Ah Macbeth Final Exam
Ah Macbeth Final Exam
Ah Macbeth Final Exam
Part One
Part Two
NOTE: This examination is designed to be written over an hour and a half. All
vocabulary, multiple choice and “True and False” type responses are to be
answered in the exam book; written responses may be word-processed or
written by hand on foolscap. A dictionary/thesaurus and spelling/grammar
checker are only allowed on the second part of the exam.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
Thrift, and or economic
____ 1. Accursed
Supernatural forces.
____ 2. Allegiance
A prediction to something that will happen in the future.
____ 3. Benison
Cheerful and lighthearted
____ 4. Censure A person or thing regarded as an infallible authority or
____ 5. Entrails guide on something.
____ 6. Harbinger A person or animal’s intestines or internal organs.
22. When the Weird Sisters inform Banquo that he will be, “Not so happy, yet much
happier,” this is an example of a/an:
a) Paradox
b) Juxtaposition
c) Soliloquy
d) Irony
23. Macbeth is originally sceptical to believe the witches’ prophecies about his
promotion to Thane. However, the audience already knows that Duncan has ordered
the Thane of Cawdor’s execution and he plans to give Macbeth the title; therefore,
this is an example of:
a) Situational irony
b) Verbal irony
c) Dramatic irony
d) Foreshadowing
24. After a triumphant victory over the traitor Macdonwald, contradictory to Macbeth’s
beliefs, who does Duncan name his successor?
a) Banquo
b) Maduff
c) Malcolm
d) Lennox
25. When Macbeth begins to have seconds thoughts about murdering Duncan, what does
Lady Macbeth state that she would do to her child if she had to?
a) Abandon it
b) Give up her life for it
c) Dash its brains out
d) Cut off its head
a) Banquo
b) Macbeth
c) Ross
d) The Porter
e) Duncan
28. When Macbeth sees a floating dagger as he is about to kill Duncan, it could be
suggested that this was a result of _____________________.
a) Liquor
b) Lack of sleep
c) Hallucinations
d) The Weird Sisters
e) All of the above
31. When Macbeth responds to Lennox’s statement that the weather has been awful on
the night of the murder, he says, “T’was a rough night”. This is an example of:
a) Paradox
b) Juxtaposition
c) Soliloquy
d) Irony
32. At one point, Macbeth complains to his wife that his mind is full of:
a) Spiders
b) Insects
c) Scorpions
d) None of the above
34. In the correct order, what do the three apparitions tell Macbeth?
a) Beware Malcolm, none of woman born shall harm Macbeth, when Birnam
wood comes to Dunsinane
b) None of born woman shall take Dunsinane, beware Macduff, that he
should attack Macduff
c) Beware Macduff, none of woman born shall harm Macbeth, when Birnam
wood comes to Dunsinane
d) None of born woman shall become king, beware Malcolm, that he should
attack Macduff
a) Malcolm
b) Ross
c) Lennox
d) Macduff
a) Swears revenge
b) Accepts fate
c) Vows to change
d) Breaks down in tears
37. Macbeth appears to regain some of his old confidence at the end of the play when he
kills:
a) Lennox
b) Ross
c) Siward
d) Young Siward
a) As a physical coward
b) As a repentant soldier
c) With desperate courage
d) With bleak detachment
e) With sarcasm and dark humour
a. Nemesis
b. Paradox
c. Comic relief
d. Hamartia
e. Oxymoron
40. Who is made the new King of Scotland at the end of the play?
a. Malcolm
b. Donalbain
c. Macduff
d. Ross
e. None of the above
C. [10] TRUE OR FALSE: Correctly respond to the following statements about the
play selecting A-True or B-False.
41. A-True B-False The climax of the play occurs with the murder of Duncan.
42. A-True B-False Macbeth originally hires three murderers to “dispatch” (kill)
Banquo.
43. A-True B-False Macbeth plans the murder of Banquo without the knowledge
or input from his wife.
44. A-True B-False Banquo escapes, while his son, Fleance, is murdered.
45. A-True B-False Macbeth and the other thanes witness the horrid ghost of
Banquo during the banquet scene.
46. A-True B-False Hecate is ecstatic (overjoyed) about the three witches’ previous
meeting with Macbeth.
47. A-True B-False Lennox and the other thanes in the castle put their full trust
in Macbeth after he becomes king, staying true to his
leadership.
48. A-True B-False Macbeth is upset with the fact Macduff has refused to come to
his banquet.
49. A-True B-False Lady Macduff understands and supports her husband’s need to
rescue Scotland from the tyrannical rule of Macbeth.
50. A-True B-False Ross presents Macduff with the crown at the end of the play.
PART TWO - [60 marks]
NOTE: Answers will be evaluated on the following rubric for each of the written
response questions.
Ideas are insightful and Ideas are thoughtful and Ideas are relevant and Ideas are superficial or Ideas are largely absent
carefully considered considered straightforward oversimplified or irrelevant and /or do
demonstrating a demonstrating a demonstrating a demonstrating a weak not develop the topic.
comprehension of subtle competent generalized comprehension of the
distinctions in the topic. comprehension of the comprehension of the topic. Support is irrelevant,
literary topic. topic. overgeneralized and/or
Support is explicit, Support is repetitive, lacking. The support, if
precise and deliberately Support is relevant, Support is appropriate, contradictory, and/or present is largely
chosen to reinforce the accurate and general and adequately ambiguous, and may be unrelated to any idea(s)
student’s ideas in an occasionally chosen to reinforces the student’s inappropriate or merely that may be present.
effective and judicious reinforce the student’s ideas, but occasionally a restatement of what
way. A strong ideas in a logical and may lack persuasiveness was read. The
connection to the clear way. A clear and/or consistency. A connection to the
student’s ideas is connection to the straightforward student’s ideas is vague
maintained. student’s ideas is connection to the and/or unclear.
maintained. student’s ideas is
maintained.
Language choices are Language choices are Language choices are Language choices are Language choices are
skillful, and diction is considered, and diction conventional, and weak, and diction is poor, and diction is
precise and specific. is effective. Sentences diction is adequate and imprecise and/or overgeneralized and
Sentences are varied, are clear and straightforward. inappropriate. The inaccurate. The writing
fluent and precise, and purposeful, and Sentences are clear, but writing suggests a demonstrates a limited
there is an absence of competence is there may be a lack of limited grasp of grasp of spelling and
mechanical error, even demonstrated in variety in types. mechanical rules, and mechanics, and errors
with the complexity of mechanics. Minor General control is the errors are are frequent and
the writing. errors may exist. demonstrated, and errors distracting. jarring.
do not interfere with
communication.
D. [20 X 2 = 40] WRITTEN RESPONSE: Respond to ANY TWO of the
following questions in proper paragraph form. (Each one is weighted at 10
marks, but will be doubled in value). Preface your work with a proper header,
and double space all answers. You are encouraged to use your text to help you
incorporate specific support for your ideas.
2. Which do you regard the greater crime: the murder of Banquo or the
murder of Duncan? Justify your opinion around a specific
idea/controlling idea and support your argument with three purposely
chosen pieces of evidence.
OPTION A
OPTION B
OPTION C