Macbeth 150 MCQ

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1. Duncan was the king of —-
(a) Scotland
(b) England
(c) Ireland
(d) France
Answer: (a)
2. The brave General who lived in Scotland in the reign of Duncan was —-
(a) Banquo
(b) Macbeth
(c) Malcolm
(d) Fleance
Answer: (b)
3. Macbeth was —-
(a) a mere citizen
(b) a brave soldier
(c) a brave General
(d) a General
Answer: (c)
4. Macbeth was looked up to with high esteem throughout Scotland for his —-
(a) great valour
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(b) skill in wars
(c) neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’
(d) both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (d)
5. The man who was also a close relative of king Duncan was —-
(a) Macbeth
(b) Macduff
(c) Banquo
(d) Fleance
Answer: (a)
6. By the rule of inheritance Macbeth was the thane of —-
(a) Cawdor
(b) Glamis
(c) Scotland
(d) Norway
Answer: (b)
7. Macbeth defeated —-
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(a) an unidentified rebel army
(b) a rebel army led by the thane of Cawdor
(c) a rebel army led by the thane of Cawdor and assisted by the army of Norway
(d) a rebel army assisted by the army of Norway
Answer: (c)
8. The rebel army working against king Duncan was —-
(a) small in number
(b) very little in number
(c) insignificant in number
(d) large in number
Answer: (d)
9. The two Generals of Scotland were —-
(a) Macbeth and Banquo
(b) Macbeth and Macduff
(c) Macduff and Banquo
(d) Macduff and Malcolm
Answer: (a)
10. When Macbeth and Banquo were returning from the great battle, there were —-
(a) thunder and rainfall
(b) thunder and lightning

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(c) rainfall and lightning
(d) snowfall and lightning
Answer: (b)
11. On the way from the great battle Macbeth and Banquo were stopped by —-
(a) three women
(b) three demons
(c) three witches
(d) three ghosts
Answer: (c)
12. The three witches looked like women except in —-
(a) skin
(b) dress
(c) hair
(d) beards
Answer: (d)
13. The things which made the three witches look like unearthly creatures were —-
(a) withered skin and wild dress
(b) withered dress and wild skin
(c) skinny lips and wild skin

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(d) skinny lips and withered dress
Answer: (a)
14. When Macbeth and Banquo saw the three witches, they were —-
(a) dancing and playing
(b) dancing and singing
(c) playing and singing
(d) dancing and shouting
Answer: (b)
15. The song of the three witches begins with —-
(a) Four is foul
(b) Four is fair
(c) Fair is foul
(d) All are foul
Answer: (c)
16. According to the song of the witches, they hover through —-
(a) fog and filth
(b) foggish air and filth
(c) filthy air and mist
(d) fog and filthy air

