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Macbeth Act II
Review questions for Macbeth Act II quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Banquo's son? | Fleance |
| What is Duncan's gift to Lady Macbeth? | diamond ring |
| Macbeth tells what lie to Banquo? | Macbeth doesn't think about what the witches said. |
| Who planted the bloody daggers on the guards? | Lady Macbeth |
| Who kills Duncan? | Macbeth |
| Macbeth sees a vision of ________________ and sees it as a sign to kill Duncan. | a bloody dagger leading him |
| Who drugged the guards? | Lady Macbeth |
| Who was having nightmares about the witches? | Banquo |
| After killing Duncan and planting the daggers on the guards, what must Macbeth and Lady Macbeth do? | Go to their chamber and wait for Duncan to be found |
| What is revealed by the following line? "Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst." | Macbeth regrets what he has done in killing Duncan. |
| Who says this: "A little water clears us of this deed, how easy it is then!" | Lady Macbeth |
| What prevented Lady Macbeth from murdering Duncan? | He looked like her father. |
| Near the end of Act II, Scene 1 a bell tolls. What does this signal? | It is the time to kill King Duncan. |
| What upsets Macbeth the most after he has killed Duncan? | the blood everywhere and on his hands |
| What spooked Macbeth when he was in the kings chamber? | The guards woke from their sleep; one laughed and one cried out, "Murder!" |
| Who found the king dead? | Macduff |
| Who said "But this place is too cold for hell." | Porter |
| What purpose does Shakespeare serve by including the scene of Porter lamenting the revelry and drinking of the evening before as he responds to the insistent knocking at the door? | The scene provides comic relief after the intense and dark events of the king's murder and Macbeth's desperate behavior. |
| Who said this? "Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead are but pictures." | Lady Macbeth |
| Who observes the "daggers in men's smiles" and flees to Ireland to avoid a similar fate as his father? | Donalbain |
| Who flees to England, creating suspicion that he may have had a role in Duncan's death? | Malcolm |
| Who comes to wake the king? | Macduff, accompanied by Lennox |
| Who saw the king's horses eat each other? | Ross |
| What strange events were observed in nature that indicated unnatural things were happening? | an owl killed a falcon; it was dark during the day, horses were eating each other; horses broke out and, refusing to obey, attacked people |
| Macbeth see what as a sign that an ill fate lies ahead for him? | That he was unable to say "Amen" when the guard called out "God bless us." |
| Who said this? "By th' clock 'tis day,/And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp." | Ross |
| Who said this? "He did command me to call timely on him; / I have almost slipped the hour." | Macduff |
| Who said this? "Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven, or to hell." | Macbeth |
| Who said this? "O come in, equivocator, Knock, knock, knock." | Porter |
| Who said this? "The obscure bird / And let us not be dainty of leave-taking / But shift away." | Malcolm |
| allegiance | loyalty to a ruler or country |
| augment | to add something in order to make it larger or more substantial |
| carousing | drinking and becoming noisy |
| clamored | shouted and demanded noisily |
| dire | a severe, serious, or desperate situation or circumstance |
| gild | to cover with a substance, usually gold or gold-like |
| lamentings | expressions of grief or sorrow |
| malice | intention or desire to cause great harm to someone |
| palpable | able to be felt, touched |
| parley | to talk or negotiate; speak with |
| predominance | appearing as most important, powerful; strongest or most common in number or amount |
| provoke | to stir emotion in someone; arouse |
| quenched | satisfied thirst or desire |
| scruples | moral or ethical considerations |
| summons | calling for service or action |
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