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Macbeth Act 4 Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2. What is Macbeth's last question to the witches? How do the witches answer him? Explain the vision he sees. | Will Banquo's sons reign in this kingdom? The witches show Banquo pointing at 8 kings in a row, with the last king holding a mirror that shows many generations of kings to come. |
| 3. What happens to Lady Macduff and her child? | They are murdered. |
| 4. How does Malcolm compare himself to Macbeth? (List all the reasons Malcolm gives Macduff.) Why does he do this? | He says he is worse than Macbeth because he is lustier, greedier, and has no kingly qualities. He is testing Macduff's loyalty. |
| 5. Why does Macbeth visit the witches again? | He was becoming more dependent on their prophecies. |
| 6. How does Macbeth feel as a result of his visit to the witches? | He feels more secure and invincible. |
| 7. Was Macbeth's second meeting with the witches purely accidental? | No. Macbeth planned on seeking them out. |
| 8. Did the apparitions leave Macbeth with the impression that no one could harm him? | Yes. He feels invincible. |
| 9. Does the show of 8 kings represent Macbeth's descendents? | No. They show Banquo's descendents. |
| Identify the speaker for the following quotes. | |
| 10. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. | The witches say this. |
| 11. How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! What is't you do? | Macbeth says this. |
| 12. Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder. | Macbeth says this. |
| 13. He had none: His flight was madness: when our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors. | Lady Macduff says this |
| 14. Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good men Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom: each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resoundsAs if it felt with Scotland and yell'd out Like sylla | Macduff says this. |
| 15. Macduff, this noble passion, Child of integrity, hath from my soul Wiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughts To thy good truth and honour. | Malcolm says this. |
| 1A.What is the 1st apparition Macbeth is shown? What is the image, who does it represent, and what message does it give? | 1. Armed Head-Represents Macduff- Message: Beware Macduff |
| 1B.What is the 2nd apparition Macbeth is shown? What is the image, who does it represent, and what message does it give? | 2. Bloody child-Represents Macduff at birth- Message: No one born from a woman can harm Macbeth |
| 1C. .What is the 3rd apparition Macbeth is shown? What is the image, who does it represent, and what message does it give? | 3.crowned child holding a tree-Represents Malcolm-Message: Macbeth will not be defeated until the Great Birnam Woods moves up the hill to Dunsinane. |