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WorksheetsMacbeth Act 2
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Banquo's son's name?
a)
Fleance
b)
Lennox
c)
Ross
d)
Angus
2.
How does Macbeth respond to Banquo bringing up the witches?
a)
He pretends not to be thinking about them and their prophecies
b)
He yells at Banquo and tells him to keep it down
c)
He eagerly starts talking about his plans to murder the King
d)
He asks if Banquo's children are in good health
3.
What does the dagger scene reveal about Macbeth's state of mind?
a)
Macbeth has drunk too much wine at dinner and is hallucinating
b)
Macbeth has a mental illness that causes him to kill the king
c)
Macbeth has been drugged by Lady Macbeth
d)
Macbeth is uncomfortable and troubled about the prospect of killing Duncan
4.
What does Macbeth see on the dagger?
a)
Tarquin's strides
b)
Blood
c)
Water
d)
A wolf's fur
5.
Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what?
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
Comic Relief
d)
Situational Irony
6.
Why didn't Lady Macbeth murder King Duncan herself?
a)
She isn't heartless enough
b)
He looked too much like her father
c)
She couldn't find a weapon
d)
Macbeth got to him first
7.
What is the primary emotion that Macbeth feels after murdering King Duncan?
a)
relief
b)
fear
c)
pride
d)
guilt
8.
What does Lady Macbeth mean by "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"?
a)
If we are caught killing my father, we'll be the ones to die
b)
Macbeth is a coward and probably won't be able to kill my father or the king.
c)
I almost killed Duncan myself, because he looks so much like my wretched father.
d)
I'd have killed him myself except that he reminds me of my father.
9.
What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's line: "My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white"?
a)
Lady M's hands are red from planting the daggers on the guards, but she claims that her heart is not as weak and remorseful as Macbeth's
b)
Lady Macbeth helped Macbeth kill King Duncan, so they both have blood on their hands
10.
How does Lady Macbeth react to the blood?
a)
She feels guilty for her part in the crime and regrets plotting the murder
b)
She tells her husband to get washed and stop being cowardly
c)
She explains that he's hallucinating again--there is no blood!
d)
She is suddenly scared when she sees blood on her own hands
11.
What does Macbeth mean in this line?
MACBETH: "Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep, the innocent sleep, that knits up the raveled sleeve of care."
MACBETH: "Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep, the innocent sleep, that knits up the raveled sleeve of care."
a)
It was cowardly to kill the king as he was knitting
b)
Someone was talking about knitting so I couldn't sleep.
c)
I heard a voice saying that I have killed sleep! I'll never sleep well again!
d)
I killed Duncan, and now I deserve death and to sleep forever
12.
What word could Macbeth not say in return to the guards sleepy prayer?
a)
Hallelujah
b)
Amen
c)
Hosanna
d)
Aye
13.
Macbeth starts ranting again following the murder. He uses a metaphor to describe what he has done. Finish the quote:
"Macbeth does murder ................."
a)
Duncan
b)
his King
c)
God
d)
Sleep
14.
What symbolizes Macbeth's guilt after the murder of Duncan?
a)
the swords that he took with him
b)
the clothes he wore while killing him
c)
the knocking on the door
d)
the blood on his hands
15.
Macbeth refused to return the daggers to smear the servants wih blood because
a)
He thought it was cowardly to blame them
b)
He was afraid to look at Duncan's dead body
c)
He thought no one would believe the servants were guilty anyway
d)
He doesn't want to be spotted roaming about the castle
16.
What does Lady Macbeth do with the daggers?
a)
She clean them and returns them to the kitchen
b)
She buries them in the woods
c)
She forces Macbeth to return them to the King's side
d)
She plants them on the king's servants and smears the servants with blood
17.
Who was the first to discover Duncan's dead body?
a)
Malcolm
b)
Macduff
c)
The Porter
d)
Lennox
18.
How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth react when the king's body is discovered?
a)
They appear upset and horrified that the king has died in their home
b)
The hear the hooting of an owl flying through the castle
c)
They remain nonchalant and tell everyone to remain calm
d)
Lady Macbeth begins hallucinating about a dagger
19.
What reason does Macbeth give for killing the guards?
a)
He killed them out of grief and rage inspired by Duncan's murder
b)
He killed them to cover his own tracks
20.
How do Malcolm and Donalbain react to their father's murder?
a)
They kill the guards
b)
They cry and curse his murderer
c)
Malcolm claims the throne, and Donalbain vows loyalty
d)
They flee, fearing for their own safety
21.
Malcolm and Donalbain decided to leave Scotland because
a)
they didn't want to choose the next king
b)
they were afraid they might be killed next or be suspected
c)
they had committed the murder
d)
they suspected that the other brother did it
22.
Where does Malcolm, Duncan's oldest son, decide to run away to because he may be in danger?
a)
England
b)
Ireland
c)
France
d)
Denmark
23.
What do we find out at the end of Act II?
a)
Macduff has died.
b)
Malcolm will become King.
c)
Macbeth confesses to murdering Duncan.
d)
Macbeth will become King
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