People
Who is Macduff discussing Duncan's murder with in Act 2, scene 4?
Ross
Repose
rest
Who do people think killed Duncan?
the guards - but that they were paid to kill him, because they would have no other motive
Where does Malcolm flee to and where does Donalbain flee to?
Malcom to England
Donalbain to Ireland
“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.
Who puts the daggers with the guards?
Lady Macbeth
hark
listen
Who is named the new king after Duncan dies? Why?
Macbeth is now the king, because Malcolm and Donalbain have ran away.
What sound do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear as they are discussing Duncan's murder?
knocking
“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.
Who is the character that answers the door to the castle?
porter
mean you?
what do you mean?
What does Lady Macbeth do after hearing about Duncan's murder and everyone talking about it?
faints
Who is sleeping in the room beside Duncan's?
Malcolm and Donalbain
“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.
Who discovers Duncan's body?
Macduff
threescore
sixty
What did Macbeth forget to do during Duncan's murder?
leave the bloody daggers with the guards
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
“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.
What is the name of Banquo's son?
Fleance
alas
unfortunately
What vision does Macbeth see?
a bloody dagger
Where does Macduff go at the end of Act 2?
Fife
“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.