| The dagger that Macbeth sees in his scene 1 soliloquy… | Is part of a hallucination |
| When Macbeth talks agitatedly about the murders, Lady Macbeth urges him to… | Try not to dwell on it |
| The Porter’s cursing is ironic because… | He invokes the devil without knowing about the crime. |
| When Lenox and Macduff arrive at Macbeth’s castle in the morning, Mcbuff wonders if… | The porter has stayed up late and slept in |
| As soon as the murder becomes known, Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland because they… | Fear for their lives |
| Banquo wants to meet with the other Nobles in order to… | Discover the purpose of the murder |
| The natural disturbances that continue all night–including the screaming and murderous, chimneys being blown down, and Duncan’s horses turning wild– symbolize? | The evil of Macbeth deeds |
| In scene 1, Macbeth attempts to convince Banqou to agree to… | Talk with him |
| When Macbeth is alone, he imagines he sees… | A dagger |
| What does Lady Macbeth tell her husband in scene 2? | He should not dwell on the murders. |
| How does Shakespeare make Duncan’s murder seem even more monstrous than it might have been? | By portraying the king in sympathetic terms |
| In scene 4, Mcduff emphasizes his opposition to Macbeth by… | Refusing to go to Scone to see Macbeth crowned |
| By killing Duncan, what does Macbeth most clearly seek to augment? | Power |
| In scene 2 Lady Macbeth’s purpose in drugging the servants is… | So they will sleep through Duncan’s murder |
| According to Lady Macbeth, she doesn’t kill Duncan herself because? | The King looked like her father as he slept |
| Unrhymed iambic pentameter is also called? | Blank verse |
| When Lady Macbeth says, “My hands are of your color, but I shame/ To wear a heart of white,” she means that… | Her hands are red with Duncan’s blood, but, unlike her husband, she is not afraid. |
| Which of the following symbols in scene 2 signals that the murder has been accomplished? | The owls’ scream and the crickets’ cries |
| Why do you suppose Shakespeare made Banquo the last person Macbeth sees before he murders King Duncan? | Banquo, who is loyal to the king, represents Macbeth’s last chance to do what is right and call off his murderous plan. |
| What is the central idea of Act 2? | A murderer must live with his conscience |
| Is fearful of divine punishment because he cannot say “Amen”… | Macbeth |
| Is frightened that the bloody daggers will reveal who killed the king… | Lady Macbeth |
| Is afraid of “daggers in men’s smiles” and of being killed… | Donalbain |
| Is alarmed about the dreams he might have if he sleeps… | Banquo |
| Is terrified by “strange screams of death” and other disturbances heard in the night… | Lennox |
Macbeth Act 2
August 3, 2019