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9 for 10 - Macbeth Trivia Quiz

Most of the questions in this quiz are on well known quotations from "Macbeth". The first letters of the first nine answers spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
196,001

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
6158

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 72 (8/10), Nhoj_too (4/10), Guest 73 (10/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Whom did Macbeth slay so that he would become king of Scotland? Hint

Malcolm I

Dumaine

MacAlpin

Duncan I

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Question 2 of 10

2. In Act II Lady Macbeth says
"It was the ---- that shrieked". Hint

ghost

owl

ogre

ghoul

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Question 3 of 10

3. Complete this quote by the witches: " a deed without a ----".

Answer: (One Word - four letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the missing word in this Macbeth quote?
"Vaulting ----, which o'erleaps itself
And fails on the other". Hint

pride

power

aspiration

ambition

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the opening scene the witches chant:

"When shall we three meet again
In thunder, ----, or in rain?

Fill in the blank.

Answer: (One word.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Macbeth says:
"Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till ---- wood remove to Dunsinane".
What is the name of the wood? Hint

Birnham

Cawdor

Beech

Caithness

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Question 7 of 10

7. "All the perfumes of ---- will not sweeten this little hand"
says Lady Macbeth. What is the missing word? Hint

The apothecary

Albania

Arabia

The Orient

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Question 8 of 10

8. "It is a tale told by an ----" laments Macbeth. Complete this quote.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What animal's eye went in the witches' potion? Hint

frog

newt

fenny snake

numbat

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Question 10 of 10

10. Duncan had two sons. One was Malcolm. Who was the other? The initial letters of the answers to the first nine questions spell out the name.

Answer: (One Word There are other spellings, but only one matches the answers in this quiz.)

Most Recent Scores

Apr 10 2024 : Guest 72: 8/10
Apr 07 2024 : Nhoj_too: 4/10
Apr 02 2024 : Guest 73: 10/10
Apr 01 2024 : dennisbn: 4/10
Mar 29 2024 : Guest 73: 7/10
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 165: 9/10
Mar 21 2024 : Pikoyboy: 4/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 24: 8/10
Mar 19 2024 : LauraMcC: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whom did Macbeth slay so that he would become king of Scotland?

Answer: Duncan I

Duncan I was king of Scotland from 1034 to 1040. He was slain by Macbeth, who was one of his generals.

2. In Act II Lady Macbeth says "It was the ---- that shrieked".

Answer: owl

Lady Macbeth says this just before Macbeth returns after killing Duncan. When Macbeth asks her if she heard a sound, she replies: "I heard the owl scream and the cricket's cry".

3. Complete this quote by the witches: " a deed without a ----".

Answer: name

This quote is the witches' reply to Macbeth when he greets them with "How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! What is't you do?". (Act 4, scene 1).

4. What is the missing word in this Macbeth quote? "Vaulting ----, which o'erleaps itself And fails on the other".

Answer: ambition

These are the final words of a soliloquy by Macbeth in the last scene of the first act, before he is interrupted by the entrance of Lady Macbeth.

5. In the opening scene the witches chant: "When shall we three meet again In thunder, ----, or in rain? Fill in the blank.

Answer: lightning

These are the first words spoken in the play. The witch are in 'a desert place' and a storm is raging. This sets the mood for the tragedy of Macbeth.

6. Macbeth says: "Bring me no more reports; let them fly all: Till ---- wood remove to Dunsinane". What is the name of the wood?

Answer: Birnham

In Act V scene 3, Macbeth is in room in the castle at Dunsinane. He says he will not be afraid until the Birnham wood comes to this castle, this is something he thinks is impossible. However, the approaching troops are camouflaged by branches taken from Birnham wood.

7. "All the perfumes of ---- will not sweeten this little hand" says Lady Macbeth. What is the missing word?

Answer: Arabia

This is said by Lady Macbeth (Act V Scene 1).

8. "It is a tale told by an ----" laments Macbeth. Complete this quote.

Answer: idiot

Spoken by Macbeth upon hearing of Lady Macbeth's death.
He says that life "is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

9. What animal's eye went in the witches' potion?

Answer: newt

In Act IV the three witches gather around the boiling cauldron adding various unpleasant items to the brew within.
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing."

10. Duncan had two sons. One was Malcolm. Who was the other? The initial letters of the answers to the first nine questions spell out the name.

Answer: Donalbain

After Duncan's death in 1040 they fled Scotland, but later Malcolm and Donalbain were both to become kings of Scotland. Malcolm became Malcolm III in 1057 and Donalbane became Donald III in 1093.

If you liked this quiz. Try my 9 for 10 "Hamlet" quiz.

Source: Author minch

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