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Macbeth 2
Macbeth Act 2 Study Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.In scene 1, how are the actions of Banquo and Macbeth similar? | they are both sleepless and preoccupied with the witches |
| 2.What does Macbeth say about the three witches? | he doesn't think about them |
| 3.What does Macbeth imagine that he sees? | a dagger |
| 4.What does Macbeth imagine murder doing? | murdering sleep |
| 5.What do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth discuss right after the murder? | washing their hands clean; ridding themselves of the guilt |
| 6.What word could Macbeth not say? | Amen |
| 7.What does Lady Macbeth say she will do to the faces of the grooms? | smear them with blood |
| 8.Where does the drunken porter imagine that he is? | Hell's gates |
| 9.How has the porter spent the night? | drunk and chasing women |
| 10.What does Lennox say happened the previous night? | chimney's blowing down, screams of death in the air, earthquakes |
| 11.What terms does Macduff use to describe the murder? | Horror |
| 12.What does Macduff answer when Lady Macbeth asks him to speak? | what he has to say, she can't hear |
| 13.What does Lady Macbeth do when Macbeth announces that he has killed the grooms? | pretends to faint |
| 14.What do Donalbain and Maclcom decide to do? | flee |
| 15.What unnatural events do the old man and Rosse descrbe? | eclipse, horses |
| 16.Who are implicated in Duncan's muder? | Malcom and Donalbain because they fled |
| 17.Where is Macduff going? | Fife |