| What is the third apparition? | A crowned child holding a tree |
| Lady Macbeth’s guilt is manifesting itself in all of the following ways except | She confesses to her ladies in waiting of her guilt and threatens them not say a word to anyone |
| Interpret: “If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,/ Without my stir.” (1.3.143-44) | Macbeth will be king even if he doesn’t do anything about it. |
| Lady Macbeth is fearful of her husband’s constitution. Why? | She thinks that her husband is too kind to plot against Duncan for the throne. |
| According to Lady Macbeth, she cannot kill Duncan herself because | When asleep, Duncan looks like her father. |
| Why do Malcolm and Donalbain flee Inverness? | They are afraid of being murdered since they are next in line for the throne. |
| What story about Malcolm and Donalbain is Macbeth promoting in his conversation with Banquo? | He is spreading the rumor that Malcolm and Donalbain had their father killed for the crown. |
| What does Lady Macbeth tell the noblemen to explain her husband’s strange behavior? | Her husband is suffering from a relapse of a childhood illness that makes him act a bit off kilter. |
| Where has Macduff gone and why? | He has gone to England to convince Malcolm to take Scotland back from Macbeth. |
| What is the first apparition? | Armed head |
| What is the second apparition? | Bloody child |
| What does the second apparition signify? | Macduff, a c-section baby, is destined to kill Macbeth |
| What does the third apparition signify? | Malcolm, the heir to the Scottish throne, will eventually become king. He defeats Macbeth by having his troops camouflage themselves with tree branches. |
| Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty by doing all of the following except | Malcolm tells Macduff that he (Macduff) and Macbeth are co-conspirators in Duncan’s murder. |
| What is the fourth apparition? | A line of 8 kings and Banquo, the last king holding a mirror |
| What does the fourth apparition signify? | From Banquo will come a long line of kings, culminating in James I of England. |
| Interpret (not re-phrase) Macbeth’s words:First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,Strong both against the deed; then, as his hostWho should against his murderer shut the door,Not bear the knife myself. (1.7.13-16) | Macbeth is having second thoughts about killing Duncan, telling himself that if anything he should be defending the king. |
| How does Lady Macbeth reprimand her husband? | She attacks his manhood. |
| Immediately after the murder, Lady Macbeth must go to Duncan’s chamber. Why? | Because Macbeth forgot to plant the evidence to frame Duncan’s chamberlains |
| To divert attention from her husband, what does Lady Macbeth do upon “hearing” of the King’s death? | She pretends to faint. |
| Interpret: Why does Macduff head home to Fife instead of going to Scone? | He does not believe that Macbeth deserves to be king. |
| Interpret (not re-phrase) Banquo’s words:Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,As the weird women promised, and I fearThou play’dst most foully for’t. (3.1.1-3) | Banquo suspects that Macbeth may have done something wrong to become king. |
| Banquo charges his son Fleance to fulfill what responsibility in his honor? | To avenge his death |
| Why is Macbeth upset that Malcolm is the Prince of Cumberland? | Malcolm’s installation as Prince of Cumberland now blocks Macbeth’s way to the throne. |
| What does the first apparition signify? | Macduff will behead Macbeth. |
Macbeth Edmodo Quiz
September 8, 2019