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Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1-2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is Banquo up late?

a)

He had nightmares about the witches.

b)

He senses something bad will happen to Duncan that night.

c)

He stays up late to talk to Macbeth about the witches.

d)

He was awakened by voices saying, "Macbeth murdered sleep."

2.

What eerie vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?

a)

He sees a bloody ghost of Banquo.

b)

He sees a bloody dagger floating in front of him.

c)

He sees the witches flying through the night on broomsticks.

d)

He sees Lady Macbeth hovering over him with a bloody dagger.

3.

What does Macbeth initially blame his hallucination of a dagger on?

a)

His brain being too hot

b)

His heart becoming cold

c)

Stress

d)

Lysergic acid diethylamide

4.

What does Lady Macbeth need to do to summon Macbeth when she has got the guards drunk?

a)

Screech like an owl

b)

Come and fetch him

c)

Ring a bell

d)

Send a servant

5.

What does Macbeth hear a voice saying?

a)

"Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more."

b)

"Out, out, brief candle."That by a pricking of his thumbs "something wicked this way comes"

c)

"Out, out, brief candle."

d)

"Out, damned spot."

6.

The cry of which creature scares a drunk Lady Macbeth while she is waiting for Macbeth's return?

a)

Owl

b)

Wolf

c)

Lion

d)

Raven

7.

Why does Lady Macbeth say she didn't kill the king herself?

a)

She abhors violence.

b)

She tried but he overpowered her.

c)

He looked like her father in his sleep.

d)

She needed to see if Macbeth was man enough to do it.

8.

How does Lady Macbeth feel about how Macbeth carried out the murder?

a)

She is filled with pride over his deed.

b)

She is indifferent.

c)

She is revolted that someone she loves could commit cold-blooded murder.

d)

She is ashamed by how scared he acts throughout the ordeal.

9.

Why is Lady Macbeth angry with Macbeth at the end of Scene 2?

a)

He regrets killing Duncan.

b)

He brought the bloody daggers back to their room.

c)

He is crying.

d)

He forgot to take DUncan's money.

10.

Finish the quote from Macbeth's soliloquy about the dagger:

"Nature seems ......."

a)

Sleepy

b)

Drunk

c)

Dead

d)

Destroyed

11.

Macbeth will not return the daggers to the crime scene. Finish the quote:

"I am ............."

a)

tired

b)

afraid

c)

ashamed

d)

drunk

12.

Macbeth says he will struggle to wash the metaphorical blood from his hands. Which TWO of the following terms does he use to describe the amount of water?

a)

all great Neptunes ocean

b)

the seven great seas of Earth

c)

the multitudinous seas

d)

a drop of water

13.

Who find's Duncan's body in the morning?

a)

Lennox

b)

Macduff

c)

Angus

d)

The Porter

14.

What TWO reasons does Macbeth give for killing the guards before they could be questioned.

a)

He loved Duncan

b)

He hated them

c)

The sight of Duncan's body drove him crazy

d)

He was courageous enough to do it

15.

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