MACBETH

An Adaptation from Shakespeare done by WBCHSE

📖 Macbeth Chapter 1 Summary 

🏷️ English Version:

In medieval Scotland, Macbeth, a noble and valiant general, receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become the king.

Tempted by ambition and spurred on by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and ascends the throne. However, the guilt of regicide and the prophecy about Banquo’s descendants becoming future kings torment him.

He arranges the murder of Banquo and tries to eliminate all threats to his power. Haunted by hallucinations and guilt, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth suffer mentally.

Lady Macbeth dies, and Macbeth, increasingly isolated, prepares for battle. Malcolm and Macduff lead an army against him, fulfilling the witches’ double-meaning prophecies. Macduff, who was not born in the natural way, finally kills Macbeth, and Malcolm is crowned the rightful king of Scotland.

मध्ययुगीन स्कॉटलैंड में, एक कुलीन और वीर सेनापति मैकबेथ को तीन चुड़ैलों से भविष्यवाणी मिलती है कि वह राजा बनेगा। महत्वाकांक्षा के प्रलोभन और अपनी पत्नी के उकसावे में आकर, मैकबेथ राजा डंकन की हत्या कर देता है और सिंहासन पर आसीन होता है।

हालाँकि, राजा की हत्या का अपराधबोध और बैंको के वंशजों के भविष्य के राजा बनने की भविष्यवाणी उसे पीड़ा देती है। वह बैंको की हत्या की योजना बनाता है और अपनी सत्ता के लिए सभी खतरों को खत्म करने की कोशिश करता है।

भ्रम और अपराधबोध से ग्रस्त, मैकबेथ और लेडी मैकबेथ दोनों मानसिक रूप से पीड़ित होते हैं।

लेडी मैकबेथ की मृत्यु हो जाती है, और मैकबेथ, जो लगातार अकेला होता जा रहा है, युद्ध की तैयारी करता है। मैल्कम और मैकडफ उसके खिलाफ सेना लेकर जाते हैं, और चुड़ैलों की द्विअर्थी भविष्यवाणियाँ सच हो जाती हैं।

मैकडफ, जो प्राकृतिक रूप से पैदा नहीं हुआ था, अंततः मैकबेथ को मार देता है, और मैल्कम को स्कॉटलैंड का असली राजा घोषित किया जाता है।

✅ 50 Most Important & Unique MCQs With Answers

1. Who was the king of Scotland at the beginning of the story?
   A. Macbeth
   B. Duncan ✅
   C. Malcolm
   D. Banquo

2. What title did Macbeth already hold at the beginning of the play?
   A. Thane of Cawdor
   B. Thane of Glamis ✅
   C. Thane of Fife
   D. King of Scotland

3. What nation helped the rebels against Scotland?
   A. France
   B. Norway ✅
   C. England
   D. Ireland

4. What supernatural beings did Macbeth and Banquo meet?
   A. Spirits
   B. Angels
   C. Witches ✅
   D. Fairies

5. What strange physical feature did the witches have?
   A. Red eyes
   B. Beards ✅
   C. Horns
   D. Wings

6. What title did the second witch address Macbeth with?
   A. Thane of Glamis
   B. Thane of Fife
   C. Thane of Cawdor ✅
   D. King of Scotland

7. What prophecy was made for Banquo?
   A. He would be king
   B. His sons would be kings ✅
   C. He would die in war
   D. He would defeat Macbeth

8. Who informed Macbeth that he was now Thane of Cawdor?
   A. Banquo
   B. Lady Macbeth
   C. Ross and Angus ✅
   D. Malcolm

9. What emotion began to grow in Macbeth after the prophecy?
   A. Hatred
   B. Joy
   C. Ambition ✅
   D. Fear

10. Who manipulated Macbeth to commit the murder?
    A. The witches
    B. Banquo
    C. Lady Macbeth ✅
    D. Macduff

11. Where did King Duncan visit Macbeth?
    A. Dunsinane
    B. Inverness ✅
    C. England
    D. Birnam

12. Who resembled Lady Macbeth’s father, causing her to hesitate?
    A. The guard
    B. Duncan ✅
    C. Macbeth
    D. Banquo

13. Why did Macbeth hallucinate a dagger?
    A. Because he was scared
    B. Due to guilt and pressure ✅
    C. Due to poison
    D. It was a trick of the witches

14. What words did Macbeth fail to say after the murder?
    A. Hallelujah
    B. Amen ✅
    C. Forgive me
    D. Victory

15. Who were the initial suspects in Duncan’s murder?
    A. Macbeth and Banquo
    B. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
    C. The guards ✅
    D. Malcolm and Donalbain

16. Who fled to England after Duncan’s murder?
    A. Banquo
    B. Malcolm ✅
    C. Macduff
    D. Ross

17. What haunted Macbeth during the banquet?
    A. Duncan’s ghost
    B. Fleance’s voice
    C. Banquo’s ghost ✅
    D. Witches

18. Who escaped the murder arranged by Macbeth?
    A. Banquo
    B. Lady Macduff
    C. Fleance ✅
    D. Malcolm

19. What did Lady Macbeth blame for Macbeth’s hallucinations?
    A. Illness
    B. Guilt
    C. Imagination ✅
    D. Fear

