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Macbeth Act I
Review questions for Macbeth Act I quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Macbeth | If chance wants him to be king "chance will crown" him |
| Lady Macbeth | comes up with the plan to assassinate the king |
| Banquo | will never be king, but will be the father of kings |
| Malcolm | Duncan's eldest son |
| Macdonwald | head was cut off and placed on a sword for all to see |
| Duncan | King of Scotland |
| Thane of Cawdor | executed for being a traitor |
| three witches | "Hover through the fog and filthy air" |
| True or False: The witches plan to meet Macbeth on a hill before the war. | False |
| True or False: Lady Macbeth has doubts about whether they should kill the king. | False |
| True or False: The war was between Scotland and a traitor and then with Norway | True |
| True or False: Lady Macbeth said "Take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers" | True |
| True or False: Macbeth initially had doubts about the witches' prophecies | True |
| What does "False face must hide what the false heart doth know" mean? | You must hide your true feelings. |
| Lady Macbeth's plan is to blame the murder on: | Duncan's guards |
| Why did the witches harm the fat lady's husband? | The fat lady would not share her chestnuts. |
| How does Lady Macbeth react when Macbeth calls off the plan? | She is furious. |
| Why is Banquo confused by the witches? | He thinks they are women, but they have beards. |
| Who said this? "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-/Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valor's minion carved out his bloody passage/Till he faced the slave." | Captain |
| Who said this? "My noble partner/You greet with present grace and great prediction/Of noble having and of royal hope,/That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not." | Banquo |
| Who said this? "O worthiest cousin,/The sin of my ingratitude even now/Was heavy on me." | King Duncan |
| Who said this? "Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the topful/Of direst cruelty." | Lady Macbeth |
| Who said this? "When the hurly-burly's done,/When the battle's lost and won." | Witch |
| Who said this? "Two truths are told,/As happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial throne." | Macbeth |
| Who said this? "I have spoke/With one that saw him die, who did report/That very frankly he confessed his treasons,/Implored your highness's pardon and set forth/A deep repentance." | Malcolm |
| chalice | a cup or goblet |
| chastise | to punish by beating; to criticize severely |
| compunctious | deserving of shame; deeply wrong |
| dwindle | to make or become gradually less until little remains |
| harbinger | one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; forerunner |
| implored | 1)involved by logical necessity; entail; 2) appealed to; beseeched |
| ingratitude | lack of gratitude; ungratefulness |
| interim | a period between two events |
| mettle | strength of character; determination |
| minion | submissive follower or dependant |
| plight | difficult or adverse situation |
| prophetic | of, or a characteristic of, a prophet or prophecy |
| surmise | 1) to infer with little evidence; guess; 2) an idea or opinion based on little evidence; conjecture |
| trifles | things of little importance or value; small amounts |
| withered | dried up or shriveled, as if from a loss of moisture |
| Who said this? "This castle hath a pleasant seat. The air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/Unto our gentle senses." | King Duncan |
| Who said this? "Stars hide your fires!/Let not light see my black and deep desires./The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be,/Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." | Macbeth |
| Who said this? "What bloody man is that? He can report, /As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt/The newest state." | King Duncan |
| Who said this? "Say from whence/You owe this strange intelligence, or why/Upon this blasted heath you stop our way/With such prophetic greeting." | Macbeth |