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Act I
Act II
Act III
Elizabethan Vocabulary
Who said that?
100
The witches fortell that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and King
What is the witches prophesy about Macbeth?
100
What is the signal Lady Macbeth is to give Macbeth to let him know that she has taken care of the grooms?
What is the ring of a bell.
100
What does Macbeth reveal in his soliloquy about Banquo and what does he compare it to?
What is he feels that his genius is rebuked and compares it to Mark Anthony and Caesar.
100
What does fantastical mean?
What is imaginary?
100
"What can the devil speak true?"
Who is Banquo?
200
Who is sentenced to death?
Who is the traitorous Thane of Cawdor?
200
Who is knocking the night of the murder?
Who is MacDuff?
200
What does Macbeth say that the witches gave him?
What is a "fruitless crown"?
200
What does anon mean?
What is in a minute (soon)?
200
Who said, "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain?"
What is the first witch?
300
What does Lady Macbeth pray to the spirits when she learns that Duncan is coming?
What is to "unsex her" and give her no guilt.
300
What excuse does Macbeth give for murdering the guards?
What is he is overcome with rage after hearing of the king's murder?
300
Why does Macbeth want to kill both Banquo and Fleance?
What is because of the witches prediction that the heirs of Banquo will be kings.
300
What do the witches mean when they say "All hail Macbeth"?
What is All give honor or bow to Macbeth mean?
400
After reading the letter what does Lady Macbeth reveal is her opinion of Macbeth?
What is he is too full of the milk of human kindness (too good and honorable) to do what is needed to fulfill the prophecy.
400
Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave?
What is because they suspect someone in the house and fear for their safety.
400
Who/what did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
What is the ghost of Banquo.
400
What type of figurative language is this sentence uttered by Macbeth:"We have scorched the snake, not killed it."
What is a metaphor.
400
Who said, "To Ireland I. Our separated fortune shall keep us both the safer. Where we are, there's daggers in men's smiles."
Who is Donalbain?
500
What arguments does Lady Macbeth use to convince Macbeth to commit the murder?
What is challenge his manhood in saying, "When you durst do it, then you were a man."
500
What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?
What is he resembles her father?
500
What did Macbeth mean when he said, "The worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present."
What is the son (Fleance) will want revenge for his father murder and prove a dangerous enemy?
500
What does the "beguile" mean?
What is to fool someone.
500
Who said, "Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key."
What is the porter?