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Scene 1
Scene 2
Scenes 3&4
Scenes 5&6
Scene 7
100
These characters open the play.
Who are the three witches? (Weird Sisters)
100
The setting of Scene 2
What is King Duncan's camp near the battlefield?
100
This is what the witches are doing at the beginning of scene three
What is casting a curse on the sailor's wife?
100
In Scene 5, Lady Macbeth's character is revealed to be this
What is ambitious and evil?
100
This is what Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are fighting over in this scene.
What is killing King Duncan?
200
The setting of Scene 1
What is a dark and stormy heath?
200
The Thane that betrayed Scotland
Who is the Thane of Cawdor?
200
This is what the witches' prophesy declares.
What is Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor then king, and Banquo's heirs will be king?
200
Lady Macbeth's soliloquy reveals that she feels this way about her husband.
What is he is not ruthless enough to become king?
200
Lady Macbeth uses heavy sarcasm in lines 30-45. This reveals this about Lady Macbeth.
What is she had become cruel and increasingly evil?
300
The characters Graymalkin and Paddock.
Who are two demon helpers in the form of a cat and a toad?
300
Duncan's orders when he learns of the betrayal
What is execute the Thane of Cawdor and name Macbeth the new Thane?
300
Macbeth learns this immediately after hearing the witches' prophesy.
What is he has been named the Thane of Cawdor?
300
The two themes revealed in lines 60-63 of Scene 5
What is things are not as they appear and ambition can be dangerous?
300
Macbeth agrees to this at the end of this scene.
What is killing King Duncan?
400
A theme introduced in Scene 1
What is things are not always as they appear?
400
These men are the heroes of the battle
Who are Macbeth and Banquo?
400
Macbeth's ambition is growing. This piece of news in Scene 4 sparks his ambition further.
What is Malcolm being named Prince of Cumberland?
400
The fact that King Duncan feels safe at Macbeth's castle is an example of this.
What is dramatic irony?
400
The argument between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth reveals this about Macbeth's character.
What is Macbeth is becoming more ambitious, but still had doubts.
500
The mood this scene sets for the play
What is eerie and sinister?
500
The betrayal of the Thane of Cawdor against Scotland foreshadows this character's later betrayal of the king
Who is Macbeth?
500
This is an example of irony in Scene 4
What is King Duncan saying the Thane of Cawdor "was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust?"
500
This is the setting of both of these scenes.
What is Macbeth's castle?
500
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to blame the murder of King Duncan on the servants. This helps to further establish which theme?
What is things are not always as they appear?