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Macbeth - Setting
This GCSE English Literature quiz tests your knowledge of setting in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. A text's setting includes the location and the time in which events take place, in addition to atmosphere. In a play, events which occur offstage also affect the plot and the characters. Such offstage events represent a key component of a play’s setting, and are known as context (bear in mind that “context” in this sense differs from the author’s real-life context). A play’s setting is enhanced by the decisions a director makes when staging, although some aspects of setting are made clear by the playwright. The sinister atmosphere of Macbeth is created through language and events, as well as the inclusion of the supernatural witches.
Think carefully about the setting of the text you are studying.
1 .
Where is Macbeth set?
Wales
Norway
Scotland
The Isle of Man
Other places mentioned include Northumbria and Ireland (Duncan's sons flee to these two) and Norway, whose King has invaded Scotland at the beginning of the play
2 .
When is Macbeth set?
The 11th century
The 13th century
The 15th century
The 17th century
Macbeth ruled Scotland between 1040 and 1057
3 .
Where does Macbeth encounter the weïrd sisters?
In the castle dungeon
On the battlefield
In the swamps
On the heath
The word "heath" means a large space of open ground, wild rather than cultivated
4 .
Where does Macbeth send the murderers to find Lady Macduff?
Fife
Ireland
Orkney
Northumbria
Macbeth tells Lennox: "The castle of Macduff I will surprise, / Seize upon Fife, give to th'edge o'th'sword / His wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls / That trace him in his line." The scene in Macduff's castle is one of the few which takes place outside Macbeth's own castles
5 .
Which of the following settings does NOT appear on stage?
Macbeth's table, where he entertains guests at supper
The bedchamber where Duncan is murdered
The castle entrance, where travellers are admitted by the porter
Just outside the castle, where the final battle takes place
The murder of the King and his two men takes place off stage; characters come and go, describing the scene which they experience, but the audience only experiences through their reactions
6 .
Most of Act Two takes place when?
At night
In the afternoon
Late morning
The time is not specified
Most of Act Two takes place during the night, ending in the morning discovery of the King's body and in the fleeing of his sons. The fact that it is night is mentioned often by the characters
7 .
Who is associated with the sound of thunder in the play?
Duncan
Macbeth
Macduff
The witches
In Act One, Scenes One and Three, and again in Act Three, Scene Five, and Act Four, Scene One, the witches' appearance is marked by thunder
8 .
Where is Macbeth finally defeated?
In Northumberland
In Edinburgh
On Dunsinane Hill
In Fife
The witches' prophecy in which Macbeth places great faith promises that he cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane. Siward, Earl of Northumberland, refers to Macbeth keeping still in Dunsinane, not fearing a siege
9 .
Scenes which take place in the interior often present Macbeth plotting with one or two other characters. What is the effect of setting in these scenes?
The interior setting creates a sense of isolation
The interior setting creates a sense of entrapment
The interior setting creates a sense of darkness
All of the above
Power - or at least power gained through betrayal - appears to be psychologically isolating, leading to paranoia; these psychological effects would be emphasised by a castle interior which receives little natural light
10 .
Where is Banquo murdered?
Near Macbeth's castle
On the battlefield
On the heath
Within the walls of Macbeth's castle
The murderers discuss the fact that Banquo is walking the final mile to the palace gates
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