Macbeth Final Exam Quizs

Macbeth’s nemesis is delivered at the hands of

• Banquo

• Macduff

• Duncan

• Malcolm

Name the character that said…“But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in / To saucy doubts and fears.”

• Macbeth

• Hamlet

• Othello

• King Lear

In Scene 3, lines 50–54, Macbeth says, “If thou couldst, doctor, cast / The water of my land, find her disease, / And purge it to a sound and pristine health.” How is this request an example of dramatic irony?

• Malcolm’s forces are about to cure Scotland of its illness, which is Macbeth.

• The doctor is unable to help Macbeth with his mental state.

• Macbeth is unaware of the true nature of his tyranny.

• The request highlights Macbeth's desperation for power.

Name the character that said…“I have drugg'd / their possets, / That death and nature do contend about them, / Whether they live or die.”

• Lady Macbeth

• Iago

• Macbeth

• Othello

Name the character that said…“...oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles”

• Macbeth

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

Name the character that said…“Bring it after me. / I will not be afraid of death and bane, / Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane.”

• Macbeth

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

Name the character that said…“Sleep shall neither night nor day / Hang upon his pent-house lid; / He shall live a man forbid: / Weary se'nnights nine times nine / Shall he dwindle, peak and pine.”

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• The Witches

• Banquo

Too much pride or confidence. In Greek tragedy, it often leads a person to ignore warnings or challenge the gods—and brings about their fall.

• Hubris

• Egoism

• Arrogance

• Vanity

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
Example: “I’ve told you a million times.”

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• understatement

Name the character that said…“He's here in double trust; / First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, / Who should against his murderer shut the door, / Not bear the knife myself.”

• Macbeth

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan