The Tragedy of Macbeth 1606

Test Your Knowledge of Macbeth!

Are you a fan of Shakespeare? Do you think you know all there is to know about his tragic play, "Macbeth"? Take our quiz to find out!

Test your knowledge with questions covering:

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CraftingQuill47

The audience at the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare’s plays were performed:

"Macbeth" becomes ambitious after hearing a prophecy from:

Lady Macbeth sees a bloodstain on her hands because she:

Is obsessively clean

Is wracked with guilt

Is literally covered with blood

Has much better eyesight than the average person

Loves to revel in the violence of her crimes

Shakespeare’s audiences would have been worried about kings being overthrown because:

Elizabeth I was overthrown by her advisers

Louis XVI had been guillotined only one year earlier

There had recently been an assassination attempt on James I

The Prince of Wales had a tendency to “overthrow” his cricket balls into a neighbor’s yard and the neighbor would not give them back

James I’s son was not considered fit to rule

Shakespeare borrowed the story of "Macbeth" from:

Which quote is from "Macbeth"?

"Life's but a walking shadow" (= the futility of life)

�What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” (=family name, origins have nothing to do with love)

"All the world's a stage" (=people play different parts in their lives)

"All that glitters is not gold." (=shiny doesn't mean valuable)

"My kingdom for a horse" (=sthg that usually is not important can become quite important when in need)

"To be or not to be, that si the question" (=to live or to die)