At the beginning of scene 1, what feeling does Banquo express about the witches' prophecies?
a. a desire to hear more
b. a wish that they not be fulfilled
c. a a fear that they have been disastrous for Scotland
d. a hope that they prove true for him as they have for Macbeth
What is d. a hope that they prove true for him as they have for Macbeth
100
Lady Macbeth wants the banquet guests to think that Macbeth's odd behavior is the result of _____
What is a recurring illness.
100
The general effect of the first three apparitions in scene 1 is to leave Macbeth feeling
What is encouraged/ reassured/ comforted/ etc.
100
During the sleepwalking scene, Lady Macbeth seems most consumed by feelings of ____ (explain your reasoning behind your answer)
What is guilt OR fear
100
Macduff claims that he will be haunted by his family's ghosts until
What is he, himself, kills Macbeth (it must be him-- its not enough for Macbeth to die by someone else's hand)
200
Macbeth uses all of the following ways to deceive the murderes EXCEPT
a. threatening them
b. appealing to their pride
c. filling them with hatred
d. hinting at the value of his gratitude
What is a. threatening them
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In PRIVATE conversation with Macbeth after the guests have left the banquet, Lady Macbeth (ironically) blames Macbeth's strange behavior on _____
What is a lack of sleep.
200
What does Macduff claim he must feel if he is a man?
a. love of Scotland
b. grief for his family
c. hatred for Macbeth
d. loyalty to Malcolm
What is b. grief for his family
200
What does Macbeth feel is needed to restore Lady Macbeth to health?
What is medicine
200
What does the "tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy reveal about Macbeth?
a. a desire for redemption
b. a deep love for his dead wife
c. a sense that life is meaningless
d. a regret for his "slaughterous" deeds
What is c. a sense that life is meaningless
300
At the beginning of scene 1, what feeling does Banquo express about Macbeth?
a. envy
b. suspicion
c. loyalty
d. sadness and worry
What is b. suspicion
300
How was Macbeth offended by one of his thanes in act 3, causing Macbeth to become angry and suspicious?
What is Macduff skipped Macbeth's feast
300
The appartions in scene 1 show or tell Macbeth all of the following EXCEPT that he
a. must beware Macduff
b. must kill Macduff's family
c. cannot be harmed by one who is "woman born"
d. will not be defeated until a forest marches on his castle
What is b. must kill Macduff's family
300
Macbeth does not fear the rebels because he
What is trusts the witches' prophecies
300
How have the witches tricked Macbeth? (three answers needed)
What is 1)they gained his confidence by telling him something he already knew to be true (beware Macduff) 2)Macduff was not technically born of woman since he was ripped from his dead mother's womb 3)Malcolm's army disguised their numbers by using tree limbs from Birnam wood and moving to Dunsinane
400
Macbeth's desire that his wife be "innocent of the knowledge" of his plan to kill Banquo and Fleance suggests that Macbeth _______
What is that he is more decisive now than before and acts on his own.
400
Macbeth's hallucinations are likely a manifestation of his ______
What is guilt/ regret/ anxiety/ etc.
400
Macbeth's order to kill Macduff's family is motivated by
What is anger and suspicioun toward Macduff
400
It is most likely that the gentlewoman (servant lady) refuses to repeat to the doctor what she has heard Lady Macbeth say because
a. it involves a confession
b. Lady Macbeth threatened her
c. the gentlewoman doubts its accuracy
d. the gentlewoman doesn't understand it
What is a. it involves a confession
400
Siward's concern for his son's death has mainy to do with whether that death was
a. brave
b. painful
c. necessary
d. at Macbeth's hands
What is a. brave
500
When Macbeth claims to see a vision at the banquet, Lady Macbeth responds to him with this emotion:
What is scorn, disgust, contempt, etc.
500
The most significant consequence of Fleance's escape is that he can now
a. avenge his father's death
b. expose Duncan's murder
c. fulfill the witches' prophecy
d. lend support to Duncan's sons.
What is c. fulfill the witches' prophecy
500
Why does Malcolm describe ways in which he is unworthy to be king?
a. Honesty compels him to admit his flaws
b. He wants to test Macduff's honesty and loyalty to him
c. He wants to test Macduff's honesty and loyalty to Scotland
d. He wants to avoid being pushed to fight for the throne of Scotland
What is c. He wants to test Macduff's honesty and loyalty to Scotland
500
After observing the sleepwalking scene, the doctor believes the cure for Lady Macbeth is _____
What is prayer, confession, and atoning for her sins
500
In the last scene, Macbeth fights to the death because he
What is prefers an honorable defeat to a humiliating surrender, or even worse, suicide