Hey there, quiz aficiona-dos and aficiona-don’ts! Welcome to “Macbe-Quiz: To Be or Not To Be Wrong, That is the Question!” Put on your thinking crowns, grab your imaginary daggers, and get ready to tackle some “bloody” good questions about the one and only Scottish play—Macbeth! Are you going to “screw your courage to the sticking-place” or will you end up a mere “tale told by an idiot”? There’s only one way to find out! Let’s get “witchy” with it!
1. In which year was the first known performance of Macbeth?
2. Which King of England was in attendance during its first performance?
3. What do theater people call Macbeth to avoid saying its name?
4. Which character has the first speaking part in the play?
5. How many scenes are in the play?
6. What does Lady Macbeth spot on her hand that she can’t wash off?
7. Who does Macbeth kill first?
8. Who said, “Something wicked this way comes”?
9. Which character becomes King of Scotland at the end of the play?
10. What are the three witches also called?
11. Which character flees to England?
12. Which of the witches’ prophecies comes true last?
13. Who kills Macbeth?
14. What is the last word spoken in the play?
15. Which goddess is invoked by the witches?
16. What does the porter pretend to be guarding?
17. What is Lady Macbeth’s first name, according to later adaptations?
18. What symbol does Duncan give Lady Macbeth?
19. Who is the goddess of witchcraft in the play?
20. What do the witches NOT show Macbeth in their visions?
21. What is the purpose of Act 3, Scene 5?
22. Which historical figure is Macbeth loosely based on?
23. Who had Macbeth’s father killed?
24. How many lines does Macbeth have?
25. What is Macbeth’s rank before he becomes king?
26. Who is the Thane of Cawdor before Macbeth?
27. Who is Lady Macduff’s son?
28. What does Macbeth see at the banquet?
29. How many murderers does Macbeth hire to kill Banquo and Fleance?
30. What does Lady Macbeth say will clear them of the deed?
31. What does Banquo carry that illuminates the murderers?
32. What tree is used by Malcolm’s soldiers for camouflage?
33. Who is the son of Duncan?
34. Who informs Macbeth that his wife has died?
35. What do the witches throw into their cauldron?
36. Who is the queen of the witches?
37. What news does Ross bring to Macbeth?
38. What is the weather like in the opening scene?
39. Who is the goddess of the night?
40. What does Macduff claim to have been born from?
41. What is Lady Macbeth’s famous sleepwalking scene?
42. What is the predominant meter of the play?
43. What is the last prophecy that the witches give Macbeth?
44. Who escapes from the murderers sent by Macbeth?
45. What are the witches doing at the beginning of Act 4?
46. What animal does the Second Witch say she has been killing?
47. Who tells Macduff that his family has been killed?
48. Who discovers Duncan’s body?
49. Who becomes king after Duncan’s death, but before Macbeth?
50. What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to do after Duncan’s murder?
51. What is Macbeth’s title at the beginning of the play?
52. Where does Macduff go after he discovers that his family has been killed?
53. What do the witches use to summon the apparitions?
54. How many times does the bell ring when Duncan is murdered?
55. What does Macbeth say life is after he hears about the death of his wife?
56. Who kills Young Siward?
57. What happens to Lady Macbeth’s hands?
58. Who said, “What’s done is done”?
59. Who challenges Macbeth to a fight at the end of the play?
60. How many acts are there in Macbeth?
61. Who becomes king after Macbeth’s death?
62. How many witches are in the play?
63. What is Lady Macbeth doing when she sleepwalks?
64. Who is the first character to appear in the play?
65. Where does Duncan’s murder take place?
66. What does Macbeth want to see in Act 4 that the witches show him?
67. Who is the first person Macbeth kills in the play?
68. What does Banquo wish for?
69. Who says, “All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, King hereafter!”?
70. What is the first apparition that the witches show Macbeth?
71. What is the name of Macbeth’s castle?
72. Who tells Macbeth to “screw your courage to the sticking-place”?
73. What does Macbeth claim to see before he kills Duncan?
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