Macbeth Act One

The witches greet Macbeth as all but:

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

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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.

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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