Which of the following is a motif that is emerging in the text?

Masks and disguises to hide lies

How does Lady Macbeth receive the news of the witches' prophecies?

She immediately starts planning to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan

What important event happens when Macbeth and Banquo travel through the heath?

The witches deliver three prophecies to each of them

Dramatic irony can basically be defined as

when the audience knows something a character does not know

Why is Macbeth reluctant to kill Duncan?

All of the other answers are true

What worry does Lady Macbeth express in Act I, scene 5?

Macbeth isn't ruthless enough to kill the king

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MACBETH Act 1

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1
Lady Macbeth asks "the spirits" for something in Act 1, Scene 5. What does she want them to do to her?
Fill her with "deep hatred for Duncan"
Fill her with love for her husband
Fill her with "direst cruelty"
Fill her with warm, soothing soup
2
Which of the following is a motif that is emerging in the text?
Masks and disguises to hide lies
Broken glass
Soliloquism
The beauty of Scotland
3
A motif is when the author hints at events yet to come.
False
True
4
Act 1, Scene 1 introduces which characters?
The three witches
Ross and Malcolm
King Duncan and Lady Macbeth
Banquo and Macbeth
5
"Fair is foul and foul is fair" is an example of what literary term?
Paradox
Pathetic awareness
Paranoia
Parasympathetic response
6
How does Lady Macbeth receive the news of the witches' prophecies?
She reacts with guarded optimism
She immediately starts planning to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan
She immediately starts worrying that Macbeth will become power-hungry
She celebrates with a big party
7
Macbeth lets his wife know of the witches' prophecies by taking which of the following actions:
He sends King Duncan to tell her
He blows her a kiss
He writes a letter to her
He orders a witch to tell her
8
The "bloody captain" tells King Duncan that Macbeth
wounded a captain
is his first cousin
is plotting to kill him
was brave in the recent battle
9
What important event happens when Macbeth and Banquo travel through the heath?
The witches deliver three prophecies to each of them
Macbeth marries Lady Macbeth
Macbeth unseams a man "from the nave to the chops"
Banquo and Macbeth fight
10
Lady Macbeth says they will blame Duncan's murder on
Rio
The rain
The witches
Duncan's guards
11
Dramatic irony can basically be defined as
a repeated image, word, or phrase that becomes symbolic in a text
two truths and a lie
a comparison using like or as
when the audience knows something a character does not know
12
The setting of MACBETH is
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
England
13
Why is Macbeth reluctant to kill Duncan?
All of the other answers are true
Duncan is his kinsman and his king
Duncan is a good and popular king
Duncan is an honored guest in his house
14
What worry does Lady Macbeth express in Act I, scene 5?
Macbeth isn't ruthless enough to kill the king
She is too masculine to be a good queen
Duncan will discover the plot against him
Her baby will have his brains dashed out on the floor
15
What is interesting about Banquo's prophecies?
They are in iambic pentameter
They contain a secret code
They are delivered through song
Each is a paradox
16
To convince Macbeth to take the easy route to the throne, Lady Macbeth does all of the following EXCEPT
Shames Macbeth by implying that he's a coward
Challenges him with a gruesome image of infanticide
Drugs him with wine
Develops a fool-proof plan
17
To reward for Macbeth for his loyalty, Duncan gives him this title.
Thane of Cawdor
King of England
Thane of Glamis
Prince of Cumberland

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