Macbeth Act One

The witches greet Macbeth as all but:

• Thane of Glamis
• Thane of Cawdor
• Prince of Cumberland
• King Hereafter

Thane of Glamis:

• is Macbeth's brand new title.
• is the title of Macbeth as king.
• is the title Macbeth got from his father.
• is Banquo's nickname.

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.

When Duncan and his staff arrive at Macbeth's castle:

• He finds Monica Malangone mowing the lawn.
• Lady Macbeth appears to be very sneaky.
• His men warn him about staying there.
• The Macbeths are quite charming and kind hosts.

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

• King
• Story
• Motives
• Manliness

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What kind of a king has Duncan been?

• Kind and generous
• Sneaky and conniving
• Greedy and ambitious
• Dictator-like and tyrannic

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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
• Nick Milewski will find a way to be king
• the witches have lied to Macbeth

Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth to follow her plan to kill Duncan by

• saying that she would kill her own child if she had promised him that she would

• questioning his bravery and manhood

• threatening to blackmail him for consorting with witches

• paying him a fortune to follow her plan

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 Morgan Pastir and Nicolette Simone
• getting the guards drunk and framing them by using their weapons to kill the king

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