Macbeth Act 2

What is Banquo's son's name?

• Fleance

• Lennox

• Ross

• Angus

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How does Macbeth respond to Banquo bringing up the witches?

• He pretends not to be thinking about them and their prophecies
• He yells at Banquo and tells him to keep it down
• He eagerly starts talking about his plans to murder the King
• He asks if Banquo's children are in good health

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What does the dagger scene reveal about Macbeth's state of mind?

• Macbeth has drunk too much wine at dinner and is hallucinating
• Macbeth has a mental illness that causes him to kill the king
• Macbeth has been drugged by Lady Macbeth
• Macbeth is uncomfortable and troubled about the prospect of killing Duncan

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What does Macbeth see on the dagger?

• Tarquin's strides
• Blood
• Water
• A wolf's fur

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Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what?

• Foreshadowing
• Dramatic Irony
• Comic Relief
• Situational Irony

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Why didn't Lady Macbeth murder King Duncan herself?

• She isn't heartless enough
• He looked too much like her father
• She couldn't find a weapon
• Macbeth got to him first

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What is the primary emotion that Macbeth feels after murdering King Duncan?

• relief
• fear
• pride
• guilt

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What does Lady Macbeth mean by "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"?

• If we are caught killing my father, we'll be the ones to die
• Macbeth is a coward and probably won't be able to kill my father or the king.
• I almost killed Duncan myself, because he looks so much like my wretched father.
• I'd have killed him myself except that he reminds me of my father.

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What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's line: "My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white"?

• Lady M's hands are red from planting the daggers on the guards, but she claims that her heart is not as weak and remorseful as Macbeth's
• Lady Macbeth helped Macbeth kill King Duncan, so they both have blood on their hands

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How does Lady Macbeth react to the blood?

• She feels guilty for her part in the crime and regrets plotting the murder
• She tells her husband to get washed and stop being cowardly
• She explains that he's hallucinating again--there is no blood!
• She is suddenly scared when she sees blood on her own hands

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