ELA Macbeth Act 1 and 2 Review

Quote: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air."

• A) The weather is bad and unclear.
• B) What is good is bad, and what is bad is good.
• C) The witches are lost in the fog.
• D) Everything is dirty and unpleasant.

Quote: "Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."

• A) Macbeth wants the stars to disappear.
• B) Macbeth is ashamed of his ambitions.
• C) Macbeth enjoys the darkness.
• D) Macbeth is afraid of the dark.

Quote: "Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't."

• A) Act harmless, but be ready to strike.
• B) Be careful around flowers.
• C) Be honest and straightforward.
• D) Appearances can be deceiving.

Quote: "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness."

• A) I fear your nature because it is cruel.
• B) You are too kind to be ambitious.
• C) You are not kind enough.
• D) Your kindness is frightening.

Quote: "I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other."

• A) I have no reason to act, only ambition.
• B) My ambition is not strong enough.
• C) I need encouragement to act.
• D) My ambition is too weak to succeed.

Quote: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir."

• A) If fate wants me to be king, it will happen without my action.
• B) I will become king by taking action.
• C) Fate does not want me to be king.
• D) I must actively pursue becoming king.

Quote: "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

• A) Hide your true feelings with a false appearance.
• B) Be honest about your feelings.
• C) Do not hide your feelings.
• D) Show your true feelings openly.

Quote: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"

• A) Macbeth sees a real magical dagger.
• B) Macbeth imagines a dagger leading him to Duncan.
• C) Macbeth is holding a dagger.
• D) Macbeth is being attacked with a dagger.

Quote: "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't."

• A) Lady Macbeth couldn't kill Duncan because he looked like her father.
• B) Lady Macbeth was too scared to kill Duncan.
• C) Lady Macbeth didn't want to wake Duncan.
• D) Lady Macbeth had already killed Duncan.

Quote: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?"

• A) Macbeth is confident that water will wash away the blood.
• B) Macbeth feels the blood will never wash away and his guilt will remain.
• C) Macbeth is planning to clean his hands in the ocean.
• D) Macbeth is asking Neptune for help.