Macbeth Act 2

Why can’t Banquo sleep?

• He is disturbed by Macbeth's plan.

• He is having nightmares about the witches' predictions.

• He is terrified that Macbeth is going to kill him.

• He thinks the witches will kidnap him in the middle of the night.

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What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo?

• He didn't kill Duncan.

• He didn't tell Lady Macbeth about the predictions.

• He doesn't think about the predictions often.

• He believes the witches were all a dream.

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What does Macbeth “see”?

• A floating, blood-drenched dagger

• A ghost of one of the witches

• The devil

• The future in which he becomes king.

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What does the bell indicate?

• It is midnight.

• It is bedtime.

• It is dinner time.

• It is time to enact the plan.

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Why does Lady Macbeth say she couldn’t murder Duncan herself?

• He looks too much like her father.

• He looks too much like Macbeth.

• He looks too much like her ex-husband.

• He looks too much like Banquo.

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What happened to spook Macbeth while he waited to kill Duncan?

• Duncan woke up in the middle of Macbeth coming in to kill him.

• Lady Macbeth accidentally dropped the dagger.

• He hears someone yell "murder".

• The bell tolling spooked him.

What mistake does Macbeth make?

• He kills Banquo instead.

• He trips and lands on the dagger.

• He forgets to plant the daggers on the guards.

• He plants the daggers on Banquo.

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What evidence from the murder upsets Macbeth the most?

• The blood

• The daggers planted on the guards

• The fact that Duncan is dead

• Nothing

What is ironic about his statement “but this place is too cold for hell”?

• Macbeth's home is turning into hell.

• Hell isn't cold.

• Macbeth lives in paradise.

• Nothing is ironic about it.

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Why is Macduff up so early?

• His child woke him up.

• He was awaken by the sound of the murder.

• It is part of his job to wake up the king.

• He had a nightmare.

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