ISC Class 12 Macbeth Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Act – 1.
Question 1.
Who is the king when the play starts?
a. Duncan
b. Malcolm
c. Cawdor
d. Macduff
Answer:
a. Duncan
Question 2.
Whom does Macbeth defeat in battle?
a. Duncan’s armies
b. King Edward’s English army
c. The armies of Norway and Ireland
d. Banquo
Answer:
a. Duncan’s armies
Question 3.
What is the witch’s prophecy?
a. Macbeth will be king and his sons will inherit the throne.
b. Banquo will be king, but Macbeth will be much happier.
c. Macbeth will be king but Banquo will murder him.
d. Macbeth will be king and Banquo’s children will be kings.
Answer:
d. Macbeth will be king and Banquo’s children will be kings.
Question 4.
What is the weather like in the opening scene?
a. Thunder and lightning
b. Hot and humid
c. Cold and icy
d. Warm and calm
Answer:
a. Thunder and lightning
Question 5.
What country serves as the setting for Macbeth?
a. Scotland
b. Wales
c. Ireland
d. England
Answer:
a. Scotland
Question 6.
When do the witches say they will meet again?
a. When the battle is over
b. When the moon is eclipsed
c. When Macbeth is crowned king
d. an illusion
Answer:
a. When the battle is over
Question 7.
Where do the witches plan to meet Macbeth?
a. In his castle
b. In the graveyard
c. On the heath
d. On the battlefield
Answer:
c. On the heath
Question 8.
“Fair is and foul is ………….
a. an illusion, a given
b. foul, fair
c. rare, expected
d. random frequent
Answer:
b. foul, fair
Question 9.
What does Lady Macbeth resolve to do?
a. Talk to tr three witches
b. Kill Duncan by herself
c. protect Ducan from Macbeth’s blood lust
d. Whatever necessary to help Macbeth become king
Answer:
c. protect Ducan from Macbeth’s blood lust
Question 10.
What does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth kick ?
a. Modesty
b. The manliness to follow through on his ambition
c. The ambition to ever become someone notable
d. The intelligence to become a king
Answer:
b. The manliness to follow through on his ambition
Question 11.
What do Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me here” mean?
a. She vows not to have sex with Macbeth until he becomes king
b. She wants to set aside feminine sentiments that could hinder bloody ambition
c. She wants her chambermaids to disguise her in men’s clothes
d. She wants to have sex with evil spirits
Answer:
a. She vows not to have sex with Macbeth until he becomes king
Question 12.
What does Macbeth realise about DuncarTs murder?
a. Other than satisfying his own ambition it will make everything worse
b. It will be a simple and tidy route to achieving all his ambitions
c. Though he will become king, he will lose his hold on Cawdor
d. If the witches are right, he will become a king and immortal
Answer:
a. Other than satisfying his own ambition it will make everything worse
Question 13.
Why is Banquo up late?
a. He had nightmares about the witches.
b. He stays up late to talk to Macbeth about the witches.
c. He senses something bad will happen to Duncan that night.
d. He was awakened by voices saying, “Macbeth murdered sleep.”
Answer:
a. He had nightmares about the witches.
Question 14.
What eerie vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
a. He sees a bloody ghost of Banquo.
b. He sees the witches flying through the night on broomsticks.
c. He sees a bloody dagger floating in front of him.
d. He sees Lady Macbeth hovering over him with a bloody dagger.
Answer:
a. He sees a bloody ghost of Banquo.
Question 15.
Why does Lady Macbeth say she didn’t kill the king herself?
a. She abhors violence.
b. He looked like her father in his sleep.
c. She tried but he overpowered her.
d. She needed to see if Macbeth was man enough to do it.
Answer:
a. She abhors violence.
Act – 2.
Question 1.
What does the porter say that drinking causes?
a. Heart disease, liver disease, and kidney problems
b. A red nose, sleep, urination, and impotence
c. Snoring, bad breath, and constipation
d. A lot of knocking on the door
Answer:
b. A red nose, sleep, urination, and impotence
Question 2.
Who kills the servants who look guilty of the murder?
a. Macduff and Lennox
b. Lady Macbeth
c. Macbeth
d. Banquo
Answer:
c. Macbeth
Question 3.
