Macbeth (Act 1)

Who is the king when the story begins?

• Duncan

• Malcom

• Cawdor

• Macduff

Whom does Macbeth defeat in battle?

• Duncan's armies

• King Edward's English army

• The armies of Norway and Ireland

• Banquo

What do the witches prophesy (predict)?

• Macbeth will be king and Banquo's children will be kings.

• Macbeth will be king but Banquo will murder him.

• Banquo will be king, but Macbeth will be much happier.

• Macbeth will be king and his sons will inherit the throne.

What title, predicted by the witches, does Macbeth receive?

• Earl of Dunsinane

• Thane of Cawdor

• Prince of Birnam Wood

• Prince of Scotland

Who is made heir to Duncan's throne?

• Macbeth

• Macduff's son, Fleance

• Duncan's son, Malcom

• Macduff

What does Lady Macbeth resolve to do?

• Talk to the three witches

• Kill Duncan herself

• Protect Duncan from Macbeth's blood lust.

• Whatever necessary to help Macbeth become king

What does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth lacks?

• Modesty

• The manliness to follow through on his ambitions

• The ambition to ever become someone notable

• The intelligence to be a king

What do Lady Macbeth's words "unsex me here" mean?

• She vows not to be intimate with Macbeth until he becomes king.

• She wants to set aside feminine sentiments that could hinder bloody ambitions.

• She wants her chambermaids to disguise her in men's clothes.

• She wishes she were a man so she could be king.

What is Lady Macbeth's plan for murdering Duncan?

• Macbeth will pour poison in his ear while he sleeps and blame the King's brother.

• Macbeth will hire three murderers to ambush Duncan when he's returns to the castle on horseback.

• Macbeth will stab him in his sleep and plant the bloody evidence on the servants.

• Macbeth will push him out the window during a tour of the castle.

What does Macbeth realize about the consequences of Duncan's murder?

• Other than satisfying his own ambitions, it will make everything worse.

• It will be a simple and tidy route to achieving all his ambitions.

• Though he will become King, he'll lose his hold on Cawdor.

• If the witches are right, he will become both a king and an immortal.