1) What is the name of the era in which Macbeth was written and performed? a) Victorian era b) Jacobean era c) Elizabethan era 2) By the time Macbeth was written, who was the King of England? a) James IV b) Elizabeth I c) James I 3) What is the term for the belief that Kings' authority came from God and that they were above earthly authority? a) Regicide b) Great Chain of Being c) Divine Right of Kings 4) What is the term for the hierarchical structure of the world thought to be God's intention, not to be disturbed? a) Great Chain of Being b) Divine Right of Beings c) Great Chain of Kings 5) What is the term for the murder of a King? a) Patricide b) Regicide c) Homicide 6) King James I wrote a book called what? a) Daemonologie b) Witches  c) The Weyard Sisters 7) The Three Witches are referred to as the 'Weyard Sisters' and 'weyard' is Old English for what? a) Free will b) Fate c) Murder 8) Why did King James feel insecure and paranoid as king? a) His mother was executed by the English b) He was only Queen Elizabeth's closest relative c) Both 9) The Gunpowder Plot was a treasonous attack planned against King James I by a) The English b) Protestants c) Catholics 10) Who is the real life Macbeth namesake through whom King James claimed rights to the throne? a) Banquo b) Duncan c) Malcolm 11) Shakespeare wanted to please King James because a) He was scared of him b) He was plotting against him c) He was the patron of his theatre company 12) What does the word ‘patriarchal’ mean? a) Male dominated society b) Patron saint  c) Supernatural powers 13) What were witches said to be capable of? a) Needlework, poetry, gardening b) respect, readiness, resilience  c) Storms, curses, clairvoyance 14) In the Great Chain of Being, what was at the top of this order and what was at the bottom? a) Top - God, Middle - Man, Bottom - minerals b) Top - Man, Middle - Earth, Bottom - devil c) Top - God, Middle - Men, Bottom - Women

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