Macbeth Quizzes

Barren wasteland of the witches Heath
Macbeth’s castle Inverness
Duncan’s castle Forres
Country this story takes place in Scotland
Will be the father of kings Banquo
Prince of Cumberland Malcolm
Malcolm’s father Duncan
Willfully consorts with demons Lady macbeth
Speak in riddles/ meddlesome Witches
Promoted to thane of Cawdor Macbeth
T/F: initial scene of witches and war create a sense of evil True
T/F: Lady Macbeth hears of her husband’s promotion through a letter True
T/F: a raven is used to convey a sense of death in Act I True
T/F: Lennox is put to death due to treason False
T/F: Lady Macbeth fears her husband’s “milk of human kindness” will prevent him from the murder True
Who said, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” Witches
Who said, “If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” Macbeth
Who said, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face…” Duncan
Who said, “Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse.” Lady Macbeth
Who said, “You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.” Banquo
Pathetic Fallacy When the weather mirrors the mood
Fled to England Malcom
Where Macbeth is crowned Scone
Discovered Duncan’s dead body Macduff
Where King Duncan is buried Colmekill
Fled to Ireland Donalbain
Suspicious of Macbeth Banquo
Hallucinates daggers Macbeth
Banquo’s son Fleance
Faints upon hearing news of Duncan’s death Lady Macbeth
Gatekeeper of hell Porter
Purpose of porter scene? What 2 things did he drink? Comic relief; nose paintings, urine, sleep
Examples of Divine Disapproval -Screams of death-Insomnia-Darkness-Horses eat each other-Owl eats falcon-Chimneys blown down-Earth shaking
Lady Macbeth reaction vs. Macbeth to their bloody hands Lady M- just takes a little water to wash offM- all of Neptune’s ocean couldn’t clean the blood from my hands
What word can Macbeth not say? “amen”
Why does Lady Macbeth feel she cannot kill Duncan? Because he resembles her father
Who did Banquo dream of? witches
When Act 3 begins, who is the king of Scotland? Macbeth
Macbeth convinces the 2 murders to kill Banquo by telling them that? Banquo had previously harmed them
What is Lady Macbeth’s role in Macbeth’s plan to kill Banquo and Fleance? She doesn’t know about it
Macbeth’s plan regarding Banquo ultimately fails because Fleance escapes
Macbeth is happy and social at the banquet until He sees Banquo’s ghost
Who didn’t go to the banquet which makes Macbeth worry about a plan against him Macduff
When Macbeth says that, “Blood will have blood,” he means that He will have to keep killing more people
When Macbeth freaks out at the banquet, Lady Macbeth Says that Macbeth is sick and everyone should go
She is the queen of the witches Hecate
Malcolm has gone where to ask King Edward to help him overthrow Macbeth? England
Who said “They hailed him father to a line of kings. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my gripe..” Macbeth
Who said, “most royal sir, Fleance is ‘scaped.” One of the murderers
Who said “thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me.” Macbeth
Who said “thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou play’d most foully for’t” Banquo
Who said “This is the very painting of your fear, When all’s done, you look on but a stool.” Lady Macbeth
During her sleepwalking scene, Lady M seems most consumed of Guilt
After observing Lady M’s sleepwalking, her doctor appears to believe that she May Harm herself
Macbeth does not fear death at the hands of the Rebels because he has Faith in the witches prophecies
What does the “tomorrow” soliloquy reveal about Macbeth A sense that life is meaningless
In the last scene, Macbeth fights to the death because he Prefers an honorable defeat to a humiliating surrender
Macbeth’s best tragic flaw An unchecked desire for power
It is most likely that the gentlewoman refuses to repeat to the doctor what she has heard Lady M say It involves a cofession
What does Macbeth feel is needed to restore Lady M to health Medicine
Macduff claims that he will be haunted by his family’s ghost until He, himself, kills Macbeth
Siward’s concern about his son’s death has mainly to do with whether that death was Brave
The Gentlewoman in scene 1 refuses to repeat Lady M’s sleep-talk to the doctor because There is no witness to confirm the truth of the gentlewoman’s words
The “damned spot” to which Lady Macbeth refers is Duncan’s bloodstain
Macbeth tries to reassure himself that Malcolm and Macduff are not a threat to him because they Are both “of woman born”
As Macbeth’s anxiety grows, he commands the doctor to Cure Lady Macbeth
Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death shows that he Thinks life is a meaningless path to death
Macduff declares that he must kill Macbeth because He must avenge his family members’ murders
Macbeth finally realizes that the witches and apparitions Deceived him with ambiguous messages
Examples of fair is foul & foul is fake (appearance) -How Lady Macbeth treats Duncan-Witches tell him apparitions-Thane of Cawdor portrays Duncan (beginning of story)-Donablaine & Malcolm blamed for murder-Macbeth toasts to Banquo-Lady Macduff calls Macduff a trader-Malcolm tests Macduff to see how true he was
Steps of sleepwalking Writes letterHas candle by sideWashes “bloody” handsConfess the three murders (Duncan, Banquo, & Lady Macduff)
Who says “my soul is too charge with blood” Macbeth (to Macduff)
Who said “I have no words just my sword” Macduff (to Macbeth)
Who says “dagger I see me” Macbeth
Casualties of Macbeth (who dies) Duncan, Duncan’s servants, Banquo, Macduff’s family, Siward’s son, Lady Macbeth, & Macbeth
Blood refers to what in Macbeth/ references Death, guilt, make thick my blood, lineage (Duncan’s death), violence
Speak in riddles/ meddlesome Witches
Barren wasteland of the witches Heath