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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings Siward comfort when he hears of his son's death?
(a) He died quickly and painlessly.
(b) Macbeth was defeated.
(c) He died nobly.
(d) He honored his father.

2. Why is Malcom afraid to take up the crown?
(a) He has many vices.
(b) He is too young.
(c) He fears he will be murdered.
(d) He has no knowledge of state affairs.

3. What does Macduff do when he hears his family has been murdered?
(a) Puts together an army of English soldiers.
(b) Puts on mourning apparel.
(c) Swears vengeance on Macbeth.
(d) Faints.

4. Who is the leader of the army at Dunsinane?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) General Siward.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Donalbain.

5. What is the first apparition to appear to Macbeth when he meets with the witches?
(a) An armed head.
(b) A bloody child.
(c) The ghost of Duncan.
(d) A child holding a branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests the form of camouflage that the army in Dunsinane uses?

2. Why is Macbeth afraid when the army reaches the castle when he has been so confident until then?

3. Where is Malcolm when the other soldiers are at Dunsinane?

4. What does Macduff's son compare himself to when he hears that his father has fled?

5. What does Lady Macduff say her husband's flight makes her look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Macduff fled to after hearing about Banquo's death?

2. Why does Macbeth not want to receive any more reports from the doctor and his attendant in Act 5, Scene 2?

3. Where is most of Malcolm's army from?

4. Why is Macbeth's army so small in comparison to Malcolm's army?

5. What is peculiar about the appearance of the surprise visitor to Macbeth's banquet in Act 3, Scene 4?

6. In Act 4, Scene 2, why is Lady Macduff so frustrated with the flight of her husband?

7. What does the child with the tree branch tell Macbeth when he visits the three witches?

8. What does Macbeth see at the banquet that frightens him beyond measure?

9. How does Macbeth feel about his first kill in the battle against Malcolm?

10. What does the bloody child tell Macbeth when Macbeth visits the three witches?

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