Macbeth Act I Quiz

The prefix ante- means “before.” Given this information and your knowledge of the Latin root -bell-, choose the most likely definition of the word antebellum.

• before the fall

• before the war

• before the end

• before the day

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which quotation from Act I about Macbeth best supports the idea that Macbeth is viewed as decisive and forceful?

• Doubtful it stood. / As two spent swimmers, that do cling together / And choke their art.

• For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name— / Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, … / Like valor’s minion carved out his passage / Till he faced the slave.…

• That now / Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition; / Nor would we deign him burial of his men / Till he disbursed … / Ten thousand dollars to our general use.

• No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of flout?

• Nervous about his exam results, Liam counted the moments until the results would be posted.

• Excited to have the chance to pinch-hit in the big game, Diego got to the ballpark early.

• In defiance of the lights-out rule, Min turned on her flashlight to read in bed.

• Alyssa showed off her favorite jacket, which she had designed herself.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the Latin root -bell-?

• revenge

• power

• mercy

• war

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following quotations by Lady Macbeth in Act I best supports the idea that she has no doubts or misgivings about committing murder?

• Thy letters have transported me beyond / This ignorant present.…

• Your face, my Thane, is as a book where men / May read strange matters….

• Was the hope drunk / Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?

• But screw your courage to the sticking-place / And we’ll not fail….

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

The witches chant, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” Macbeth’s own first dialogue in the play is “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” Which statement best explains the effect of Macbeth’s unconscious echo?

• It proves that Macbeth has overheard the witches’ conversation.

• It suggests that Macbeth’s fate is tied to the witches’ predictions.

• It indicates that the witches have been hired to follow Macbeth’s orders.

• It reveals that the witches are accomplices in the plot to murder Duncan.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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