Macbeth Plot

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

• Duncan

• Macduff

• Banquo

• Lennox

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

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

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

Which characters run away shortly after Duncan’s death?

• Banquo and Fleance

• Malcolm and Donalbain

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• Macduff and his family

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

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

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

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

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