Macbeth ACT 1 Test

The statement “Fair is foul and foul is fair” is a ________________

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Paradox

• Contradiction

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What happens to the Thane of Cawdor? Why?

• He is rewarded for his bravery in the battle and promoted

• He is executed for being a traitor

• King Duncan takes his land away for being unfaithful

• He is banished from Scotland

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What prophesies do the witches make for Macbeth when they see him?

• He will become Thane of Cawdor and be killed by Banquo's posterity

• He will be killed for killing King Duncan

• He will be killed in another battle

• He will be made Thane of Cawdor and then become King

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What prophecies do the witches give about Banquo?

• That he will beget kings

• That he will become king

• That he will soon become a Thane

• That he will be killed in battle

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What are the ways Macbeth sees himself getting the throne?

• He can wait until King Duncan Dies

• He can use the witches powers to overthrow the King

• He can kill King Duncan

• A and C

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What comment does Duncan make about Cawdor’s death?

• That traitors deserve a horrible death

• That he died more noble than he lived

• That Cawdor deserved to die because he ruled ineffectively

• The mode of execution was fitting for a traitor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

How does Lady Macbeth intimidate her husband in her speech to him?

• She says she will kill him if he doesn't go through with the plan

• she says he is a liar if he doesn't go through with it

• She says that she is more of a man than he is because she would kill her own child if she swore to do it

• She says she will divorce him and disclose his plans to the King

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who says, "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• King Duncan

• The witches

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Who says, "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly."

• King Duncan

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• Banquo

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said, "What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won."

• Banquo

• Ross

• King Duncan

• Witch 1

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