MACBETH ACT 3 SCENE 4 MCQS
1. Where does Act 3 Scene 4 of Macbeth take place?
○ A) On a battlefield
○ B) In Macbeth’s castle at Dunsinane
○ C) In the palace hall during a banquet
○ D) In the witches’ cave
2. Who hosts the banquet in this scene?
○ A) Banquo and Lady Banquo
○ B) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
○ C) Duncan’s sons
○ D) Macduff
3. What is the purpose of the banquet?
○ A) To celebrate Macbeth’s coronation
○ B) To honor Banquo
○ C) To welcome the Scottish thanes
○ D) To mourn King Duncan
4. Who is notably absent from the banquet?
○ A) Ross
○ B) Lennox
○ C) Macduff
○ D) Fleance
5. How does Macbeth greet his guests at the banquet?
○ A) With suspicion
○ B) With a hearty welcome
○ C) With anger
○ D) With sorrow
6. Who arrives at the banquet to speak privately with Macbeth?
● A) Banquo
● B) A witch
● C) The first murderer
● D) Macduff
7. What news does the murderer bring Macbeth?
● A) Banquo is alive
● B) Banquo is dead, but Fleance escaped
● C) Both Banquo and Fleance are dead
● D) Macduff is plotting against Macbeth
8. How does Macbeth react to the news that Fleance escaped?
● A) He is relieved
● B) He is unconcerned
● C) He is angry and anxious
● D) He is joyful
9. What metaphor does Macbeth use to describe Banquo and Fleance?
● A) Lion and cub
● B) Serpent and worm
● C) Wolf and lamb
● D) Hawk and sparrow
10. What does Macbeth mean by “the worm that’s fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed”?
● A) Fleance is harmless
● B) Fleance will become a threat in the future
● C) Banquo will return
● D) The murderer failed
11. Who does Macbeth see sitting in his place at the table?
● A) Lady Macbeth
● B) Banquo’s ghost
● C) Macduff
● D) The first murderer
12. Who else can see Banquo’s ghost?
● A) Everyone at the banquet
● B) Only Lady Macbeth
● C) Only Macbeth
● D) The murderer
13. What is Macbeth’s immediate reaction to seeing the ghost?
● A) He laughs
● B) He faints
● C) He is horrified and speaks to it
● D) He ignores it
14. How do the guests react to Macbeth’s behavior?
● A) They laugh
● B) They are alarmed and confused
● C) They leave immediately
● D) They attack Macbeth
15. How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth’s strange behavior to the guests?
● A) He is drunk
● B) He is ill and has fits since youth
● C) He is mourning Banquo
● D) He is angry at them
16. What does Lady Macbeth urge the guests to do after Macbeth’s outburst?
● A) Leave at once
● B) Help Macbeth
● C) Ignore him and continue eating
● D) Call a doctor
17. What does Lady Macbeth accuse Macbeth of being during his vision?
● A) A coward
● B) Unwell
● C) Unmanly and foolish
● D) Possessed
18. What does Macbeth claim about Banquo’s ghost?
● A) It is a trick
● B) He did not kill Banquo
● C) It shakes its gory locks at him
● D) It speaks to him
19. What does Macbeth say about the ghost shaking its head?
● A) It is a sign of forgiveness
● B) It is a warning
● C) He tells it not to shake its gory locks at him
● D) He ignores it
20. What does Lady Macbeth compare Macbeth’s vision of Banquo’s ghost to?
● A) A prophecy
● B) The air-drawn dagger before Duncan’s murder
● C) A nightmare
● D) A witch’s spell
21. What does Macbeth say he would have been if Fleance had also been killed?
● A) Free from fear
● B) More powerful
● C) Sad
● D) Angry
22. How does Macbeth describe his current state after hearing Fleance escaped?
● A) Calm and collected
● B) “Cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in / To saucy doubts and fears”
● C) Triumphant
● D) Hopeful
23. What does Macbeth suggest about dead bodies rising from graves?
● A) It is a blessing
● B) It is a curse on Scotland
● C) If so, there is no point in burying the dead
● D) He welcomes it
24. What does Lady Macbeth tell the guests about Macbeth’s fit?
● A) It will pass quickly
● B) It is dangerous
● C) It is a sign of guilt
● D) It is a punishment from God
25. What does Macbeth resolve to do after the banquet?
● A) Flee Scotland
● B) Visit the witches again
● C) Confess his crimes
● D) Kill Macduff
26. What does Macbeth mean by “I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, /
Returning were as tedious as go o’er”?
● A) He is ready to stop killing
● B) He feels he cannot turn back from his violent path
● C) He is innocent
● D) He is tired of ruling
27. What does Lady Macbeth say Macbeth lacks?
● A) Courage
● B) Sleep
● C) Wisdom
● D) Friends
28. What does Macbeth say about his own fear?
● A) It is justified
● B) It is a beginner’s fear that needs to be hardened by experience
● C) He is fearless
● D) He is haunted by witches
29. How does the scene end?
● A) Macbeth is killed
● B) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth go to sleep
● C) The witches appear
● D) The guests return
30. What does Macbeth suspect about Macduff?
● A) He is loyal
● B) He is plotting against Macbeth
● C) He is dead
● D) He is in England
31. Who says, “The table’s full”?
● A) Lady Macbeth
● B) Macbeth
● C) Lennox
● D) Ross
32. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “Thou canst not say I did it: never shake / Thy gory
locks at me”?
