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macbeth act 2
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1
On the night he plans to kill Duncan, what does Macbeth hallucinate?
He sees the ghost of his father.
He sees a bloody dagger.
He sees the ghost of Macdonwald.
He sees the witches again.
2
During which period in history did Shakespeare live and work?
The Dark Ages
The Golden Age
The New Millennium
The Renaissance
3
The audience knows that Macbeth killed Duncan, but the characters do not. This is called...
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Tragic irony
Situational irony
4
Who else from history felt blood on hands meant guilt, and washed the guilt away with water?
King Neptune
Golgatha
Beelzebub
Pontius Pilate
5
Why do they decide to leave Scotland?
Scotland will make them sad now that their father is dead.
They feel their lives are in danger. They may be next to die
They have always hated the weather.
They are too young to rule a country, and are afraid.
6
What reason does Macbeth give to Macduff for killing the guards?
He has always hated them.
He loved Duncan so, that he killed them in a fit of passion
The guards were secret agents of Macdonwald.
They deserved to die because they failed to protect the King
7
What mistake does Macbeth make after he kills Duncan?
He accidentally wakes up the guards.
He takes the daggers with him when he leaves the crime scene
He drops his signet ring, so people will know he was there.
Macduff sees him entering Duncan's room.
8
What evidence from the murder upsets Macbeth the most?
Bloody daggers.
Bloody hands.
Murdered King.
Murdered guards.
9
How does Lady Macbeth fix his mistake?
She puts the daggers back.
She bribes the guards.
She gets the witches to curse Banquo.
She kills Macduff.
10
Why did Macbeth really kill the guards?
He didn't want them to live to deny their guilt.
Macbeth has always hated them because they were drunks.
They were planning to run away.
They deserved to die for failure to protect the King.
11
What spooks Macbeth while he is waiting to kill Duncan?
He sees the witches flying on their broomsticks.
The witches appear, and give him another prediction.
King Duncan wakes up, and discovers Macbeth in his room.
He thinks he hears servants talking about the plan.
12
Queen Elizabeth's infamous father _________________ broke away from the Catholic Church.
Richard III
Edward II
Henry VIII
James V
13
How does their flight make them look?
Guilty
Celebratory
Sad
Angry
14
Shakespeare's theater was called the...
Globe.
Universe.
World.
Hemisphere.
15
What mood was King Duncan in when he went to bed at Inverness?
A terrible mood because he was betrayed by Macdonwald.
He was upset because Lady Macbeth wouldn't sleep with him.
A great mood. He gave gifts to macbeth's household.
Very tired from the day's battles.
16
Shakespeare's birth and death days are...
December 25, 0000 - April 3, 0033
April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616
April 16, 1515 - April 16, 1564
January 2, 1975 - present
17
The Renaissance was...
the rebirth of classical Greek and Roman art and literature.
the rebirth of ancient Egyptian literature and art.
the rebirth of a strictly Catholic era.
the rebirth of a strictly Protestant era.
18
Shakespeare wrote ______ sonnets.
100
1000
25
154
19
Who is really King Duncan's murderer?
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Banquo
Malcolm
20
Who have become suspects in Duncan's murder?
Macbeth and Banquo
Malcolm and Donalbain
King Duncan's guards
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
21
Just before after Duncan's death there were strange natural events. What do they signify?
The weather in Scotland is strange.
The witches are casting spells.
Duncan's ghost was making these things happen.
Something has, or will, happen to someone important.
22
These sonnets were written about a _____________ and a ___________________.
Caesar and Cleopatra
Romeo and Juliet
beautiful young man and dark lady
Queen Elizabeth and King James
23
Shakespeare lived and worked in the city of...
Rome
London
Paris
Parma Hts.
24
What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to do?
Hunt down the man responible for their father's murder.
Find the witches to see if they know who killed their father
Flee Scotland.
Become joint kings and rule Scotland together.
25
"Better three hours too soon than...
to misbehave in the public eye."
to never appear at all."
a minute too late."
an hour too late."
26
Also on the night he is to kill Duncan, he hears a bell. What does the bell symbolize?
Time to tell Lady Macbeth he will not kill King Duncan.
Time for the banquet with all of his guests.
Time to do the deed, and calling Duncan to the afterlife.
Midnight, the witching hour.
27
These two people are rumored to be _______________ and ________________.
Romeo and Juliet
Caesar and Cleopatra
A young peasant farmer and his lost love
The Earl of South Hampton and a Prostitute named Luce
28
A fourteen lined poem, written in iambic pentameter, ending in a couplet is called a ...
an epic poem.
a Shakespearian sonnet.
a soliloquy.
poem.
29
After the murder, why would Shakespeare insert the funny scene with the Porter?
He wanted the play to be both a tragedy and a comedy.
Shakespeare put a Porter in everyone of his plays.
To lighten the mood after the darkness of the murder.
The Porter was the favorite character of Queen Elizabeth.
30
"Wake Duncan with thy knocking. I would thou couldst." (line 72) What does this mean?
Macbeth regrets the murder, and wishes the King could awake.
I wish that knocking would stop. I am trying to sleep.
Duncan was such a loud knocker, thank goodness he is dead.
Duncan will hear the Devil knocking in Hell.
