Macbeth Act 2 Check

In scene 1, Banquo and Fleance are out and about late at night and they come across Macbeth. Banquo asks Macbeth if he has thought about the witches' prophesies, to which he says:

• "I think upon't all the time"

• "I think not of them"

• "What witches?"

• "I think upon't oft"

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(Scene 1) Banquo and Fleance go to bed and Macbeth imagines that he sees this item dangling in the air in front of him.

• a sword

• a pistol

• a dagger

• a bat

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(Scene 1) Where does the dangling object that Macbeth imagines lead him?

• To his bedchamber

• To the kitchen

• To the dungeon

• To Duncan's bedchamber

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(Scene 1) The bell that Macbeth hears is Lady Macbeth's signal to him to:

• Come to bed

• Bring her water

• Wake up

• Kill Duncan

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(Scene 2) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth meet back up. Macbeth expresses alarm at hearing things spoken by those who were sleeping in the bedchamber next to Duncan's. When Lady Macbeth tells him to wash his hands, she realizes he has [fill-in-the-blank] in his hands.

• daggers

• a candle

• coins

• a pile of dirt

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(Scene 2) Macbeth refuses to "think what [he has] done" and will "dare not" look at it again. Lady Macbeth has to take matters into her own hands and return to the scene of the crime to make sure it truly looks like it was [fill-in-the-blank] fault.

• Banquo's

• Macduff's

• Malcolm and Donalbain's

• the servants'/guards'

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(Scene 2) While Lady Macbeth is gone, Macbeth hears this sound:

• ringing

• screaming

• knocking

• owls screeching

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(Scene 2) At the end of the scene, Macbeth actually remarks that he wishes that the knocking could wake Duncan, which potentially demonstrates this feeling:

• sadness

• anxiety

• remorse

• anger

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(Scene 3) The next morning, Macduff arrives. What does he find in Duncan's room?

• an empty bed

• Malcolm in Duncan's bed

• the king, murdered

• Banquo and Duncan having a private meeting

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(Scene 3) Macbeth and Lennox go into Duncan's room to look at what Macduff found and, in a fit of anger/fury, Macbeth does this:

• screams

• punches Macduff

• kills the servants/guards

• slaps Duncan

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