Introduction to the witches - MACBETH ACT ONE

Introduction to the witches - MACBETH ACT ONE

Assessment

Passage

Created by

Nathaniel Farrell

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who are the first characters introduced in the play?

The Witches

Macbeth

Banquo

King James I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device does Shakespeare use to create a volatile and ominous atmosphere?

Pathetic fallacy

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What phrase do the Witches chant that foreshadows the theme of appearances vs. reality?

Fair is foul and foul is fair

To be or not to be

All the world's a stage

Out, out brief candle

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the effect of the frictive 'f' sound in the Witches' speech?

It is menacing

It is soothing

It is humorous

It is confusing

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what meter do the Witches speak?

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

Anapestic trimeter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Banquo describe the Witches when he first meets them?

Look not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth

Fair and noble

Wise and gentle

Mysterious and kind

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the presence of beards on the Witches symbolize?

Masculinity and power

Wisdom and age

Beauty and grace

Fear and cowardice

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