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Year 10 English: Macbeth Act 1-3
Year 10 English: Macbeth Act 1-3
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Review and revise the events, characters and themes of William Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'.
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Act 1: What was Macbeth's original title?
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cowdar
King of Scotland
Thane of Cawdor
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General: an unfair ruler
scepter
fraud
treacherous
tyrant
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General: What is the overall theme/message of Macbeth?
Ambition
Greed
Power
Evil
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General: Is Macbeth an antagonist, a protagonist, or both or neither?
Niether
Both
Protagonist
Antagonist
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General: to grip or grasp
clutch
grab
burden
hold
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General: Why might Shakespeare have opened his play in the middle of a war?
All of the Above
To foreshadow the deaths later on
To establish Macbeth as a heroic, but violent person
To set a murderous mood for the play
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Act 2: Who admits to killing the Guards?
Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macbeth
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General: How are the plays divided in Macbeth?
scenes
scene, act
chapters
act, scene
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Act 3: Where do Banquo and Fleance go before the feast at Macbeth's castle?
France
Horse Riding
To the forrest
Ireland
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Act 1: What, according to Lady Macbeth, must "false face" hide?
"what the false heart doth know"
"the travelling lamp"
"the scorpions in my mind"
the "murdering ministers" and their deeds
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Act 1: Who came up with the plan to kill King Duncan?
The Murders
Macbeth & Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
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Act 1: Who was Lady Macbeth going to blame for the King's death?
Banquo
Malcolm
Fleance
The Guards
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General: to be puzzled, confused
lost
toil
siege
bewildered
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Act 3: Who was only person able to see the ghost of Banquo at the feast?
Macbeth
All of the Above
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
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General: Which list is a list of motifs in the play?
Ghosts, blood, rain & wind
Hands, clothes, sleep & sickness
Blood, sickness, clothing & ghosts
Hands, blood, fire & rain
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General: What do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth demonstrate?
Internal Conflict
Conflict
External Conflict
Internal and External Conflict
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Act 3: Why does Macbeth decide to see the 3 witches again?
He wants to yell at them
He wants to know his future
He is scared
He wants to kill them
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General: What characteristic describes Lady Macbeth's ability to control Macbeth?
Persuasive
Strong-willed
Caring
Loving
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Act 3: Why does Macbeth say that his "fears in Banquo...stick deep"?
He feels he is no longer friends with Banquo
He doesn't trust Banquo not to murder him
He is afraid that Banquo will tell on him
Because Banquo's sons are to be kings & he suspects Macbeth
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General: what is the name of the Goddess of Witchcraft in the play?
Paddock
Hecate
Hermlock
Hercat
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Act 1: Why didn't Macbeth want to kill King Duncan?
None
He didn't want to be King
He didn't want to betray him
He didn't want to get caught
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General: What are the names of King Duncan's sons who fled the country?
Malcolm & Ross
Donalbain and Fleance
Malcolm & Donalbain
Malcolm and Fleance
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General: What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?
Lady Macbeth
The Three Witches
Himself
The Three Witches and Lady Macbeth
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Act 1: What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, "My hands are now as red as yours."
She killed someone
She cut her hand
She has red paint on her hands
All of the above
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Act 2: Which character questions Macbeth about his killing of Duncan's guards?
Macduff
Banquo
Malcolm
Lennox
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Act 3: To what does Macbeth compare Banquo &his son after the murderers fail to kill Fleance?
A flower and a bud
A serpent and a worm
A tiger and its cub
A sleeping man and a kitten
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Act 1: Who are the Witches going to meet?
Macduff
King Duncan
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
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General: a prediction
siege
prophecy
toil
tyrant
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General: to be overly proud of oneself
boast
thrice
burden
treacherous
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The Three Witches in the play are known as...?
Stock Characters
Stage Characters
Supernatural Characters
The Narrators
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Act 3: What happened when Macbeth sent murderers to kill Banquo?
Fleance died; Banquo escaped
Fleance and Banquo escaped
Fleance and Banquo died
Banquo died; Fleance escaped.
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Act 1: Who betrayed King Duncan in war?
Macdonwald
Banquo
Macduff
Macbeth
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Act 1: What title did Macbeth receive?
Thane of Scotland
Thane of Glamis
King of Scotland
Thane of Cawdor
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Act 1: Where will this meeting take place?
Heaven
Fields
Hell
Castle
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Act 1: What do the noises throughout the caste foreshadow, when Duncan is being killed?
Evil
Death
Life
Power
36
General: Where does Macbeth take place?
Norway
Ireland
Scotland
England
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General: to shrivel up, fade away, old
fade
siege
bewilder
withered
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Act 3: What did Lady Macbeth do when Macbeth acted out about seeing Banquo's ghost?
She told everyone to ignore him
She told everyone Macbeth was unwell an imagining things.
She sent Macbeth to bed
She asked everyone to leave the feast
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Act 2: What does Macbeth (lying) tell Banquo that he has thought not of?
Becoming King
Fleance
Banquo's Wife
The Three Witches
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General: What is a tragedy?
comedy based on human suffering
drama based on human suffering
romance based on human suffering
none
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General: Which of the below is most commonly seen as a motif in Macbeth?
Happiness
Love
Blood
Darkness
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General: Who is the author of Macbeth?
William Shakespeare
Bill Shakenspeare
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
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Act 2: Who finds King Duncan dead?
Ross
Banquo
Mabeth
Macduff
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Act 1: Who are they fighting against in the war?
Norway
France
England
Germany
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Act 3: What does the ghost of Banquo imply?
Fear
Guilt
Loyalty
Friendship
