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Quiz: How much do you know about Macbeth?
It’s due to be examined on the Leaving Cert English Paper Two this week.
IN CASE YOU’VE been living under a rock, the Leaving Cert is getting underway this week, starting as usual with English Paper One.
All students will sit that paper on Wednesday morning, and after two exams for optional subjects (home economics and geography) all candidates will file back into their exam venue for English Paper Two on Thursday afternoon.
Paper Two features, among other things, a Shakespeare play, which this year is the tragedy of Macbeth.
All this is a convoluted way of saying that this week’s quiz is about Macbeth. So, if you’re a Leaving Cert student, it technically counts as study. But we take no responsibility if an online quiz doesn’t translate to a H1.
Where is Macbeth set?
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Who's the other 'Mac' character in the play?
Macdowd
Macdunn
Macdonald
Macduff
Which one of these is NOT a quote from the play?
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'Screw your courage to the sticking place'
'To be or not to be, that is the question'
'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day'
'Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble'
It's considered bad luck to utter the name 'Macbeth' in a theatre. What is generally used to refer to the play instead?
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The Scottish play
The bloody play
The tragedy
Ye olde playe
According to Patrick Stewart, anyone who has played Macbeth (which includes Stewart himself - how handy) can say the word aloud all they like. Which of these Irish actors has portrayed Macbeth?
Alamy
Paul Mescal
Colin Farrell
Michael Fassbender
All of the above
How many witches are there?
One
Two
Three
Four
Who is NOT dead by the end of the play (spoiler alert, I guess, but if you haven't read a 400-year-old play that's on you)?
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Duncan
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Why can Macduff kill Macbeth, even though it was prophecised that 'none of woman born shall harm Macbeth?'
Macduff was born by Caesarian section
Macduff's birth mother was a goddess
Macduff is actually a vision of Lady Macbeth and not a real person
Macduff was an orphan
Finish this line from Lady Macbeth: 'Out, damned ___!'
Stain
Spot
Husband
Sword
Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
Macduff
Malcolm
Fleance
Donalbain
Alamy
You scored out of !
Macdumb
Toil and trouble plagues you!
Alamy
You scored out of !
Banquo
A plague upon your knowledge!
You scored out of !
Witches
Not bad!
Alamy
You scored out of !
Macdeece
Something clever this way comes
You scored out of !
Macbeth
Something scholarly this way comes! Just don't let all this power go to your head, or who knows what might happen
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