Macbeth - Act 1+2 Quiz

"Your Majesty, Lord of all Scotland!"

"Treacherous rebel! Despised rogue!"

"Valiant Cousin! Worthy gentleman!"

"Murderous beast! Evil of soul!

The Thane of Cawdor

Ross

Duncan

Macbeth

Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and eventually the king. Banquo's descendants will be king, although he will not.

Macbeth will remain Thane of Glamis. Banquo will be Thane of Cawdor, neither will ever be king.

Macbeth will be king. Banquo will be Thane of Glamis and Cawdor

Macbeth will be conqueror of Norway, Banquo will be king.

Lady Macbeth has had a son

The army has just lost the battle with the Norwegians.

The Thane of Glamis has been killed

Macbeth now holds the title of the Thane of Cawdor

They often tell of good things without telling the bad consequences.

The witches are just crazy women, and don't know what they are saying.

Good conquers evil, and their wicked predictions will not come true.

They are greedy and only make predictions when someone pays enough.

You should never turn your back, even on a friend.

You shouldn't sympathize for one who has committed evil deeds.

You should always be ready for you never know when death will strike

You can't tell what is in a person's heart by looking at his face.

She thinks he could be a good king, but he lacks the hard-heartedness which would allow him to get the position. She will talk him into it.

She doesn't think he would be a good king, but since he is her husband, she will support him in whatever he wants to do.

She does not want him to be king, and vows to take power from him once he becomes king and become queen herself.

She thinks Banquo would be a better king, she plans to convince Macbeth to support Banquo instead.

She prays to spirits to be made "not a woman," and filled with cruelty and the hard heart and thick blood necessary to do what has to be done to make Macbeth king.

She asks God for a sign from heaven that her decision is the right one for her husband and for the country.

She prays that Duncan will die on the way to see Macbeth. She asks the witches, her "weird sisters," to create a terrible storm to drown the king and his sons in wind and rain.

She prays to hell to make her husband's nerve stronger so that she will not have to do the actual stabbing.

There are too many witnesses in the castle. He could never get away with it.

If anyone found out he did it, they would just kill him. He is better off being a Thane and being alive.

Macbeth is Duncan's kinsman and subject. Duncan is a good and popular king; his death would bring sorrow to Scotland.

Macbeth doesn't really have the ambition to be king. He is doing this to please his wife. He may be able to change her mind.

She says that the people of Scotland will grow to love Macbeth even more than they love Duncan. He should go ahead for the good of the country.

She reminds him that when they got married he promised to always make her happy, and she won't be happy until he is the king.

She tells him that if Duncan suspects anything and they aren't successful they will lose their lives, so he should go ahead with the plan

She tells him not be to a coward, but to "man up" and go and get what he wants.

They will bribe the guards and offer them money and power to kill the king.

She will put poison in the king's food. He will die in his sleep and it will look like a natural death.

She will drug the king's guards. Macbeth will then go into the king's room and kill him and plant the daggers as evidence.

Macbeth's soldiers will come into the banquet disguised as robbers. They will commit the murder and wound Macbeth so that it doesn't look suspicious.

He says he does not remember what they said.

He says he does not even think about them.

He says only fools and women believe such nonsense.

He says they made a lucky guess on their predictions, almost tipping his hand, but recovers by saying "he'd never be made king"

Lady Macbeth murders Duncan; Macbeth drugs the guards and sets up the daggers at the crime scene

Lady Macbeth drugs the guards and sets up the daggers at the crime scene; Macbeth murders Duncan

Duncan's sons murder him with the daggers Lady Macbeth gave them at the party after she got them drunk (and drunk with ambition)

Duncan mysteriously dies off stage... who murdered him is a mystery (at this point), but Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth did it.

None of the above are true.

He should keep trying and soon he will succeed

It does not matter whether or not he can say it

After things calm down they can both go to the priest and ask for advice and forgiveness

They shouldn't think about it or it will make them crazy

Gloating; empowered

Confident; cocky

Distressed; unsettled

Depressed; regretful

"Nose-painting, sleep and urine"

"Fighting, hatred and trouble"

"Sin, ill tempers, and ruin"

"Poor health, nightmares, and poverty" c

create tension/suspense

create humor and comedic relief

dispel the rumors around Macbeth's alcoholism

confirm the rumors around Macbeth's secret alcohol production (bootlegging)

A note containing the outline of a plot to kill Duncan.

An unlocked gate and a drunk porter

Another omen -- dead flowers in the garden

Duncan's body

He didn't know about Lady Macbeth's part in the murder

He sounded concerned about Lady Macbeth, but he really thought women were weak and foolish

He tried to sound upset, but he was glad the king was dead.

He pretended to be brave, but he really wasn't.

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

all of the above

The witches predicted it, and he could not help himself. He was afraid they would not be loyal to him once he became king.

He was drunk and didn't realize what he had done. He didn't want anyone to suspect Lady Macbeth.

They were attacking him, and he did it in self defense. He wanted it to look like a plot to murder him, too.

He did it out of pain and rage, but he actually wanted to be rid of any possible witnesses.

They want to start making the funeral arrangements.

They don't want to be accused of the crime.

They are afraid the murderer will be after them, too.

They are going to take the sad news to their mother.

They know that killing their father would only provoke a fight between themselves, and one or both of them would probably be killed.

It was against their personal natures and against nature as the ruling force in the universe.

He was with them and knows they are innocent.

Both are too weak, cowardly, and unambitious to want to be king.