macbeth quotes

Question 1

What is the first line of Macbeth?

Answer 1

When shall we three meet again?

Question 2

Who says ‘Out, out brief candle!’?

Answer 2

Macbeth

Question 3

Fill in the blank: ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my _____?’

Answer 3

hand

Question 4

True or False: Lady Macbeth is initially hesitant to commit murder.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Who is referred to as ‘the Scottish King’?

Answer 5

Duncan

Question 6

Which character says, ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’?

Answer 6

The Witches

Question 7

What does Macbeth mean by ‘the milk of human kindness’?

Answer 7

Compassion and nurturing

Question 8

Who kills Macbeth?

Answer 8

Macduff

Question 9

Fill in the blank: ‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the _____ under’t.’

Answer 9

serpent

Question 10

What is Lady Macbeth’s famous sleepwalking line?

Answer 10

‘Out, damned spot!’

Question 11

What prophecy do the witches give to Macbeth?

Answer 11

That he will become king.

Question 12

Multiple Choice: Who says ‘I am in blood, stepped in so far’? A) Banquo B) Macbeth C) Macduff

Answer 12

B) Macbeth

Question 13

True or False: Macbeth is originally a character of noble birth.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What does Macbeth see at the banquet that disturbs him?

Answer 14

Banquo’s ghost

Question 15

Fill in the blank: ‘The raven himself is _____ that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.’

Answer 15

hoarse

Question 16

What does Lady Macbeth mean by ‘unsex me here’?

Answer 16

She wants to shed her femininity to gain ruthlessness.

Question 17

Who is the Thane of Cawdor?

Answer 17

The traitor executed at the beginning of the play.

Question 18

What is Macbeth’s tragic flaw?

Answer 18

Ambition

Question 19

True or False: The witches’ prophecies are always truthful.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Fill in the blank: ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something _____ this way comes.’

Answer 20

wicked

Question 21

Who says ‘There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face’?

Answer 21

Duncan

Question 22

What does Macbeth mean when he says ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’?

Answer 22

He reflects on the futility of life.

Question 23

Multiple Choice: Who is the first to die in the play? A) Duncan B) Banquo C) Lady Macbeth

Answer 23

A) Duncan

Question 24

What does the ‘blood’ symbolize in Macbeth?

Answer 24

Guilt and murder

Question 25

Fill in the blank: 'You should be women, and yet your beards _____.'

Answer 25

forbid me to interpret that you are so.

Question 26

Who tries to kill Macbeth but fails?

Answer 26

Banquo's son, Fleance

Question 27

True or False: Macbeth becomes king through rightful means.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

What does the term 'Macbeth' often symbolize?

Answer 28

Ambition leading to downfall.

Question 29

What is the significance of the 'sleep' motif in the play?

Answer 29

It represents peace and innocence lost.

Question 30

Fill in the blank: 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only _____.'

Answer 30

vaulting ambition.

Question 31

Who is the character that represents the moral order and is opposed to Macbeth?

Answer 31

Macduff

Question 32

What does Lady Macbeth do with the daggers after Duncan's murder?

Answer 32

She returns them to the scene.

Question 33

True or False: Macbeth is content after becoming king.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Fill in the blank: 'In the end, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest _____.'

Answer 34

honor.

Question 35

What does Macbeth mean by 'I am in blood, stepped in so far'?

Answer 35

He feels trapped by his own violent actions.

Question 36

What does the character of Lady Macbeth represent in the play?

Answer 36

Ambition and manipulation.

Question 37

Who states, 'All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!'?

Answer 37

The Witches

Question 38

Fill in the blank: 'This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be _____.'

Answer 38

good.

Question 39

What does Macbeth's final speech reveal about his mindset?

Answer 39

He feels hopeless and resigned.

Question 40

Multiple Choice: How does Lady Macbeth die? A) Accidental B) Suicide C) Murder

Answer 40

B) Suicide

Question 41

Who is the character that ultimately avenges King Duncan's death?

Answer 41

Macduff

Question 42

Fill in the blank: 'The lady doth protest too much, _____.'

Answer 42

methinks.