Answer: (d)
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17. The first witch saluted Macbeth with the title of —-
(a) the thane of Glamis
(b) the thane of Cawdor
(c) the thane of Norway
(d) the thane of thanes
Answer: (a)
18. That the witches knew him made Macbeth —-
(a) startled
(b) scarcely startled
(c) spellbound
(d) stupefied
Answer: (b)
19. The second witch addressed Macbeth as —-
(a) the thane of Norway
(b) the thane of Glamis
(c) the thane of Cawdor
(d) the would-be king of Scotland
Answer: (c)
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20. The third witch told that Macbeth will be —-
(a) the thane of Glamis hereafter
(b) the thane of Cawdor hereafter
(c) the thane of Norway hereafter
(d) the future king of Scotland
Answer: (d)
21. The prophetic greeting of the third witch amazed Macbeth because he knew that —-
(a) as long as Duncan’s sons survived, he had no scope of becoming the king
(b) as long as Duncan survived he had no hope of becoming the king
(c) as long as Banquo’s sons survived he had no scope of becoming the king
(d) as long as Macduff survived he had no scope of becoming the king
Answer: (a)
22. When the witches prophesied about the royal association of Macbeth, Banquo
become curious to know —-
(a) why the witches said all the positives about Macbeth
(b) why the witches did not say anything about him
(c) why the witches associated kingship with Macbeth
(d) why the witches associated kingship with Fleance
Answer: (b)
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23. According to Banquo his “dearest friend” was —-
(a) Malcolm
(b) Macduff
(c) Macbeth
(d) Donalbain
Answer: (c)
24. According to the Banquo the thing which the witches kindled in the heart of his
dearest friend Macbeth was —-
(a) ambition
(b) jealousy
(c) murderous motive
(d) hope
Answer: (d)
25. The nature of the prophecy of the witches to Banquo was —-
(a) riddling
(b) baffling
(c) confusing
(d) puzzling
Answer: (a)
26. The witches prophesied that those who will reign as the king of Scotland in future
are Banquo’s —-
(a) contemporaries
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(b) successors
(c) predecessors
(d) fathers
Answer: (b)
27. After making their prophecies the witches vanished into —-
(a) the atmosphere
(b) air
(c) thin air
(d) airy substances
Answer: (c)
28. The event which made it certain to Banquo and Macbeth that the weird sisters were
witches was —-
(a) vanishing in smoke
(b) dissolving in water
(c) dancing with rhythm
(d) vanishing in the air
Answer: (d)
29. The encounter of Macbeth and Banquo with the three witches was strange because
—-
(a) the witches told them about their future life
(b) the witches had strange appearance
(c) the encounter took place at a strange place
(d) Macbeth and Banquo were strange beings
Answer: (a)
30. King Duncan sent certain envoys to confer upon Macbeth the title of —-
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(c) the thane of Fife
(d) the thane of Ross
Answer: (b)
31. The event which miraculously corresponded to the predictions of the witches was
that —-
(a) Macbeth was given the title of the king
(b) Macbeth was given the title of the thane of Glamis
(c) Macbeth was given the title of the thane of Cawdor
(d) none of the above
Answer: (c)
32. Macbeth failed to respond to the greetings of the envoys because —-
(a) he was not that courteous
(b) he did it voluntarily
(c) Banquo kept him busy in his confusing talks
(d) the conferring of the title of the thane of Cawdor to him made him lose his sanity for the
time being
Answer: (d)
33. The conferring of the title of the thane of Cawdor to him made Macbeth —-
(a) amazed
(b) angry
(c) sympathetic
(d) lovable
Answer: (a)
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34. When Macbeth began to think about the prediction of the third witch, he became
—-
(a) angry
(b) hopeful
(c) confused
(d) disappointed
Answer: (b)
35. According to Macbeth, those who will become the kings of the future are none but
the —-
(a) the future generations of Macduff
(b) the future generations of Ross
(c) the future generations of Banquo
(d) the future generations of Angus
Answer: (c)
36. According to Banquo the witches are —-
(a) agents of darkness
(b) queens of darkness
(c) messengers of darkness
(d) ministers of darkness
Answer: (d)
37. According to Banquo the ministers of darkness tell us truths in —-
(a) little things
(b) big things
(c) trivial things
Answer: (a)
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38. According to Banquo the ministers of darkness betray us into —-
(a) deeds of little consequence
(b) deeds of greatest consequence
(c) deeds of slight consequence
Answer: (b)
39. The prophecies of the witches affected the mind of Macbeth —-
(a) deeply
(b) very slightly
(c) very deeply
(d) slightly
Answer: (c)
40. In his letter Macbeth told his wife about —-
(a) the predictions of the three witches
(b) the partial accomplishment of these predictions
(c) none of the above
Answer: (d)
41. Lady Macbeth was by nature —-
(a) extremely ambitious
(b) abnormally thoughtful
(c) extraordinarily clever
Answer: (a)
42. The thought of blood made Macbeth feel —-

(a) elated
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(b) compunctious
(c) optimistic
(d) pessimistic
Answer: (b)
43. According to Lady Macbeth for the fulfillment of the prophecies of the witches the
murder of King Duncan was —-
(a) barely necessary
(b) barely needed
(c) absolutely necessary
(d) absolutely unnecessary
Answer: (c)
44. King Duncan came to visit Macbeth’s castle —-
(a) to honour Macbeth for no cause
(b) to honour Lady Macbeth for no cause
(c) to honour Macbeth and Banquo because of their victory against the rebels
(d) to honour Macbeth because of his triumph against the rebels
Answer: (d)
45. The name of the castle of Macbeth was —-
(a) Inverness
(b) Invess
(c) Invest
(d) Invertness
Answer: (a)
46. Inverness, the castle of Macbeth, was situated on —-

