WorksheetsMacbeth Act 3-4 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which character says the line, "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip" (III.i.61-62)?
Banquo
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Which character says the line, "It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight" (III.i.141-142)?
Macbeth
First Murderer
Hecate
Lady Macbeth
Which character says the line, "This is the very painting of your fear...would well become a woman's story at a winter's fire, authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!" (III.iv.62-67)?
Hecate
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Which character says the line, "He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear his hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know security is mortals' chiefest enemy. Hark! I am called" (III.v.30-34)?
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Hecate
Finish the line correctly... "By the pricking of my thumbs....."
something evil comes
something wicked this way comes
Macbeth is coming
something is coming
Which character says the line, "Be 't their comfort we are coming thither. Gracious England hath lent us good Siward and ten thousand men" (IV.iii.191-193)?
Macbeth
Malcolm
Macduff
Ross
Which character says the line, "Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself. Within my sword's length set him, if he 'scape, heaven forgive him too" (IV.iii.239-241)?
Macbeth
Malcolm
Macduff
Ross
In Act 3, how is Banquo's death an example of situational irony for Macbeth?
Banquo was betrayed by his best friend
Banquo's son escaped, so the 2nd prophecy is still able to come true
Banquo did not die
The murderers betrayed Macbeth
In Act 3, Shakespeare uses the supernatural to symbolize what?
the play's dark and sinister tone
Macbeth's guilt for his actions
Macbeth's dark character
The corruption in Scotland
Which of these is NOT a vision the witches show to Macbeth in Act 4?
bloody child
crown child holding a tree
child with missing arms
floating head
In Act 4, how are the witches' visions to Macbeth an example of dramatic irony?
Macbeth was not expecting the visions to portray his future
The audience knows the witches are tricking Macbeth, but he doesn't know
The witches are telling Macbeth his future, but the visions have a different meaning
Macbeth does not feel safe after the witches' visions
What does the murder of Macduff's household in Act 4 reveal about Macbeth's character?
He is terrified of the 2nd prophecy coming true
He is trying to maintain his masculinity
He no longer feels any guilt about killing someone to get what he wants
He is not motivated to get what he wants
In Acts 3-4, Which of these is NOT an example of using ethos to persuade?
Macbeth convincing the murderers to trust him and agree to kill Banquo
Lady Macbeth calling Macbeth a woman to convince him to stop freaking out about Banquo's death
Macduff persuading Malcolm to come back to Scotland by commenting on his leadership and love for his country.
Macbeth reassuring his dinner guests/Lady Macbeth that he is a man again after freaking out over Banquo's ghost.
In Act 4, what is the purpose of the characters: Macduff, Malcolm, and King Edward
to show how they are all foils (opposites) of each other
to show how these characters are not fighting for the people
to add tension to the plot as they are planning to fight against Macbeth
To show the difference between a good leader vs. a hateful tyrant
In Act 3, what shows up at Macbeth's banquet that makes him freak out?
Banquo's floating head
Banquo's ghost
Blood all over Macbeth's hands
Floating dagger that killed Banquo
