Macbeth

What do the witches predict in Act I?

• That Banquo will become the Thane of Glamis

• That Macbeth will become king

• That Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor

• That Banquo will not be king but his descendents will

When does Macbeth begin to believe the witches?

• After they tell him and Banquo the prophecy

• When Ross tells him he is the Thane of Cawdor

• When Banquo tells him that the witches are saying nice things

• After he tells Lady Macbeth what happened

Why did Ross telling Macbeth he was the Thane of Cawdor make Macbeth believe the witches?

What did Lady Macbeth and Macbeth decide to do at the end of Act I?

• Murder Banquo and King Duncan

• Murder the king and frame the guards

• Murder the king and frame the sons

• Choose peace and happiness

Why does Macbeth believe he has to kill Banquo and Fleance in Act III?

• Because he is paranoid that they will come after him for killing the king

• For funsies

• To secure his position as king and prevent the rest of the prophecy

• He thinks they are a threat to the stability of Scotland after the king passed

How did Macbeth and Lady Macbeth switch roles in Act III?

What drives Macbeth's fate?

• His own ambitions

• The witches' prophecies

• Sinister, supernatural forces

• Lady Macbeth

What are the three predictions that the apparitions make in Act IV?

• Macbeth shall never be vanquished until Great Birnam Wood marches to fight him at Dunsinane Hill

• Macduff and his descendents shall claim the throne

• None of woman born shall harm Macbeth

• Beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife.

Why does Malcolm lie to Macduff about his own moral virtue?

• To trick him into supporting him instead of Macbeth

• To verify that Macduff is a spy sent by Macbeth

• To ease his conscience about what he has done in his life

• To ensure that Macduff is devoted to Scotland and not Macbeth

Which line best shows that Macduff is committed to Scotland?

• ... Yet do not fear, / Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will, / Of your mere own. / All these are portable, With other graces weighed.

• Fit to govern? / No, not to live. —O national miserable, / With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered, When shalt thou see they wholesome days again

• ... But fear not yet / To take upon you what is yours. You may / Convey your pleasures in a spacious plenty / And yet seem cold; the time you may so hoodwink.

• Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, / For goodness dare not check thee. Wear / thou thy wrongs; / The title is affeered.