(a) a mountain
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(b) a hill
(c) a hillock
(d) a hilltop
Answer: (b)
47. The air around the castle of Macbeth i.e. Inverness was —-
(a) sweet
(b) wholesome
(c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’
Answer: (c)
48. The birds which made nests in Inverness, the castle of Macbeth, were —-
(a) swallows and cuckoos
(b) martlets and parrots
(c) sparrows and crows
(d) swallows and martlets
Answer: (d)
49. The swallows and the martlets had built nests under —-
(a) all the jutting friezes and buttresses of the building
(b) all the jutting friezes of the building only
(c) all the buttresses of the building only
Answer: (a)
50. At the castle of Macbeth, i.e. Inverness king Duncan was pleased by —-
(a) only the wonderful ambiance of the castle

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(b) the wonderful ambiance of the castle and the attention and respect paid to him by Lady
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(c) only the attention and respect paid by Lady Macbeth
(d) the attention and respect paid to him by Macbeth and the wonderful ambiance
Answer: (b)
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51. Lady Macbeth had developed the art of camouflaging her treacherous purposes with
—-
(a) smiles
(b) charming etiquette
(c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (c)
52. As King Duncan was tired due to his long journey from the palace to the castle of
Macbeth, i.e. Inverness, he went to bed —-
(a) early at noon
(b) in the evening
(c) in the afternoon
(d) early at night
Answer: (d)
53. At midnight over half the world nature seemed —-
(a) dead
(b) alive
(c) mysterious
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(d) deadly
Answer: (a)
54. At midnight those who are out for hunt are —-
(a) the wolf and the lion
(b) the wolf and the murderer
(c) Macbeth and the wolf
(d) Macbeth and the murderer
Answer: (b)
55. The time when Lady Macbeth woke up to plot the murder of Duncan was —-
(a) the beginning of the night
(b) the end of the night
(c) the middle of the night
Answer: (c)
56. Lady Macbeth would not have taken the responsibility of murdering Duncan if —-
(a) Duncan had not slept without any bodyguard
(b) Banquo would have suspected that Macbeth might murder Duncan
(c) Macduff had not suspected that Macbeth was a real threat to Duncan
(d) Macbeth had not refused to commit the murder himself
Answer: (d)
57. According to Lady Macbeth, Macbeth was too full of the milk of —-
(a) human kindness
(b) human anger
(c) human ambition

(d) human error
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Answer: (a)
58. According to Lady Macbeth, Macbeth was —-
(a) ambitious and criminal minded
(b) ambitious but not criminal-minded
(c) ambitious and covetous
(d) ambitious and inborn criminal
Answer: (b)
59. In order to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth carried with her —-
(a) a blade
(b) a sword
(c) a dagger
(d) a gun
Answer: (c)
60. In the sleeping Duncan Lady Macbeth found a replica of —-
(a) her nephew
(b) her uncle
(c) her grandfather
(d) her father
Answer: (d)
61. Lady Macbeth could not kill Duncan because —-
(a) she found a replica of her own father in the face of the sleeping Duncan
(b) she was cowardly at heart
(c) the two guards of Duncan were still awake
(d) she had forgotten to take the dagger

