Macbeth Act 1 Review

Macbeth is set primarily in which country?

• England

• Scotland

• Ireland

• Wales

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Where do Macbeth and the witches first meet?

• Outside his castle in Inverness

• Outside Duncan's castle

• On the battlefield

• On the heath

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What character trait does the following quote reveal?

"The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step/ On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,/ For in my way it lies" (1.4.48-50).

• Macbeth's loyalty

• Macbeth's fate

• Macbeth's guilt

• Macbeth's ambition

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At the beginning of the play, what title does Macbeth hold?

• Thane of Glamis

• Thane of Cawdor

• Heir to Thane of Cawdor

• King of Scotland

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Who said it?

"Look like the'innocent flower,/ But be the serpent under't" (1.6.63-64).

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

• Banquo

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Who said it?

"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths;/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray's/ In deepest consequence" (1.3.122-125)

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

• Banquo

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Who says it? “Stars hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires.”

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

• Banquo

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After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth?

• She hates her husband

• She is afraid of what Macbeth might do

• he's too weak to do what's necessary

• She is excited he is coming home and they can forget about war

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An example of dramatic irony is:

• when Macbeth defeats the Norweyan in service of Duncan

• when Duncan compliments the beauty and situation of Inverness

• when Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to look like the times

• when Duncan crowns Malcolm the heir to the throne

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Macbeth is set in which century?

• 11th

• 12th

• 15th

• 16th

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