Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when

A Macduff's wife and children are murdered
B Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
C Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
D Macbeth sees the witches a scond time

Question 7:

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the

A Orchard of Macbeth
B Witches' enclave
C Forest of Dunsinane
D Death-place of King Duncan

Question 8:

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;...
Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the

A King of Scotland
B Prince of Cumberland
C Thane of Cawdor
D Thane of Glamis

Question 9:

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man;
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,...
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope...'
The speech above was made when

A Macduff confronted Macbeth for the final battle
B Macbeth realized the truth of the witches prediction
C Duncan heard that Malcolm and Macduff had descended on Dunsinane to attack Macbeth
D Macbeth heard that his wife had been killed

Question 10:

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'...Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth .'
The true intention of the speaker is to

A Assess the integrity of the addressee
B Get power and authority at all cost
C Be callous and destructive
D Stir commotion in the world