Answer: (a)
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62. When Lady Macbeth failed to murder Duncan she —-
(a) discussed with Banquo about it
(b) discussed with Macbeth about it
(c) discussed with her attendant lady about it
(d) discussed with the witches about it
Answer: (b)
63. Macbeth thought that the reasons which were there against the murder of Duncan
were of —–
(a) insipid type
(b) baseless type
(c) strong type
(d) weak type
Answer: (c)
64. In relation to Duncan Macbeth was —-
(a) a subject
(b) a close relative
(c) neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’
Answer: (d)
65. Duncan stayed at Macbeth’s castle as —-
(a) a guest
(b) a ghost
(c) a hostess
(d) a host
Answer: (a)
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66. According to Macbeth Duncan was —-
(a) noble and capricious
(b) just and benevolent
(c) sympathetic and honest
(d) honest and truthful
Answer: (b)
67. According to Lady Macbeth the action of one might give to the coming days of
Macbeth and his wife —-
(a) sovereign power only
(b) royalty only
(c) sovereign power and royalty
(d) either sovereign power or royalty
Answer: (c)
68. When Macbeth refused to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth accused him of —-
(a) cowardice
(b) fickleness
(c) neither ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: (d)
69. Lady Macbeth said that they would lay the guilt of the deed (murder of Duncan) to
—-
(a) the drunken grooms
(b) Donalbain
(c) Banquo
(d) Malcolm
Answer: (a)
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70. When Macbeth advanced towards the bed-chamber of Duncan with a dagger, he
visualized —-
(a) a sword in the air
(b) another dagger in the air
(c) a razor in the air
(d) Malcolm and Donalbain spying on his movements
Answer: (b)
71. While going to murder Duncan the dagger which Macbeth saw in the air was by
nature —-
(a) real
(b) strong
(c) imaginary
Answer: (c)
72. The thought of killing the king made Macbeth’s brain —-
(a) hot
(b) oppressed
(c) dizzy
(d) hot and oppressed
Answer: (d)
73. The number of strokes of the dagger with which Macbeth killed Duncan was —-
(a) one
(b) three
(c) two
(d) four
Answer: (a)
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74. Macbeth heard a voice saying that Macbeth murders —-
(a) peace
(b) sleep
(c) Duncan
(d) Banquo
Answer: (b)
75. While Macbeth was about to leave Duncan’s bed-chamber after killing the latter,
Macbeth could not utter —-
(a) hope
(b) faith
(c) amen
(d) charity
Answer: (c)
76. When Macbeth was late to return after killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth had begun to
think that —-
(a) Macbeth had been killed by the guards of Duncan
(b) Duncan had not been caught red-handed by Macbeth
(c) Duncan had run away
(d) Macbeth had failed to commit the murder of Duncan
Answer: (d)
77. The part of Macbeth’s body which was stained with blood as a result of Duncan’s
murder was —-
(a) hands
(b) head
(c) chest
(d) face
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Answer: (a)
78. The part of the body of the sleeping grooms which was stained by Lady Macbeth
with blood was —-
(a) foreheads
(b) cheeks
(c) hands
(d) throats
Answer: (b)
79. When the day broke, it was discovered that —-
(a) Malcolm was murdered
(b) Donalbain was murdered
(c) Duncan was murdered
(d) Macduff was murdered
Answer: (c)
80. To the event murder of Duncan Macbeth and his wife showed —-
(a) utmost joy
(b) utmost worry
(c) utmost satisfaction
(d) utmost grief
Answer: (d)
81. The kind of evidence about the involvement in the murder which was against the
grooms was by nature —-
(a) strong
(b) unsubstantial
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Answer: (a)
82. Macduff suspected that the murder of Duncan was committed by —-
(a) the drunken grooms
(b) Macbeth
(c) Malcolm and Donalbain
(d) Banquo
Answer: (b)
83. Malcolm, the eldest son of Duncan, fled to —-
(a) Ireland
(b) Scotland
(c) England
(d) Finland
Answer: (c)
84. Donalbain, the youngest son of Duncan, fled to —-
(a) Finland
(b) England
(c) Iceland
(d) Ireland
Answer: (d)
85. The next heir to Malcolm and Donalbain to the throne of England was —-
(a) Macbeth
(b) Fleance
(c) Duncan
(d) Macduff
Answer: (a)
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86. According to the prediction of the witches those who will reign Scotland after
Macbeth are —-
(a) the posterity of Duncan
(b) the posterity of Banquo
(c) the posterity of Fleance
(d) the posterity of Macbeth
Answer: (b)
87. To nullify the fact that the posterity of Banquo would reign Scotland after Macbeth,
Macbeth and his wife decided to kill —-
(a) Fleance only
(b) Banquo only
(c) both Banquo and Fleance
Answer: (c)
88. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth arranged a banquet to —-
(a) celebrate the coronation of their son
(b) celebrate their marriage anniversary
(c) celebrate their having a child
(d) celebrate their attainment of royal power
Answer: (d)
89. To kill Banquo and Fleance Macbeth appointed —-
(a) some hired assassins
(b) some amateur assassins
(c) some thieves
(d) some dacoits

