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Macbeth 1
Macbeth 2
100
"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?
Simile
100
Facial expressions and gestures that are used to show characters’ attitudes, moods, or personalities.
Body language
100
How long to the nearest year did Maya Angelou remain mute for?
5 years
100
'Sometimes I wish I could go back to the beginning of the story, before ice-skating and cars.' - what perspective: first or third person?
First person
100
When Macbeth first meets the Wayward Sisters, he cannot tell they are women because they have what facial feature?
Beards
100
Macbeth was written during the reign of which monarch?
James I
200
The fair screamed through the flaming night air like a set raging fire engines - what language techniques? (Two acceptable answers.)
Simile; personification
200
These are symbolic of different emotions, moods, etc. They are used to evoke corresponding responses in audiences.
Colour
200
In the Angelou's poem Caged Bird, "His wings are clipped and his feet are tied" refers primarily to what?
Denied freedom of African-Americans
200
'Dom gets all the girls. I don't get any but I like to watch Dom so that I can learn something I might be able to use later.' - does this reflect that Michael feels remorse, admiration or contempt toward his brother?
Admiration
200
Before he murders Duncan, what does Macbeth imagine seeing?
Bloody dagger
200
A protagonist doomed to die is called a... what?
Tragic hero
300
Words such as "boom", "crash" and "ring" are examples of what language technique?
Onomatopoeia
300
This is where a character looks, which then directs the viewer’s eyes. A ‘demand’ ____ involves direct eye contact between a character and the viewer.
Gaze
300
What word fills in the blank: "But still, like _____, I'll rise": dust, smoke, or balloons?
Dust
300
'Concrete in my chest.' - what language technique is used here?
Metaphor and/or alliteration
300
Whenever a character in the play speaks their thoughts to the audience it is called a... what?
Soliloquy
300
As said by Malcolm to Macduff in Act 4 Scene 3, "T’ appease an angry god", to appease someone is to: murder them; make peace; or serve them food?
Make peace
400
"Today you are you that is truer than true" - what language technique is used here? Hint: how are vowel sounds used?
Assonance
400
These are the lines or paths viewers’ eyes follow when looking at an image. They are deliberately created to lead the eyes to a focal point or important feature.
Vectors
400
Australian poet Bruce Dawe wrote the poem On the Death of _____ ____? The name that fills in the blank was the last man sentence to death by hanging in Australia.
Ronald Ryan
400
'I'll never be able to get up again' - what language technique is used?
Hyperbole
400
Who is “lesser than Macbeth, and greater” and “not so happy, yet much happier”?
Banquo
400
In what numbered Act of the play does Macbeth see Banquo's ghost?
Act 3
500
When we say the opposite of what we mean it is called... sarcasm, hyperbole, or irony?
Irony
500
What an image is made up of? Where are things placed? How are they framed?
Composition
500
What nationality was the "little boy" that was the subject of the poem by Peter L. Fischl?
Polish
500
'Underneath my arm, she falls apart. She is weeping. She is uncontrollable.' - what language technique(s) are used in this quote?
Emotive, visual imagery
500
After the murder, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, “A little ____ clears us of this deed”. What word fills the blank: water, wine, or prayer?
Water
500
Which apparition conjured by the witches signifies that: "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until // Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill // Shall come against him"?
A child wearing a crown and holding a tree in his hand
600
What two-word term is defined as "a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable". A classic example can be seen in: "Two households, both alike in dignity."
Iambic pentameter
600
These are references to other images/visual media, including art, films, pop culture and religious icons.
Allusion
600
What is the name of this statue located in New York City?
Fearless Girl
600
'There is a sinking feeling inside of me, like there's concrete in my chest and I'll never be able to get up again with the weight of it.' - what language technique(s) are used?
Simile, emotive language
600
In Act 3 Scene 2, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth, "Oh, full of _______ is my mind, dear wife!" What creature fills the blank: spiders, scorpions, or ants?
Scorpions
600
What metaphor fills in the blank, spoken during the final confrontation between Macduff and Macbeth: "Turn, ________, turn!"?
Hellhound