth. Although this play has a reasonably large number of roles, many of the scenes are dominated by Macbeth or his wife, leaving important figures such as Malcolm, Donalbain, and even Macduff apparently on the sidelines at times. The dramatis personae include the King, his sons, the Witches, Banquo and Fleance, in addition to a group of Macbeth’s fellow thanes, Lennox, Ross, Menteith, and Caithness, the hired murderers and household servants and those who oppose Macbeth’s tyrrany, especially Siward, Earl of Northumbria, and his son.
Because the play includes many minor characters as well as important figures who feature in only a few scenes, it is worth creating diagrams noting when and where these various characters appear in the play, as well as what role each plays.
1 .
Which of the following does NOT describe the King?
Vindictive
Just
Firm
Trusting
The King is presented as a wise leader concerned to reward those who are of service to him and to bind together his noblemen with ties of obligation. He does not hesitate to condemn traitors to death, but nevertheless serves as an ideal monarch to whom we may compare Macbeth
2 .
How does Macbeth respond when the King formally names him Thane of Cawdor?
He is grateful and content to have achieved his goals
He is grateful but later begins to long for greater glory
He begins thinking of overcoming obstacles to the throne
He refuses the honour
Macbeth's immediate response is given in an aside to the audience: "The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap." The King names his son the Prince of Cumberland and thus heir to his throne. Macbeth must skip this step in order to become King
3 .
As Lady Macbeth prepares to help her husband in his treachery against the King, she says: "Make thick my blood, / Stop up th'access and passage to remorse, / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose." What is she requesting?
She has a medical complaint from which she wishes to be healed
She wishes to become unaffected by "soft" emotions
She wishes to be protected from violent behaviour
She wishes to become more natural in her behaviour
These lines are from Lady Macbeth's monologue in Act One, Scene Five, when she asks to be "unsexed". She associates violence and resolve with masculine qualities, and pity and remorse with feminine qualities
4 .
Which of the following is correct?
Macbeth shows a greater willingness to believe and trust in the witches and their prophecies than Banquo, who questions their reality
Banquo shows a greater willingness to believe and trust in the witches and their prophecies than Macbeth, who questions their reality
Macbeth and Banquo demonstrate an equal willingness to believe and trust in the witches
Neither Macbeth nor Banquo trust in the reality of the witches or believe their prophecies
Banquo compares them to the "bubbles" of the earth, wonders whether he and Macbeth have eaten an "insane root" and later describes the witches as having appeared in a dream
5 .
Macbeth justifies killing the suspected murderers of the King, saying: "Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, / Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. / The expedition of my violent love / Outran the pauser, reason." What does he mean?
He is not wise, temperate, loyal or loving
He is not like other men
He is always wise, temperate, loyal and loving
It is not possible for any man to be wise, amazed, temperate, furious, loyal and neutral at the same time
Some emotions will overpower other emotions or virtues. Macbeth claims that his murder of the suspects arose from his great love for the King
6 .
Who is portrayed as fatally abandoning his responsibilities in order to preserve his own life?
Ross
Lennox
Macduff
Fleance
Macduff's wife is shocked by his decision to flee, leaving her and her children to die. Macduff is horrified to hear of their deaths (which he does not seem to have foreseen) and later avenges them by killing Macbeth
7 .
"Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weïrd women promised, and I fear / Thou played'st most foully for't. Yet it was said / It should not stand in thy prosperity." What do Banquo's words tell us of his character?
He mistrusts Macbeth and harbours his own ambitions
He mistrusts Macbeth but intends to see that Macbeth's heirs inherit the throne
He trusts Macbeth and hopes to achieve his own ambitions with Macbeth's help
He trusts Macbeth and holds no ambitions of his own
Banquo believes that if the witches' prophecy for Macbeth has come true, then their prophecy concerning his own descendants will also come true
8 .
What does Lady Macbeth's handwashing tell us about how she is affected by the murder of the King?
She feels guilty and is convinced that the people will punish her
She feels guilty while at the same time believing herself to be above blame
She does not feel guilty, but is afraid of vengeance from beyond the grave
She does not feel guilty and is afraid of nothing
Lady Macbeth cannot metaphorically wash herself clean of the King's blood (and also of Lady Macduff's); she is stained with guilt. At the same time she questions the ability of anyone else to bring herself and her husband to account for their crimes
9 .
Malcolm urges Macduff to avenge the deaths of his wife and children, turning his grief into anger. How does Macduff respond?
He is silent
He insists that it is unmanly to seek revenge
He insists that it is unmanly to express grief
He insists that he must first fully feel and express his grief
Macduff says: "I shall do so, / But I must also feel it as a man: / I cannot but remember such things were / That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, / And would not take their part?"
10 .
Who does Macbeth claim he has avoided meeting in battle?
Siward
Macduff
Malcolm
Menteith
Macbeth tells Macduff that he is already guilty of spilling too much of his blood (meaning that of Macduff's children)
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