Answer: (a)
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90. Macbeth beset the hired assassins on the way —-
(a) Macduff and his wife were supposed to pass
(b) Banquo and Fleance were supposed to pass
(c) Duncan and Fleance were supposed to pass
(d) Duncan and Malcolm were supposed to pass
Answer: (b)
91. The hired assassins appointed by Macbeth —-
(a) killed Fleance but could not kill Banquo
(b) killed both Banquo and Fleance
(c) killed Banquo but could not kill Fleance
(d) could not kill both Banquo and Fleance
Answer: (c)
92. At the banquet Macbeth regretted the absence of —-
(a) Duncan
(b) Fleance
(c) Macduff
(d) Banquo
Answer: (d)
93. At the banquet the person only to whom the ghost of Banquo was visible was —-
(a) Macbeth
(b) Lady Macbeth
(c) Macduff
(d) Fleance
Answer: (a)
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94. At the banquet the ghost of Banquo was thought to occupy the place reserved for —-
(a) Lady Macduff
(b) Macbeth
(c) Macduff
(d) Lady Macbeth
Answer: (b)
95. Seeing the ghost of Banquo the cheeks of Macbeth became —-
(a) red in anger
(b) black in despair
(c) white in fear
Answer: (c)
96. Lady Macbeth told all the nobles of Scotland present in the banquet to look upon
Macbeth’s looking steadily to an empty chair to be a fit of —-
(a) detraction
(b) happiness
(c) destruction
(d) distraction
Answer: (d)
97. Lady Macbeth adjudged that Macbeth’s seeing the dagger in the air was an
example of —-
(a) fantasy
(b) reality
(c) phantasy
Answer: (a)
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98. Macbeth addressed the ghost of Banquo with —-
(a) words which might endanger the guests
(b) words which might endanger him
(c) words which might endanger Fleance
(d) words which might endanger Macduff
Answer: (b)
99. The ‘dreadful secret’ which Lady Macbeth feared would be disclosed through the
words of Macbeth addressed to the ghost of Banquo is —-
(a) the murder of Duncan
(b) the murder of Fleance
(c) the murder of Banquo
(d) the murder of Lady Macduff
Answer: (c)
100. Lady Macbeth dismissed the guests of the banquet by telling them to excuse —-
(a) the infirmity of Lady Macbeth
(b) the infirmity of Macduff
(c)the infirmity of Lady Macduff
(d) the infirmity of Macbeth
Answer: (d)
101. After attaining the royal power the nights of sleep of Macbeth and his wife were
affected by —-
(a) terrible dreams
(b) terrible demons
(c) terrible dragons
(d) terrible actions

Answer: (a)
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102. The thoughts which troubled Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were —-
(a) the blood of Banquo only
(b) the blood of Banquo and the escape of Fleance
(c) the escape of Fleance only
Answer: (b)
103. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth looked upon Fleance as —-
(a) the father of the next king of Scotland
(b) father to a line of queens of Scotland
(c) father to a line of kings of Scotland
(d) the next king of Scotland
Answer: (c)
104. The thought which made Macbeth and Lady Macbeth lose their peace of mind was
that —-
(a) Macduff has a charmed life
(b) they were not immortal
(c) Macduff will kill Macbeth
(d) the future generations of Fleance would keep the posterity of Macbeth out of the throne
Answer: (d)
105. Macbeth decided to meet the three weird sisters to know —-
(a) his final outcome
(b) how long he will reign
(c) who will become the king after him
(d) how long will Macduff live

Answer: (a)
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106. When Macbeth met the three weird sisters for the second time, he found them —-
(a) on the heath
(b) near the heath
(c) at the heath
(d) behind the heath
Answer: (b)
107. When Macbeth met the three weird sisters for the second time, they were
preparing their —-
(a) breakfast
(b) supper
(c) charms
(d) beautifying ointment
Answer: (c)
108. In the charms which the three weird sisters prepared, they conjured up —-
(a) divine spirits
(b) ugly spirits
(c) beautiful spirits
(d) infernal spirits
Answer: (d)
109. The three weird sisters conjured up infernal spirits to reveal them —-
(a) what will be (the future)
(b) what was (the past)
(c) what is (the present)

