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100

Who is Macduff discussing Duncan's murder with in Act 2, scene 4?

Ross

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Repose

rest

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Who do people think killed Duncan?

the guards - but that they were paid to kill him, because they would have no other motive

100

Where does Malcolm flee to and where does Donalbain flee to?

Malcom to England

Donalbain to Ireland

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“Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons, / Are stol’n away and fled, / which puts upon them / Suspicion of the deed.”

Macduff says this. Since Malcolm and Donalbain fled, people think they were part of killing Duncan. 

200

Who puts the daggers with the guards?

Lady Macbeth

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hark

listen

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Who is named the new king after Duncan dies? Why?

Macbeth is now the king, because Malcolm and Donalbain have ran away. 

200

What sound do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear as they are discussing Duncan's murder?

knocking

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“Had he not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done’t.”

Lady Macbeth says this to Macbeth. She is saying that if Duncan didn't look so much like her father when he slept, she would have killed him herself. It shows a softer side of her. 

300

Who is the character that answers the door to the castle?

porter

300

mean you?

what do you mean?

300

What does Lady Macbeth do after hearing about Duncan's murder and everyone talking about it?

faints

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Who is sleeping in the room beside Duncan's?

Malcolm and Donalbain

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“O gentle lady/ ‘This not for you to hear what I can speak: / The repetition, in a woman’s ear, / Would murder as it fell.”

Macduff says this to Lady Macbeth. He is saying that he doesn't want to tell her about Duncan, because she is just a woman and couldn't handle it. 

400

Who discovers Duncan's body?

Macduff

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threescore

sixty

400

What did Macbeth forget to do during Duncan's murder?

leave the bloody daggers with the guards

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Macbeth thought he heard a voice say something to him when he was murdering Duncan. What did the voice say?

Macbeth will sleep no more

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“Th’ expedition of my violent love / Outrun the pauser, reason.”

Macbeth says this to explain that he was so angry with the guards for killing Duncan, that he killed them in rage without thinking. But the audience knows it is so they can't deny it. 

500

What is the name of Banquo's son?

Fleance

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alas

unfortunately

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What vision does Macbeth see?

a bloody dagger

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Where does Macduff go at the end of Act 2?

Fife

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“To show an unfelt sorrow is an office / Which the false man does easy. I’ll to England.”

Malcolm says this to Donalbain. He is saying that a liar has no problem pretending to be sorry. He doesn't believe that the guards killed his father. 

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