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