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Macbeth: Act 3 Questions
These questions help you stay on track with the plot as well as build your reading
comprehension.
Directions: Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper as you read.
Act III, Scene I
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What is Banquo’s opinion of what has happened?
3. What do Banquo and Macbeth discuss?
4. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “To be thus is nothing; / But to be
safely thus”?
5. Why is Macbeth upset over the witches’ prophecy about Banquo?
6. How does Macbeth convince the murderers to kill Banquo?
Act III, Scene II
1. What does Lady Macbeth tell her husband?
2. What does Lady Macbeth know about the plot to kill Banquo?
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Act III, Scene III
1. What happens when the murderers attack Banquo and Fleance?
2. Why do they say the “best half” got away?
Act III, Scene IV
1. How does the scene begin?
2. How does Macbeth react when he sees the first murderer in the doorway?
3. Who enters and takes Macbeth’s seat?
4. What is Macbeth’s initial reaction to spotting Banquo’s ghost?
5. How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth’s confusing statements?
6. What does Lady Macbeth say to Macbeth?
7. Why does everyone leave the party?
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8. What does Macbeth plan to do the next day?
Act III, Scene V
1. What does Hecate tell the three witches?
Act III, Scene VI
1. What does Lennox tell us about Macduff?
2. What does the lord tell Lennox?
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