How does Lady Macbeth publicly react to the news of the murder?
a. She begins to wail uncontrollably.
b. She says it is horrible and pretends to faint.
c. She laughs gleefully and rubs her hands.
d. She beats her chest and exclaims that she bears responsibility since it happened in her home.
Answer:
d. She beats her chest and exclaims that she bears responsibility since it happened in her home.
Question 4.
Why is Macbeth named king instead of Duncan’s son and heir, Malcolm?
a. Because Malcolm’s flight makes him look guilty
b. Because Duncan renounced Malcolm and named Macbeth his heir
c. Because Macbeth and Malcom are actually the same person
d. Because Malcom makes a deal with Macbeth to forfeit the throne in exchange for not being murdered
Answer:
a. Because Malcolm’s flight makes him look guilty
Question 5.
Why do Malcom and Donalbain run away from the court?
a. They too were plotting Duncan’s murder and are spooked that someone else got to him first.
b. They are guilty and afraid of being caught.
c. They know Macbeth did it and are scared.
d. They fear that they are next to be murdered.
Answer:
d. They fear that they are next to be murdered.
Act – 3.
Question 1.
What does Banquo wonder about the witches’ prophecy?
a. If perhaps they were wrong and he might become king one-day
b. If there is any room for free will in the world or if all is fate
c. If his descendents will really become kings
d. If he could bribe or threaten them into changing the future
Answer:
a. If perhaps they were wrong and he might become king one-day
Question 2.
How does Macbeth feel about Banquo?
a. He fears that Banquo and his sons will cut short his reign.
b. He believes Banquo to be a loyal friend.
c. He thinks Banquo is planning on murdering him.
d. In his madness, he forgets who Banquo is.
Answer:
a. He fears that Banquo and his sons will cut short his reign.
Question 3.
What does Macbeth hire three men to do?
a. Protect him from assassins
b. Kill Macduff and his family
c. Find the witches so he can talk to them again
d. Kill Banquo and his son
Answer:
d. Kill Banquo and his son
Question 4.
Does Lady Macbeth think this murder of Banquo and his son are necessary?
a. No, but she’ll help him if he does.
b. Yes, she thinks the business won’t be done until they are both dead.
c. She’s not sure and wants to err on the side of caution by killing them.
d. She opposes it and threatens to stop Macbeth if he tries.
Answer:
c. She’s not sure and wants to err on the side of caution by killing them.
Question 5.
Do the assassins succeed in killing Banquo and Fleance?
a. Yes, they kill both of them.
b. They kill Banquo but Fleance escapes.
c. No, they both escape and vow revenge.
d. They kill Fleance but Banquo escapes.
Answer:
b. They kill Banquo but Fleance escapes.
Question 6.
How does Macbeth feel about Fleance getting away unharmed?
a. It confirms his suspicion that the witches are lying to him.
b. It’s fine because he can blame Banquo’s murder on Fleance.
c. It leaves him vulnerable.
d. It’s not such a big deal.
Answer:
c. It leaves him vulnerable.
Question 7.
What does Macbeth see when he enters the banquet?
a. The bloody ghost of Banquo
b. The bloody ghost of Duncan
c. A giant falcon sitting on the windowsill
d. Duncan alive and well and eating at his table
Answer:
a. The bloody ghost of Banquo
Question 8.
How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth’s odd behaviour?
a. She says he has been poisoned.
b. She says he is sleepwalking.
c. She says he suffered a shock during a fight to save Banquo from three murderers.
d. She says not to worry because he’s had strange visions since childhood
Answer:
d. She says not to worry because he’s had strange visions since childhood
Question 9.
What does Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, plan for Macbeth?
a. To lure him into a cavern and have the witches kill him with a potion
b. To give him prophecies that say the opposite of the ones he first received
c. To show him visions that will falsely make him feel secure
d. To appeal to his conscience and make him fully understand his guilt
Answer:
c. To show him visions that will falsely make him feel secure
Question 10.
Why does Macduff go to England?
a. To ask King Edward for aid in fighting Macbeth
b. To hide from Macbeth
c. To betray and abandon his wife and children
d. To talk to the Prince of Denmark
Answer:
a. To ask King Edward for aid in fighting Macbeth