Answer: (a)
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110. The horrid ingredients with which the weird sisters prepared their charms were
—-
(a) crocodiles, bats, and serpents
(b) toads, bats, and serpents
(c) beetles, moths, and serpents
Answer: (b)
111. The charm of the witches was prepared in a —-
(a) huge pot
(b) huge jug
(c) huge cauldron
(d) huge mug
Answer: (c)
112. The charm which the weird sisters prepared was cooled with —-
(a) the blood of a goat
(b) the blood of a cat
(c) the blood of a child
(d) the blood of a baboon
Answer: (d)
113. The sow the blood of which the spirits poured in the charms was special in the
sense that —-
(a) it had eaten her young one
(b) it was vulnerable
(c) it was wild in nature
(d) it was immortal

Answer: (a)
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114. To the flame in which the charm was prepared, the weird sisters threw the grease
that belonged to —-
(a) a sow
(b) a murderer
(c) a baboon
(d) a goat
Answer: (b)
115. Macbeth demanded to know from the witches —-
(a) who will reign after him
(b) who will kill him
(c) if they or their masters will answer his doubts
(d) how long will he live
Answer: (c)
116. The doubts of Macbeth were cleared by —-
(a) the witches
(b) the ghosts
(c) the ghost of Banquo
(d) the spirits
Answer: (d)
117. The number of the spirits who answered the doubts of Macbeth was —-
(a) three
(b) four
(c) two
(d) one
Answer: (a)
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118. The first spirit looked like —-
(a) a bloody child
(b) an armed head
(c) a crowned head
(d) a royal
Answer: (b)
119. The first spirit told Macbeth to be aware of —-
(c) the thane of Fife
(d) the thane of Norway
Answer: (c)
120. The name of the thane of Fife was —-
(a) Macbeth
(b) Banquo
(c) Duncan
(d) Macduff
Answer: (d)
121. The second spirit looked like —-
(a) a bloody child
(b) a crowned head
(c) a dead man
(d) a withered creature
Answer: (a)
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122. The second spirit told Macbeth —-
(a) to be aware of the thane of Fife
(b) to laugh and scorn at the power of a man born naturally of a woman’s womb
(c) not to worry till the Woods of Birnam come to Dunsinane
Answer: (b)
123. The second spirit advised Macbeth to be ——
(a) bold only
(b) bloody only
(c) bold, bloody, and resolute
(d) resolute only
Answer: (c)
124. The assurance provided by the second spirit made Macbeth sure of being devoid of
threat from —-
(a) Malcolm
(b) Fleance
(c) Banquo
(d) Macduff
Answer: (d)
125. Macbeth decided to liquidate Macduff to be —-
(a) doubly sure
(b) simply sure
(c) triply sure
Answer: (a)
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126. The third spirit rose in the form of —-
(a) a bloody child
(b) a crowned child
(c) an uncrowned king
Answer: (b)
127. The third spirit comforted Macbeth against —-
(a) exigencies
(b) delicacies
(c) conspiracies
Answer: (c)
128. The prophecy of the third spirit gave Macbeth the assurance that —-
(a) no one can kill him easily
(b) he is immortal
(c) he is mortal
(d) he will not be killed by a violent event
Answer: (d)
129. To the question whether Banquo’s issue shall ever reign Scotland, the third spirit
suggested —-
(a) an affirmative answer
(b) a negative answer
(c) an evasive answer
Answer: (a)
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130. The first news which Macbeth got soon after coming out of the cave of the witches
was that —-
(a) Malcolm fled to England
(b) Macduff fled to England
(c) Fleance fled to England
(d) Donalbain fled to Ireland
Answer: (b)
131. The army which was being built up against Macbeth was led by —-
(a) Macduff
(b) Donalbain
(c) Malcolm
(d) Fleance
Answer: (c)
132. The rightful heir to the throne of Scotland was —-
(a) Banquo
(b) Fleance
(c) Donalbain
(d) Malcolm
Answer: (d)
133. In the rage of the fleeing of Macduff, Macbeth brutally slaughtered —-
(a) Macduff’s wife and children
(b) Macduff’s children only
(c) Macduff’s wife only
Answer: (a)
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134. The rebel army against Macbeth was formed in —-
(a) Scotland
(b) England
(c) Ireland
(d) Finland
Answer: (b)
135. The section of the society which became alienated from Macbeth due to the
merciless activities of the latter was —-
(a) the middle class
(b) the aristocrat
(c) the nobility
Answer: (c)
136. Having left Scotland, Macduff fled to —-
(a) Austria
(b) Ireland
(c) Finland
(d) England
Answer: (d)
137. Those who hated Macbeth the tyrant were —–
(a) everybody
(b) few in number
(c) some in number
(d) many in number
Answer: (a)
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138. When Macbeth became alienated from the nobility, he began to envy —-
(a) Macduff
(b) Duncan
(c) Donalbain
(d) Banquo
Answer: (b)
139. The sole partner of Macbeth in acts of wickedness was —-
(a) Banquo
(b) Lady Macduff
(c) Lady Macbeth
(d) the witches
Answer: (c)
140. Lady Macbeth suffered from —-
(a) cerebral hemorrhage
(b) dysentery
(c) tuberculosis
(d) somnambulism
Answer: (d)
141. Lady Macbeth ultimately committed —-
(a) suicide
(b) homicide
(c) regicide
(d) genocide
Answer: (a)
142. At the death of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth —-

