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Macbeth Act 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.What are the witches asking in scene 1? | A foul potiona |
| 1.What does the witch say just before Macbeth arrives? | By the pricking of my thumb, |
| 2.What does Macbeth say the witches can do to castles, palaces, and the treasure of nature's seeds? | Topple them |
| 3.What doe the witch say when Macbeth asks for one more word from the first apparition? | That he will not be commanded |
| 4.What does Macbeth decided about Macduff after he learns he need not fear any woman born of a woman? | That he'll leave him alone |
| 5.How long does the apparition say Macbeth will remain unvanquished? | Till Burnan wood marches up Dunsan Hay Hill |
| 6.What does Macbeth demand to know? | If Banquo's sons will reign |
| 7.What does Macbeth call the apparition and the hour in which he saw it? | pernicious |
| 8.What does Lennox report that Macduff has done? | Fled to England |
| 9.What does Macbeth vow to do to Macduff's family? | Kill them |
| 10.What reason does Ross give for not saying any more than that Macduff is noble, wise and judicious? | The times are cruel and uncertain |
| 11.To what creature does Macduff's son compare himself to? | A bird |
| 12.With what message does the messenger interrupt the playful teasing of Lady Macduff with her son? | To take her children and fly |
| 13.What does Lady Macduff insist she has not done? | harm |
| 14.What does Macduff say as he is dying? | Tells his mother to run |
| 15.What does Malcolm say he will wail and believe? | What he knows |
| 16.What does Macduff say will happen to Scotland? | Scotland is bleeding; it'll fall apart |
| 17.What does Malcolm say about his own character? | He has no good traits |
| 18.What vices does Malcolm claim to have? | Greed and lust |
| 19.What does Macduff say would make lust and avarice bearable in a king? | Other kingly graces that would balance them |
| 20.How does Macduff describe Malcolm's family? | sainted |
| 21.What power does the King of England have? | Power of healing |
| 22.What does Ross say is happening to good men in Scotland? | Dying before their time |
| 23.What news does Ross bring Malcolm and Macduff? | Macduff's family |
| 24.According to Macduff, why did slaughter fall on the souls of his wife and children? | His own sins |
| 25.What does Malcolm say that Macduff should get his grief become? | Anger |