macbeth act 1

The three witches are planning to meet with...

• Banquo
• Duncan
• Macbeth
• MacDuff

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Lady Macbeth fears that 

• her husband is too nice to do what needs to be done to become king
• Duncan will grow suspicious of her
• Banquo will find a way to be king
• the witches have lied to Macbeth

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Macbeth decides not to kill King Duncan because

• He fears he would be caught
• Lady Macbeth could not plan for everything
• He is his host and a loyal subject
• Banquo will suspect him of murder

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The witches greet Macbeth by the title of 

• The Thane of Glamis
• The Thane of Cawdor
• King, hereafter
• All of the above

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After reading her husband's letter:

• Lady Macbeth dismisses the words of the witches.
• Lady Macbeth is determined to question the witches.
• Lady Macbeth prepares to kill Duncan.
• Lady Macbeth plans to ask her husband for the real story.

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Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's ..... in order to persuade him.

• King
• Story
• Motives
• Manliness

The Macbeths plan is to 

• poison both Duncan and the guards
• trick Macduff and Banquo into killing the King
• pushing the king out a window and blaming Malcolm and Donalbain
• getting the guards drunk and framing them by using their weapons to kill the king

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Why did the first witch want to kill the Sailor?

• His wife called her a witch
• His wife didn't share her chestnuts
• His wife killed a pig
• She didn't want to kill the Sailor

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Why does King Duncan give Macbeth the title, Thane of Cawdor?

• Macbeth fought valiantly in battle.
• The Thane of Glamis was a traitor.
• Lance DiNatale nominated him.
• Duncan was doing a favor for Macbeth's father.

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When Lady Macbeth says to "unsex me here" and "fill her with the direst cruelty" she is asking to

• have a sex change operation
• think and act like a cruel man would in this situation
• take away any children she might have had
• become a virgin again so that she can be a proper queen

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