Macbeth - General Quiz (Part 2)

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Breaking or violating someone's trust is known as...
Betrayal
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Why could Lady Macbeth not kill the King?
He resembled her father
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What colour did Macbeth refer to when describing Duncan's blood?
"Gold"
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What do Duncan's sons (Malcolm and Donaldbain) decide to do after their father's murdered?
Flee to England and Ireland
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What do the phrases "fruitless crown" and barren sceptre" mean?
Macbeth has no heir to the throne
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What is Macbeth's mind "full of"?
"Scorpions"
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Who escapes from the murderers that are sent to kill them?
Fleance
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A cruel and oppressive leader that uses power unfairly is known as a ...
Tyrant
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Macbeth yells at who stating: "Never shake thy gory locks at me"?
Ghost of Banquo
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Who is Hecate?
The Goddess of Witchcraft
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Deserved and severe punishment inflicted on somebody as vengeance for a wrongful act is known as...
Retribution
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What is a usurper?
Someone who makes an illegitimate claim of power through force
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Macduff states Macbeth is: "an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter'd" - who should be the true King?
Malcolm
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In Act 5, Scene 1 - what is Lady Macbeth doing?
Sleepwalking
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"To bed! there's knocking at the gate [...] What's done cannot be undone" - who says this quote?
Lady Macbeth
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In the play, which servant's name is ironic and suggests Macbeth is associated with the devil?
Seyton
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How did Macduff kill Macbeth?
Beheaded him
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When the audience knows more than the other characters in the play, this is known as...
Dramatic irony
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Why could Lady Macbeth not kill the King?

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He resembled her father

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What colour did Macbeth refer to when describing Duncan's blood?

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What do Duncan's sons (Malcolm and Donaldbain) decide to do after their father's murdered?

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What do the phrases "fruitless crown" and barren sceptre" mean?

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