20. What caused Lady Macbeth’s death?
    A. Poison
    B. Execution
    C. Remorse and mental illness ✅
    D. Assassination

21. What emotion stopped Lady Macbeth from killing Duncan herself?
    A. Fear of being caught
    B. Resemblance to her father ✅
    C. Love for the king
    D. Her gender

22. What does Macbeth see before murdering Duncan?
    A. Blood on his hands
    B. A shadowy figure
    C. A floating dagger ✅
    D. A ghost

23. 21. Who places the dagger back at the crime scene after the murder?
        A. Macbeth
        B. Lady Macbeth ✅
        C. Banquo
        D. A servant

    22. What does Macbeth hear after the murder that disturbs him deeply?
        A. Screams
        B. Crying
        C. “Sleep no more” ✅
        D. His name

        
        

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24. Why do Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder?
    A. They are guilty
    B. Fear of being killed ✅
    C. To attack Macbeth
    D. To alert the guards

25. Who becomes king after Duncan’s death?
    A. Banquo
    B. Malcolm
    C. Macbeth ✅
    D. Ross

26. Why does Macbeth fear Banquo?
    A. He is jealous
    B. Banquo knows the prophecy
    C. The prophecy favors Banquo’s lineage ✅
    D. Banquo accuses him

27. Who escapes the murder arranged by Macbeth?
    A. Macduff
    B. Donalbain
    C. Fleance ✅
    D. Ross

28. What is the setting of the witches’ second meeting with Macbeth?
    A. Forest
    B. Battlefield
    C. A cave ✅
    D. Duncan’s palace

29. What vision does Macbeth see during his second encounter with the witches?
    A. A bleeding sword
    B. Banquo’s ghost
    C. Armed head, bloody child, crowned child ✅
    D. Lady Macbeth’s shadow

31. Who is warned against in the first apparition?
    A. Banquo
    B. Macduff ✅
    C. Malcolm
    D. Fleance

32. What does the second apparition represent?
    A. Death
    B. A child born with power
    C. A bloody child – symbolizing no threat from natural birth ✅
    D. A king’s heir

33. What does the third apparition symbolize?
    A. Banquo’s heir
    B. Macbeth’s downfall
    C. Malcolm’s revenge
    D. A crowned child with a tree – Birnam Wood prophecy ✅

34. How do the witches confuse Macbeth with their prophecies?
    A. They lie outright
    B. They speak in riddles with double meanings ✅
    C. They change the future
    D. They use illusions

35. What causes Macbeth to finally fear the prophecy?
    A. He sees Banquo’s ghost again
    B. He hears of Macduff’s army
    C. Birnam Wood appears to move ✅
    D. His wife’s death

36. What action by Malcolm’s army fulfills the prophecy?
    A. Burning Macbeth’s castle
    B. Cutting down branches from Birnam Wood ✅
    C. Using magic
    D. Disguising themselves

37. How does Lady Macbeth die?
    A. Killed by Macbeth
    B. Commits suicide ✅
    C. Killed in battle
    D. Dies from poison

38. What disorder does Lady Macbeth suffer from before her death?
    A. Amnesia
    B. Insomnia
    C. Somnambulism (sleepwalking) ✅
    D. Hallucinations

39. What does Macbeth say about life after learning of his wife’s death?
    A. “Life is joyful”
    B. “It is a tale told by an idiot” ✅
    C. “Sleep no more”
    D. “The throne is mine”

40. What ultimately breaks Macbeth’s confidence in the witches?
    A. Lady Macbeth’s death
    B. Macduff’s arrival
    C. The moving forest and Macduff’s unnatural birth ✅
    D. Banquo’s ghost returns

41. How does Macduff describe Macbeth during their final battle?
    A. A noble warrior
    B. A brave soul
    C. A tyrant and hell-hound ✅
    D. A tragic hero

42. What truth does Macduff reveal that surprises Macbeth?
    A. He is Banquo’s son
    B. He was not born of a woman ✅
    C. He was prophesied to be king
    D. He is immune to death

43. How does Macbeth react after hearing Macduff’s birth truth?
    A. He fights harder
    B. He surrenders
    C. He loses hope but fights on ✅
    D. He tries to escape

44. How is Macbeth killed?
    A. By poison
    B. In a duel with Macduff ✅
    C. By Malcolm
    D. By Fleance

45. What happens to Macbeth’s head?
    A. Buried with honor
    B. Lost in battle
    C. Brought to Malcolm ✅
    D. Thrown into the sea

46. Who becomes the new king of Scotland?
    A. Macduff
    B. Banquo
    C. Malcolm ✅
    D. Ross

47. What do the witches symbolize in the story?
    A. Kindness
    B. Chaos and fate ✅
    C. Truth and justice
    D. Wisdom

48. What is Macbeth’s tragic flaw?
    A. Cowardice
    B. Blind loyalty
    C. Excessive ambition ✅
    D. Lack of intelligence

49. What genre does Macbeth belong to?
    A. Comedy
    B. Romance
    C. Tragedy ✅
    D. Satire

50. What is the central theme of Macbeth?
    A. Love conquers all
    B. Fate vs Free Will ✅
    C. Nature and nurture
    D. The power of friendship

     

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