Macbeth M.C.Q (01-15)

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (M.C.Q)

1. Macbeth is a story of

A) love
B) crime and punishment
C) three witches
D) an ambitious man ending in his tragedy

... Answer is D)
an ambitious man ending in his tragedy

2. The play Macbeth by Shakespeare is a

A) comedy
B) tragi-comedy
C) tragedy
D) social satire

... Answer is C)
tragedy

3. The protagonist of the play Macbeth is

A) Lady Macbeth
B) Macbeth
C) Duncun
D) Banquo

... Answer is B)
Macbeth

4. Duncun was the king of

A) Scotland
B) England
C) Ireland
D) Finland

... Answer is A)
Scotland

5. Duncun was killed by

A) Lady Macbeth
B) ) three witches
C) his grooms
D) Macbeth

... Answer is D)
Macbeth

6. Duncan, the king of Scotland was by nature

A) meek
B) ambitious
C) cruel
D) rational

... Answer is A)
meek

7. Macbeth was held in high esteem at court because he

A) was a near kinsman to the king
B) was a brave fighter
C) was the thane of Glamis
D) was a rich man

... Answer is B)
was a brave fighter

8. Macbeth defeated a rebel army which was associated by

A) some thanes of Scotland  
B) the king of England 
C) the troops of Norway
D) Banquo and his sons 

... Answer is C)
the troops of Norway

9. Macbeth and Banquo met the witches

A) in the battle field
B) near Duncan’s palace
C) in a blasted heath
D) in a forest

... Answer is C)
in a blasted heath

10. Macbeth and Banquo met

A) four witches
B) three witches
C) two witches
D) five witches

... Answer is B)
three witches

11. Three ‘witches’ symbolically represent three aspects of mind, they are  

A) psyche, memory and soul
B) conscious, unconscious and subconscious
C) heart, nerve and spirit
D) none of the above

... Answer is B)
conscious, unconscious and subconscious

12. Three witches, Macbeth and Banquo met looked like women excepting that they had

A) beards
B) moustaches  
C) wild attire  
D) withered and dry skin 

... Answer is A)
beards

13. When Macbeth first addressed three witches, they were

A) highly pleased
B) seemingly offended  
C) heavily annoyed
D) extremely ashamed

... Answer is B)
seemingly offended

14. Before the witches were seen by Macbeth, he was

A) only a relative of the king
B) the thane of Cowder
C) a common soldier in king’s army
D) the thane of Glamis

... Answer is D)
the thane of Glamis

15. The three witches predicted that

A) Macbeth would be the next king
B) Duncan would conspire to kill Macbeth
C) Banquo would be the king
D) Banquo would kill Macbeth

... Answer is A)
Macbeth would be the next king

Next - M.C.Q (16 - 30)

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