Murder and Mayhem
Lady Macbeth
Location and Setting
Prophecies and Apparitions
Miscellaneous
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Too Easy
100

Macduff is able to fulfill the prophecy of "none of a woman born shall harm Macbeth" for this reason.

he was born cesarean section

100

The manner in which Lady Macbeth dies.

suicide

100

The setting of the play is primarily in this country.

Scotland

100

In Act I, the Witches predict this about Macbeth and Banquo.

Macbeth will be King; Banquo will not, but his sons will

100

Macbeth first meets the Witches when he is returning home from this event.

a battle he has just won

100

This person murders the King's chamberlains.

Macbeth

100

He becomes king after the death of Macbeth.

Who is Malcolm?

200

Malcolm urges Macduff to do this after he receives the news of his family.

rouse his anger

200

This is Lady Macbeth's reaction when she hears King Duncan is coming to see them.

she is pleased with the opportunity it gives Macbeth

200

At the beginning of the play, Scotland is at war with this country.

Norway

200

Before Macbeth murders Duncan, he sees this apparition.

a bloody dagger

200

In the beginning of the play, Macbeth fights against this individual.

Macdonwald

200

This person was the original Thane of Cawdor.

a traitor to Scotland

200

The "prize" Macduff bring's back to the castle.

King's (Macbeth's) head

300

Macbeth convinces the two murderers to kill Banquo by telling them this.

Banquo has previously harmed them

300

 The reason Lady Macbeth is unable to kill Duncan when she has the chance.

he reminds her of her father

300

This is the site of Macbeth's castle.

Inverness

300

During the feast. Macbeth's chair is occupied by this apparation.

Banquo's ghost

300

King Duncan names this person the Prince of Cumberland.

Malcolm

300

It is believed that wrote this play largely to please this monarch.  

Choose from the following:

King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, King James I, King Richard

King James I

300

He delivers the last lines of the play.

Malcolm

400

Lady Macbeth's role in Macbeth's plan to kill Banquo.

she doesn't know about it

400

While sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth exhibits these symptoms to the doctor.

rubbing her hands together as if washing them

400

Malcolm brings this nation's army with him to Scotland to overthrow Macbeth.

England

400

This prophecy does NOT come true during the course of the play.

Banquo's sons will be kings

400

This is an extended speech in which a character speaks to speaks to himself/herself on stage, revealing private thoughts.

Metaphor, Soliloquy, Eulogy, Epilogue

a soliloquy

400

The porter at the Macbeth's castle is depicted as this.

a drunken joker

400

This is the reason the soldiers are told to cut down the tree limbs.

to disguise the army's true size

500

The Witches are referring to this person when they say "By the pricking of my thumbs/something wicked this way comes."

Macbeth

500

The reason Lady Macbeth faints immediately after Duncan's murder.

an act to turn attention away from her husband.

500

This is where Malcolm will be crowned king.

Scone

500

During his second visit with the Witches, this is the last piece of information Macbeth demands to know.  

if Banquo's sons will be kings

500

Macbeth commits this error in regard to the murder.

bringing the daggers out of the room with him

500

The scene of Duncan's murder is compared to this mythological creature.

a Gorgon

500

The reason Malcolm and Donalbain leave the country after Duncan's murder.

they are afraid the murderer will be after them, too

600

Malcolm speaks negatively about himself and lies to Macduff for this reason.

to test Macduff's loyalty

600

The probable cause of Lady Macbeth's suicide.

she feels guilty for her role in Duncan's murder

600

Birnam wood did in fact come to this location.

Dunsinane

600

Of the following, this is the one thing the Witches did not show Macbeth.

A bloody child, a crowned child, a crying child, eight kings followed by Banquo's ghost

a crying child?

600

Macbeth's reaction to Lady Macbeth's death.

calm, saying she would have died sooner or later, anyway

600

The "barren scepter" Macbeth refers to is a symbol implying this.

will have no heirs to the throne

600

The murderers sent to kill Banquo leave the job incomplete because of this reason.   

Fleance escapes