Macbeth Revision

Select the correct words to complete the quotation: 'Look like th' ____ ____ but be the ____ _____.' 

• fairest flower... serpent under't

• innocent flower... serpent under't

• innocent flower... devil under't

• fairest flower... devil under't

Fill in the blanks:

'Stars, hide your ___ / Let not ___ see my ___ and ___ desires.' (Act 1)

3.) What technique is used when Macbeth says 'Stars, hide your fires'.

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

• Aliteration

4.) Select the correct words to complete the quotation:

'A little ____ clears us of this ____.'

• water...murder...

• water...deed...

• wash...blood...

• wash...crime...

5.) What does BLOOD symbolize in the play?

• Ghosts and deception

• Violence and guilt

• Death and the supernatural

• Violence and innocence

6.) Which of these quotations best relates to the theme of Fate (Destiny) vs. Free will (Freedom)?

• "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter." (Witches)

• "If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me." (Banquo)

• '"Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none." (Witches)

• "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it." (Lady Macbeth)

Which of these is a symbols of the evil, poisonous thoughts that consume Macbeth?

• Serpent

• Scorpions

• Innocent flower

• Blood

Which of these quotations symbolizes how Macbeth has acted against God's will and feels he will be punished?

• 'This is a sorry sight.'

• 'Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.'

• 'Amen stuck in my throat'.

• 'The multitudinous seas incarnadine'.

Which of these quotations best relates to the theme of appearances vs reality?

• 'All my pretty chickens and their dam.' (Macduff)

• 'Unsex me here.' (Lady Macbeth)

• 'Abhorred tyrant'. (Young Siward)

• 'This castle hath a pleasant seat' (Duncan)

Which of these quotations best relates to the theme of ambition?

• 'Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name.' (Captain)

• 'Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be / What thou art promised.' (Lady Macbeth)

• 'This castle hath a pleasant seat'. (Duncan)

• 'He was a man on whom built an absolute trust.' (Duncan)