Macbeth Plot

Who is travelling with Macbeth when he meets the Weird Sisters?

• Duncan

• Macduff

• Banquo

• Lennox

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What prophecy do the sisters give Banquo in Act 1?

• That he will be made Thane of Cawdor

• That his son will be made Thane of Cawdor

• That his sons will be made princes

• That his sons will be made kings

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What ‘sign’ convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan?

• An apparition of one of the Weird Sisters

• A nightmare about one of the Weird Sisters

• An apparition of a floating dagger

• The ghost of his dead father visits him

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What does Macbeth accidentally take with him after murdering the king?

• The murder weapons (daggers)

• The king’s crown

• The bible

• The King’s bloody pillow

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Which characters run away shortly after Duncan’s death?

• Banquo and Fleance

• Malcolm and Donalbain

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• Macduff and his family

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What does Macbeth hire men to do?

• Protect him from assassins

• Kill Macduff and his family

• Find the witches so he can talk to them again

• Kill Banquo and his son

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When he sees them the second time, what four things do the witches show Macbeth?

• An armed child, a bloody child, a crowned child with a

  tree in his hand, eight kings followed by Banquo’s

  ghost with a knife

• A head, a blood child, a crown and a serpent

• Armed head, visions, crowned child with a tree in his

  hand and a battlefield

• An armed head, a bloody child, a crowned child with a

  tree in his hand, eight kings followed by Banquo’s ghost with a mirror

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Why does Macbeth have Macduff's family and servants killed?

• Macduff is not loyal and Macbeth is happy

• Macduff is angry with Macbeth and he is afraid

• Macduff is not loyal to Macbeth, and Macbeth is angry

• Macduff is not loyal and Macbeth wants to kill his

  family as they could kill him

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Towards the end of the play, which words best describe Lady Macbeth's behaviour in this Act?

• Confident, egotistical and boastful

• Ambitious, power-driven and determined

• Psychotic, unstable and melodramatic

• Obsessive, paranoid and unhinged

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Macbeth does not fear death at the hands of the rebels because he has...

• Faith in the witches' prophecies

• No awareness of the rebels' strength

• Little reason to go on living

• Extensive battle experience

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