Macbeth #1

True or False: Macbeth had plans to kill Duncan before he met the witches.

• True

• False

At the start of the play, Macbeth is:

• Thane of Cawdor

• Thane of three kingdoms

• Thane of Glamis

• Thane of Donalbain

Who is with Macbeth when he first meets the witches?

• Duncan

• Banquo

• Donalbain

• Lady Macbeth

_______'s sons will be kings

Who is the speaker?

"Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?"

• Duncan

• Banquo

• Witch #1

• Macbeth

Which statement best explains what Macbeth is saying in the quote below?

This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill,

Why hath it given me earnest of success,

Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor:

If good, why do I yield to that suggestion

Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair

And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,

Against the use of nature?

• Macbeth is worried about what his wife will think

• Macbeth is confused and worried about the witch's prophecy and what it means he must do

• Macbeth is excited about the prospect of becoming king and murdering Duncan

• Macbeth is explaining why he must murder Duncan because the prophecy is telling him to

Which event comes FIRST?

• Lady Macbeth receives the letter from her husband

• Banquo asks the witches to tell him his future

• Duncan arrives at the Macbeth's castle

• Banquo tells Macbeth to use caution regarding the prophecies.

Which of these is NOT a similarity between Macbeth & Othello

• Macbeth & Othello are both great warriors

• There are people of color in both

• Macbeth & Othello both have outside influences telling them to murder

• Both Macbeth & Othello are not present in the first two scenes

True or False: Banquo is skeptical of the prophecy

• True

• False

In her monologue (1.5 45-61), Lady Macbeth does the following things (check all that apply):

• Invokes spirits to help her complete the murder of Duncan

• Asks for her femininity to be removed

• Asks to be given a child

• Asks to be filled with creulty