Macbeth Acts III-IV

How does Lady Macbeth cover for Macbeth at the banquet?

• She pretends to be ill and convinces him to go to their chambers. She asks Macduff to entertain the guests.

• She says he is still grieving for Duncan. She gives him wine to quiet him, and she hosts the banquet.

• She laughs and says he is in high spirits. She encourages the others to make merry with her and Macbeth.

• She tells the guests he often has fits. When he really gets out of hand she sends the guests home.

Aside from Banquo, who else is missing from the banquet table?

• Lennox

• Macduff

• Macbeth

• Ross

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What does Lennox think about Macbeth, Fleance, and Duncan’s sons?

• Macbeth is good; Fleance killed Banquo, and Duncan’s son killed him.

• Macbeth is a murderer, and all the others are innocent.

• Macbeth is innocent; Fleance killed Banquo, and Banquo killed Duncan.

• They are all in on the plot together.

The apparitions of the eight kings and Banquo in act IV, scene 1 are meant to signify to Macbeth that

• many forces will combine to fight him

• Banquo is the last, or least, of his worries.

• Banquo's descendants will become kings.

• he has more to fear from the spirit world than from the natural world.

What does Macduff claim he must feel if he is a man?

• loyalty to Malcolm

• grief for his family

• love of Scotland

• hatred for Macbeth

The end of Act 4 (Malcolm, Macduff, and Ross in England) foreshadows an important conflict between:

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• Malcolm and Ross

• Macduff and Malcolm

• Macbeth and Macduff

"Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake/ Thy gory locks at me."

• Lady Macbeth

• Macbeth

• Lady Macduff

• Macduff

"He has no children. All my pretty ones?/Did you say all? O hell-kite! All!/What, all my pretty chickens and their dam/ At one fell swoop?"

• Lady Macbeth

• Macbeth

• Lady Macduff

• Macduff

Which character most closely fits "The Trickster" archetype?

• Witches

• Lady Macbeth

• Macduff

• Duncan

Which character most closely fits "The Wise Man/Woman" archetype?

• Duncan

• Lady Macduff

• Banquo

• Witches