Act I
At the end of Act I, Lady Macbeth accuses Macbeth of being a _____ as he contemplates killing Duncan?
a coward
This the reason Macbeth decided to kill the guards after killing King Duncan.
To frame the guards for the murder
What did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
Banquo's ghost
Macduff visits this person in this country in an attempt to overthrow Macbeth.
Malcolm in England
The doctor and gentlewoman observe Lady Macbeth doing these strange things
Sleepwalking and talking in her sleep
The witches' prophecy predicts this for Macbeth and Banquo?
Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland and Banquo's descendants will be King.
After their father is murdered, Donalbain and Malcolm flee to these countries.
England and Ireland
Who does Macbeth hire to kill Banquo and Fleance?
Three murderers
One of the witches is referring to what or whom when she says "something wicked this way comes"?
Macbeth
Macbeth dies in this manner as an act of angry vengeance by this character.
Macduff beheads him
What is Lady Macbeth's plan for King Duncan.
Giving the guards a potion that will make them sleep, so Macbeth can kill the king while he sleeps?
This is Lady Macbeth's excuse for not killing Duncan herself?
He looked like her father
Lady Macbeth explains Macbeth's behavior at the banquet in this way.
She says "my lord is often thus.", meaning he often has fits of insanity
Ross is the bearer of this news to Macduff?
Macduff's family has been killed
Who becomes King of Scotland when Macbeth dies?
Malcolm
Who is sentenced to death in Act 1 for committing treason?
The (original) Thane of Cawdor?
What does Macbeth think he sees on the way to kill Duncan?
A floating dagger
Why is Hecate upset with the other witches?
In Act IV, the King of England offers this to Malcolm and Macduff in their effort to overthrow Macbeth.
10,000 men
Macbeth realizes he has been tricked by the witches and will die when Macduff tells him this piece of information.
"MacDuff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped." Caesarian
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth:"Look like th' innocent flower, But be the __________ under't."
Serpent
Who discovered Duncan was dead?
Macduff
What is the meaning of this line that Macbeth says in act 3:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er, (III.4.137-8).
He has passed the point of no return
The witches show Macbeth a vision of a bloodied child, which represents this.
Macbeth could not be harmed by anyone "of woman born."
Macbeth dies in Act V, but not before killing this character.
Young Siward