● A) He is denying guilt to Banquo’s ghost
● B) He is confessing to the murder
● C) He is blaming Lady Macbeth
● D) He is speaking to the guests
33. Who says, “Sit, worthy friends: my lord is often thus”?
● A) Lady Macbeth
● B) Macbeth
● C) Ross
● D) Lennox
34. What does Lady Macbeth mean by “You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, /
With most admired disorder”?
● A) Macbeth has ruined the banquet
● B) The guests are too loud
● C) The food is bad
● D) The murderer is late
35. How does Macbeth describe his fear after seeing Banquo’s ghost?
● A) As a vision
● B) As a real threat
● C) As a painting of fear
● D) As a prophecy
36. What does Lady Macbeth mean by “Are you a man?” to Macbeth?
● A) She is questioning his courage
● B) She is confused
● C) She is praising him
● D) She is warning him
37. What does Macbeth say about monuments and kites?
● A) Monuments will last forever
● B) If the dead return, monuments will be eaten by birds
● C) Kites are a sign of peace
● D) Monuments are haunted
38. Who says, “Gentlemen, rise: his highness is not well”?
● A) Lady Macbeth
● B) Ross
● C) Lennox
● D) Macbeth
39. What is Lady Macbeth’s strategy to calm the guests?
● A) She tells them to leave immediately
● B) She tells them to ignore Macbeth’s behavior
● C) She confesses the truth
● D) She blames the wine
40. What does Macbeth plan to do the next day?
● A) Visit the witches
● B) Kill Fleance
● C) Flee Scotland
● D) Hold another banquet
41. Who first notices Macbeth’s odd behavior at the banquet?
● A) Lady Macbeth
● B) Ross
● C) Lennox
● D) Banquo’s ghost
42. What does Lady Macbeth fear the guests will do if they pay too much attention to Macbeth?
● A) Offend him and worsen his condition
● B) Discover the murder
● C) Leave the banquet
● D) Attack her
43. What does Macbeth mean by “Strange things I have in head, that will to hand”?
● A) He has strange thoughts he will act upon
● B) He is hallucinating
● C) He is planning to abdicate
● D) He is writing poetry
44. What does Lady Macbeth say is the “season of all natures”?
● A) Courage
● B) Sleep
● C) Power
● D) Love
45. What does Macbeth reveal about his surveillance of the thanes?
● A) He trusts them all
● B) He keeps spies in their houses
● C) He plans to reward them
● D) He fears none of them
46. How does Macbeth describe his mental state after the ghost disappears?
● A) Calm and rational
● B) Still disturbed and fearful
● C) Joyful
● D) Indifferent
47. What does Lady Macbeth urge Macbeth to do at the end of the scene?
● A) Sleep
● B) Kill Macduff
● C) Confess
● D) Leave Scotland
48. What does Macbeth say about being “young in deed”?
● A) He is inexperienced in evil
● B) He is young in age
● C) He is new to ruling
● D) He is innocent
49. What does Macbeth mean by “All causes shall give way: I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far that,
should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er”?
● A) He should stop now
● B) He is too far into his crimes to turn back
● C) He is ready to confess
● D) He is tired
50. What does Macbeth say about Macduff’s absence?
● A) He is unconcerned
● B) He is suspicious and worried
● C) He is glad
● D) He is angry
51. How is Banquo’s ghost described?
● A) Bloody and shaking his locks
● B) Smiling and peaceful
● C) Silent and invisible
● D) Speaking to everyone
52. What effect does Banquo’s ghost have on Macbeth?
● A) He feels guilty and terrified
● B) He is happy
● C) He ignores it
● D) He laughs
53. What does Lady Macbeth say about Macbeth’s visions?
● A) They are real
● B) They are imaginary, like the dagger before
● C) They are a prophecy
● D) They are caused by witches
54. What does Macbeth say about the ghost’s ability to speak?
● A) It speaks to him
● B) If it can nod, it can speak too
● C) It is silent
● D) It sings
55. What does Macbeth say about the “monuments” if the dead return?
● A) They will be eaten by birds of prey
● B) They will stand forever
● C) They will be haunted
● D) They will be destroyed by war
56. How many times does Banquo’s ghost appear to Macbeth during the banquet?
● A) Once
● B) Twice
● C) Three times
● D) Not at all
57. What does Macbeth fear about the future after seeing Banquo’s ghost?
● A) He will be caught
● B) More violence will follow
● C) He will become king of England
● D) He will die soon
58. What does Macbeth’s reaction to the ghost reveal about his mental state?
● A) He is calm and collected
● B) He is unraveling and paranoid
● C) He is overjoyed
● D) He is indifferent
59. What does Lady Macbeth hope to achieve by dismissing the guests quickly?
● A) Prevent suspicion and scandal
● B) End the banquet early
● C) Please Macbeth
● D) Show her power
60. What theme is reinforced by Macbeth’s vision of Banquo’s ghost?
● A) The power of love
● B) The consequences of guilt and unchecked ambition
● C) The importance of loyalty
● D) The strength of friendship