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(a) grew careless of life only
(b) grew careless of life and longed for death
(c) longed for death only
Answer: (b)
143. The approach of Malcolm’s army roused in Macbeth —-
(a) fear of death
(b) indomitable pride
(c) the remains of his ancient courage
(d) unbridled ambition
Answer: (c)
144. At the approach of Malcolm’s army, Macbeth became determined to die —-
(a) without fighting
(b) with arms
(c) with sword
(d) with armour
Answer: (d)
145. The hollow promises of the three witches gave Macbeth —-
(a) false confidence
(b) happiness
(c) hope
(d) confusion
Answer: (a)
146. Macbeth thought that the arrival of Birnam woods to Dunsinane was —-
(a) difficult
(b) impossible
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(c) possible
(d) probable
Answer: (b)
147. Macbeth thought that his own castle (Inverness) was —-
(a) pregnable
(b) assailable
(c) impregnable
(d) insular
Answer: (c)
148. Before facing Macduff in war, the person whom Macbeth feared the most was —-
(a) Banquo
(b) Malcolm
(c) Donalbain
(d) Fleance
Answer: (d)
149. The news of the moving of the Birnam woods was conveyed to Macbeth by —-
(a) a messenger
(b) a thane
(c) a servant
(d) his minister
Answer: (a)
150. The person who provided Macbeth the news of the moving of the Birnam Woods
was adjudged by Macbeth as —-
(a) a stupid
(b) a liar
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(c) a blind
(d) a nonsense
Answer: (b)
151. The messenger who gave Macbeth the news of the moving of the Birnam Woods
was threatened that if he spoke false —-
(a) he would be burnt alive
(b) he would be shot
(c) he would be hung alive
(d) he would be beheaded
Answer: (c)
152. When Macbeth saw that the woods of Birnam was moving, he decided to —-
(a) commit suicide
(b) surrender to Malcolm
(c) run away
(d) fight with arms
Answer: (d)
153. At the fag end of his life Macbeth became weary of —-
(a) the sun
(b) the stars
(c) the moon
(d) kingship
Answer: (a)
154. The person who gave each of the soldiers the instruction of cutting down a bough
and bearing if before them was —-
(a) Macduff
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(b) Malcolm
(c) Fleance
(d) Donalbain
Answer: (b)
155. The post which Malcolm held in the army which attacked Macbeth was that of a
—-
(a) lieutenant
(b) counselor
(c) general
Answer: (c)
156. Malcolm ordered each of the soldiers to cut down a bough from the trees of the
Birnam Woods and to carry the before them in order to —-
(a) protect them from the stones thrown by Macbeth’s army
(b) play hide and seek among them
(c) cut a joke on Macbeth
(d) conceal the actual number of invaders from Macbeth
Answer: (d)
157. The apparently moving woods made the messenger —-
(a) frightened
(b) happy
(c) sad
(d) morbid
Answer: (a)
158. When Macbeth saw that the woods of Birnam were moving, he lost —-
(a) peace of mind
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(b) confidence
(c) happiness
Answer: (b)
159. In his fight with Malcolm’s army, Macbeth initially killed —-
(a) Donalbain
(b) Malcolm
(c) all whom he faced
(d) Macduff
Answer: (c)
160. The person whom Macbeth avoided from fighting was —-
(a) Malcolm
(b) Banquo
(c) Donalbain
(d) Macduff
Answer: (d)
161. The person who had been seeking Macbeth through the whole fight was —-
(a) Macduff
(b) Malcolm
(c) Donalbain
(d) Fleance
Answer: (a)
162. For brutally slaughtering Lady Macduff and her children, Macduff called Macbeth
—-
(a) a tyrant only
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(b) a tyrant, murderer, hell-bound, and a villain
(c) a murderer only
(d) a villain only
Answer: (b)
163. The person who was untimely taken out from his mother’s womb was —-
(a) Malcolm
(b) Macbeth
(c) Macduff
(d) Fleance
Answer: (c)
164. In the end, Macbeth understood that the words of the witches and spirits had —-
(a) many meanings
(b) a single meaning
(c) triple meanings
(d) double meanings
Answer: (d)
165. When Macbeth refused to fight with Macduff, the latter threatened him that they
would —-
(a) imprison him and demonstrate to the laity as a tyrant
(b) kill him mercilessly
(c) make him their servant
(d) tear his body and feed the vultures
Answer: (a)
166. Macbeth was told of his being displayed to the laity in the manner of —-
(a) servants
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(b) monsters
(c) slaves
Answer: (b)
167. When the offer of imprisonment was provided to Macbeth, he —-
(a) accepted it
(b) thought over it
(c) refused it
(d) made a mockery of it
Answer: (c)
168. In his fight with Macbeth, Macduff severed —-
(a) Macbeth’s legs
(b) Macbeth’s nose
(c) Macbeth’s hands
(d) Macbeth’s head
Answer: (d)
169. The thing which Macduff presented to Malcolm was —-
(a) Macbeth’s head
(b) Macbeth’s crown
(c) the throne of Scotland
(d) the throne of England
Answer: (a)
170. The lawful new king of Scotland was —-
(a) Macduff
(b) Malcolm
Macbeth
(c) Fleance
(d) Donalbain
Answer: (b)
171. The person who succeeded Macbeth as the king of Scotland was —-
(a) Fleance
(b) Macduff
(c) Malcolm
(d) Donalbain
Answer: (c)
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Macbeth

