Macbeth - Act I, scenes 5-7

Who is Lady Macbeth talking about in the following lines in scene 5?

Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be

What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way.

• King Duncan

• Macbeth

• Banquo

• the Witches

What does Lady Macbeth mean when she speaks the following lines in scene 5? :

Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be

What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way.

• She thinks this person is promised a lot that they deserve

• She is afraid of this person

• She thinks this person will be lost and not find his way home

• She thinks this person is too nice to do what it takes to get what he wants

How do you characterize Lady Macbeth at the beginning of scene 6 when she speaks these lines to King Duncan?

All our service in every point twice done, and then done double,

Were poor and single business to contend

Against those honors deep and broad wherewith

Your majesty loads our house: for those old,

And the late dignities heaped up to them,

We rest your hermits.

• She is acting humble and nice to the king in order to trick him

• She is acting like King Duncan is causing she and her husband to live like hermits

• She is acting like the King's business doesn't have anything to do with her

• She is hoping he feels honored coming to their house

What does Lady Macbeth plan to do to King Duncan’s chamberlains (attendants) so as to leave Duncan un-protected in his bed-chamber at night?

• She plans to have them take her into town

• She plans to have her husband kill them

• She plans to get them drunk

• She plans to give them rooms on another floor of her castle

What does Macbeth think about in the following lines at the end of scene 7? Be sure to address the parts of the quote in bold.

I am settled and bend up

Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show:

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

• He has paid the catering bill for King Duncan's visit

• He has decided to commit the murder of King Duncan

• He is crippled with the honor of King Duncan's visit

• He is doing some exercises to help him keep awake

What does Macbeth think about in the following lines at the end of scene 7? Be sure to address the parts of the quote in bold.

I am settled and bend up

Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show:

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

• He is talking about his shoe size

• He is talking about the bad weather

• He is making fun of the king

• He is talking about killing the king

What does Macbeth think about in the following lines at the end of scene 7? Be sure to address the parts of the quote in bold.

I am settled and bend up

Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show:

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

• It is time to put the masques on for the ball

• His face must wear a fake expression to hide the fact that he is about to do something horrible so no one suspects anything

• His face must show the love in his heart so that his wife knows he will do anything for her

• There is no way for the heart to lie

Who said the following line:

Thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it.

• Macbeth

• King Duncan

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth

Who said the following line:

This castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses.

• Macbeth

• King Duncan

• Banquo

• the sergeant

Who said the following line:

We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late: and I have brought golden opinions from all sorts of people.

• Macbeth

• King Duncan

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth