Macbeth Act 5 Quiz (Act V)

Macbeth Act 5 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. In the sleepwalking scene, what action does Lady Macbeth perform again and again?
   Ringing the bell for her husband · Washing her hands · Calling on spirits to unsex her · Smearing the grooms with blood
2. The Doctor says Lady Macbeth's illness is beyond his help. What does he mean?
   She has gone deaf to all speech · She has been poisoned by the witches · Her sickness is of the conscience · She is dying of a fever
3. Hearing that his wife is dead, what image does Macbeth use for a human life?
   A serpent under a flower · A sword worn to the hilt · A raven on the battlement · A poor player on a stage
4. How does the prophecy about Birnam wood come true?
   Soldiers carry boughs as cover · Malcolm camps inside the wood · A storm flattens the forest · The wood is burned at dawn
5. What does Macduff reveal in the final combat that destroys Macbeth's confidence?
   He killed the witches on the heath · He was cut from his mother's womb · He has already crowned Malcolm · He is Duncan's secret son

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Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.