Macbeth Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2

What era was Macbeth written in?

• Victorian

• Elizabethan

• Edwardian

• Jacobean

What genre of play is Macbeth?

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• History

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

In Act 1 Scene 1, where do the three witches plan to meet Macbeth?

• 'On a mountain'

• 'Upon the heath'

• 'On the heath'

• 'Upon a hill'

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

What meter has four feet of one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable?

• Iambic pentameter

• Spondee tetrameter

• Trochiac tetrameter

• Dactylic hexameter

Select the language techniques used in Act 1 Scene 1.

• Simile

• Pathetic fallacy

• Paradoxical couplets

• All of the above

Who tries to commit regicide in Act 1 Scene 2?

• Banquo

• Macdonwald

• Captain

• Macbeth

Before becoming Thane of Cawdor Macbeth is Thane of Glamis, but what is a Thane?

• A rank of English nobility

• A rank of Scottish nobility

• A rank of Irish nobility

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the missing word: 'Unseam'd from the ______ to the chaps'

• Stomach

• Belly

• Gut

• Nave

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Match the definition to the word: ‘Great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle'

• Toughness

• Valour

• Power

• Strength

"When the hurlyburly's done,

When the battle's lost and won."

What is the 'hurlyburly' and name of the riddles that they use?

• Battle and paradoxical couplets

• Speech and paraphrase

• Potion and contradiction

• Death and binary opposition