Macbeth ACT ONE
1. In Scene 1, where do the witches plan to meet again and why?
2. What news about Macbeth does the bloodstained captain bring to the king in scene 2?
3. What does the king determine to do for Macbeth?
4. What do the witches tell Macbeth and Banquo in Scene 3?
5. What are Lady Macbeth's plans for Duncan when he visits the castle?
6. What story indicates that the witches are malicious?
7. Why does King Duncan decide to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor?
8. After reading the letter from her husband, Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to "Thicken my blood and clog up
my veins so I won’t feel remorse." What is she asking?
9. Near the end of Act I, Macbeth expresses doubt about murdering the king. Why?
10. praises Macbeth and expresses a desire to visit Iverness
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11. worries about the consequences of his actions
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12. doubts Macbeth's determination to kill the king
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13. accompanies Macbeth in his encounter with the witches.
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14. tells the King about Macbeth's and Banquo's bravery in battle.
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15. Reacts with concern to Macbeth's new title
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16. Possesses the tragic flaw of ambition
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17. The man Duncan named as Prince of Cumberland
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Macbeth ACT TWO
1. The dagger that Macbeth sees in his Scene 1 Soliloquy is really what?
2. In scene 1, Macbeth asks Banquo to “stick” with him. What incentive does he offer?
3. How does Banquo reply?
4. Describe the vision that Macbeth has at the end of Scene 1.
5. What details in his vision foreshadow the action to come?
6. In Scene 2, as Macbeth kills Duncan, what does Lady Macbeth hear?
7. What does Macbeth hear?
8. In scene 2, how does Macbeth respond to Lady Macbeth's suggestion that he go wash the "bloody evidence" from
his hands?
9. What reason does Macbeth give for killing Duncan's two guards?
10. In Scene 4, whom does Macduff suspect of Duncan's murder?
11. When Lennox and Macduff arrive at Macbeth's castle in the morning, what does Macduff wonder?
12. Why do Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland as soon as the murder becomes known?
13. Why does Banquo want to meet with the other nobles?
14. Frightened that the bloody daggers will reveal who killed the king
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15. Afraid of "daggers in men's smiles" and of being killed
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16. Alarmed about the dreams he might have if he sleeps
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17. Terrified by "strange screams of death" and other disturbances
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18. Decides to go to England
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19. Decides to go to Ireland
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20. Comes to wake the king
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Macbeth ACT FOUR
1. What ingredients go into the witches' stew?
2. What symbolic purpose does this vile concoction serve?
3. What has Macbeth come to ask the witches, and how do they answer?
4. Describe each of the three apparitions Macbeth sees when he visits the witches.
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Apparition 1 Description: ______________________________ Message: _____________________
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Apparition 2 Description: ______________________________ Message: _____________________
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Apparition 3 Description: ______________________________ Message: _____________________
5. Which nobleman does Macbeth plan to murder after talking with the witches?
6. How is Macbeth’s plan foiled?
7. At the end of Scene I, what does Macbeth vow?
8. How is his vow carried out in Scene 2?
9. According to the conversation between Malcolm and Macduff in Scene 3, what has happened to Scotland during
Macbeth's reign?
10. What faults does Malcolm claim to have?
11. How does Macduff respond to each of Malcolm's three "confessions"?
12. In response to Macbeth's questions, what do the witches do?
13. What does Macbeth decide to do when he hears that no one born of woman will harm him?
14. Urges Macduff to rouse his anger
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15. Said Macbeth will not be vanquished until Birnam Woods marches to Dunsinane
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16. Said no man born of woman will harm Macbeth
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17. Delivered the message to beware of Macduff
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18. Delivered the message that Macbeth killed Macduff's family.
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19. Pretends to be evil to become king
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20. "Something wicked this way comes," refers to ...
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21. Malcolm tests __ 's authority
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Macbeth ACT FIVE
1. Why does the gentlewoman in Scene 1 refuse to repeat Lady Macbeth's sleep-talk to the doctor?
2. What is the "damned spot" to which Lady Macbeth refers?
3. What rationale does Macbeth use to convince himself that Macduff and Malcolm are not a threat to him?
4. As Macbeth's anxiety grows, what does he command the doctor do?
5. What does Macbeth's reaction to his wife's death show you about his attitude toward life?
6. For what reason does Macduff declare he must kill Macbeth?
7. What does Macbeth finally realize about the witches and apparitions?
8. Why, according to the doctor, is Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep?
9. In scene 2, what opinion of Macbeth do the Scottish lords now hold?
l0. The play ends with the acknowledgement of whom as king
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11. Revealed the murders of Lady Macduff and the king
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12. Reveals that Lady Macbeth has hallucinations
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13. Reveals that Lady Macbeth is dead
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14. Reveals Birnam Woods is approaching the castle
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15. Reveals his supporters will be made Earls
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