Macbeth Review

The original Thane of Cawdor is executed because

• he cheated on his wife
• he committed treason against King Duncan and Scotland
• he killed the queen
• he refused to go into battle because he was a coward

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King Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because

• Malcolm is going to become a prince, thus leaving his position open
• Macbeth has fought valiantly for the king
• Banquo told Duncan about the prophecies
• Duncan knows that Macbeth will betray him otherwise

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Macbeth reveals his reluctance to kill Duncan in all of the following EXCEPT

• "Bloody instruments ... return to plague the inventor."
• "I am his kinsman and his subject."
• "as his host ... should against his murderer shut the door."
• "If it were done ... then 'twere well it were done quickly."

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Macbeth's soliloquy beginning "Is this a dagger which I see before me" shows him to be

• disturbed by what Banquo knows
• horrified of the deed he is about to commit
• angry that he has let his wife persuade him to kill Duncan
• genuinely sorry that he must kill the king

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Lady Macbeth does not kill Duncan because

• she has no dagger
• she wants Macbeth to do it
• she thinks Duncan looks like her father
• she is afraid she will get caught in the act

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When Macbeth returns from killing Duncan, he makes the mistake of bringing

• a bloody towel
• bloody daggers
• the king's crown
• an old letter

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Immediately following the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth appears to be

• relieved
• happy
• self-confident
• hysterical and tormented

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Following the discovery of Duncan's body, Lady Macbeth faints because

• she is genuinely upset by the king's death
• she is surprised by the amount of blood
• she does not like knives and violence
• she wants to distract attention from Macbeth

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At the beginning of Act III, following the murder of Duncan,

• Banquo is suspicious of Macbeth's involvement.
• Banquo is happy for Macbeth's success
• Banquo expresses delight that the king is dead
• Banquo dismisses the witches' prophecies as coincidence

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“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unilineal hand.”

The foregoing underlined words all refer to

• Macbeth's mental torment following the death of Duncan.
• Macbeth's inability to accomplish anything as king.
• the witches' prophecy that Banquo's descendants would be kings.
• Macbeth's suspicions that his subjects did not respect him.

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