1. Duncan was the king of —-

(a) a mere citizen

(b) a brave soldier

(c) a brave General

(c) neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’

(d) both ‘a’ and ‘b’

6. By the rule of inheritance Macbeth was the thane of —-

(b) a rebel army led by the thane of Cawdor

(d) a rebel army assisted by the army of Norway

8. The rebel army working against king Duncan was —-

(a) small in number

(b) very little in number

(c) insignificant in number

(d) large in number

9. The two Generals of Scotland were —-

(a) Macbeth and Banquo

(b) Macbeth and Macduff

(c) Macduff and Banquo

(d) Macduff and Malcolm

(a) thunder and rainfall

(b) thunder and lightning

(d) snowfall and lightning

(a) three women

(b) three demons

(c) three witches

(d) three ghosts

12. The three witches looked like women except in —-

(a) withered skin and wild dress

(b) withered dress and wild skin

(c) skinny lips and wild skin

(a) dancing and playing

(b) dancing and singing

(c) playing and singing

(d) dancing and shouting

15. The song of the three witches begins with —-

(a) Four is foul

(b) Four is fair

(c) Fair is foul

(d) All are foul

16. According to the song of the witches, they hover through —-

(a) fog and filth

(b) foggish air and filth

(c) filthy air and mist

(d) fog and filthy air

(a) the thane of Glamis

(b) the thane of Cawdor

(c) the thane of Norway

(d) the thane of thanes

18. That the witches knew him made Macbeth —-

(b) scarcely startled

19. The second witch addressed Macbeth as —-

(a) the thane of Norway

(b) the thane of Glamis

(c) the thane of Cawdor

(d) the would-be king of Scotland

(a) the thane of Glamis hereafter

(b) the thane of Cawdor hereafter

(c) the thane of Norway hereafter

(d) the future king of Scotland

(b) as long as Duncan survived he had no hope of becoming the king

(d) as long as Macduff survived he had no scope of becoming the king