1. Macbeth
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2. Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question
What are the witches 3 predictions for Macbeth?

4. Answer 1 – 10
They greet him as:
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cawdor
King

5. Question
What are the witches predictions for Banquo?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Lesser than Macbeth but greater
Not as happy as Macbeth but happier
You won’t be king, but your son and grandchildren will be.

7. Question
When Lady Macbeth says “Unsex me here”, what does she mean?

8. Answer 1 – 30
To give her the courage to act as a man would.

9. Question
When Lady Macbeth says, “You should look like an innocent flower, but be like the snake that hides underneath the flower. ”, what does she mean?

10. Answer 1 – 40
Appear innocent, but be deadly to the king.

11. Question
What are Macbeth’s chief doubts in killing King Duncan?

12. Answer 1 – 50
He is supposed to be loyal to the king and protect him as a guest in his house
He has honored him as of late
He has been a good king

13. Question
What two things happen to Macbeth during the murder that make him seem like he is going crazy?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Cannot say “amen”
Hears voices saying Macbeth doth murder sleep

15. Question
What does Lady Macbeth have to do to complete the murder?

16. Answer 2 – 20
Return the bloody daggers and wipe blood on the guards.

17. Question
What is the purpose of the scene with the porter and his opening the gates of hell?

18. Answer 2 – 30
Comic relief

19. Question
What happens to Malcolm and Donalbain?

20. Answer 2 – 40
They flee to England and Ireland, and it makes everyone think they are responsible for the murder.

21. Question
What is the purpose of the stories about the storms and the horses eating each other?

22. Answer 2 – 50
It shows that the natural order is out of place because of Duncan’s murder.

23. Question
Why does Macbeth order the murder of Banquo?

24. Answer 3 – 10
Banquo may suspect him of murdering Duncan because he knows the witches’ prophecies.

25. Question
How does Macbeth convince the murderers to kill Banquo?

26. Answer 3 – 20
He tells them that Banquo has previously harmed them and that he is the cause of all of their troubles.

27. Question
Fleance escapes the murderers, why does this upset Macbeth?

28. Answer 3 – 30
Because of the prediction that Banquo’s children becoming kings. He poses a threat to Macbeth.

29. Question
Hecate is upset with the witches. What does she order them to do?

30. Answer 3 – 40
Provide Macbeth with new predictions that will confuse him and give him a false sense of security.

31. Question
When Macbeth says “Blood will have blood” he means what?

32. Answer 3 – 50
He will have to face revenge for his actions, and that he will more than likely be killed for them.

33. Question
The “armed head” tells Macbeth to beware Macduff. How is this both accurate and misleading?

34. Answer 4 – 10
Macduff does pose a threat to Macbeth because he is rallying forces to remove him as king, but Macbeth blows it off because he already suspected Macduff.

35. Question
What is misleading about the “none born of woman can harm Macbeth” prophecy?

36. Answer 4 – 20
Macbeth thinks all men are born of women, he’s not thinking about c-sections or babies taken from the womb.

37. Question
What is misleading about “Birnham Wood coming to Dunsinane Hill”

38. Answer 4 – 30
Macbeth thinks that the trees cannot move, therefore he will remain king.

39. Question
Why does Malcolm pretend to be more evil than Macbeth and say that he will do awful things if restored as King?

40. Answer 4 – 40
To test MacDuff’s loyalty to Scotland and judge his hatred of Macbeth.

41. Question
Macbeth demands a fourth prediction from the witches and apparitions. What is the fourth prediction and what is his reaction?

42. Answer 4 – 50
A line of 8 kings with Banquo at the end, meaning that Banquo’s children will be kings. Macbeth is horrified that there is still a threat to him being king.

43. Question
What has happened to Lady Macbeth?

44. Answer 5 – 10
She sleepwalks at night and confesses to the murders. She continually tries to wash blood off of her hands.

45. Question
How does “Birnham Wood come to Dunsinane Hill”?

46. Answer 5 – 20
The soldiers cut down limbs and place them in front of them as they march to hide their numbers. This makes it seems that the forest is moving.

47. Question
How have Macbeth and Lady Macbeth switched roles from Act I to Act V?

48. Answer 5 – 30
Macbeth was originally driven crazy by guilt after the murder of Duncan while Lady Macbeth remained calm and in charge. In Act V Macbeth is in control while Lady Macbeth’s guilt has driven her insane.

49. Question
When he meets MacDuff on the battlefield, Macbeth realizes that the witches and apparitions have……

50. Answer 5 – 40
Deceived him with unclear messages about the forest moving and Macduff’s birth.

51. Question
Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death in the speech “out, out brief candle” shows that Macbeth realizes…..

52. Answer 5 – 50
Thinks that life is a meaningless path to death, and everything that he has done has been for nothing.