WorksheetsMacbeth Act 2+3 Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
What vision convinces Macbeth to go through with killing Duncan?
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One of the witches appears and tells him to murder Duncan.
He has a nightmare about the murder and kills Duncan in his sleep.
He sees a floating dagger pointing toward Duncan's bedroom.
The ghost of Macbeth’s father urges him to kill Duncan as revenge.
Why doesn’t Lady Macbeth kill Duncan?
Macbeth has decided that he should be the one to commit the crime.
She is testing Macbeth’s manhood.
Duncan resembles Lady Macbeth’s father.
She is secretly having an affair with Malcolm and doesn’t want to do anything to upset him.
When Macbeth says he “murders sleep,” he is talking about figuratively killing…
Innocence
Peace
Care
All of the Above
This character goes to England in hopes of convincing others to fight Macbeth
Duncan
Malcom
Edward
Macduff
Why did Shakespeare write that the animals behave strangely and horses eat each other?
Show how Macbeth’s evil actions have altered the world around him.
Reveal the power of the witches.
To show how evil has disturbed the world and foreshadow more death and pain.
All of the above.
What is Macbeth’s plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work?
Macbeth asks the witches to cast a spell, turning them into a pair of toads.
Macbeth hires three murderers to ambush them. Fleance dies, Banquo escapes.
Lady Macbeth poisons Banquo and Fleance before stabbing them in their sleep.
Macbeth hires three murderers to ambush them. Banquo dies, Fleance escapes.
Macbeth convinces the murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance by…
Threatening to kill them if they don’t
Promising to make them rich and providing them food
Convincing them that Banquo is their enemy and responsible for their hardships
Appealing to their sympathy
What vision or hallucination does Macbeth have at the banquet?
Banquo’s Ghost.
Duncan’s Ghost.
The Witches.
The ghost of Macbeth’s father.
Banquo’s Ghost.
Duncan's Ghost
The Witches
The ghost of Macbeth's father
Why can’t Macbeth stand to look upon the ghost?
The bloody ghost represents the guilt that Macbeth feels.
The ghost is horribly disfigured and Macbeth cannot stand to look at it.
The ghost reminds Macbeth about how much Lady Macbeth has influenced him.
The ghost reminds Macbeth that he still needs to kill Fleance.
When Macbeth begins talking to his vision, Lady Macbeth reacts by…
Telling the others that Macbeth has an illness
Pulling Macbeth aside and questioning his manhood
Asking the guests to ignore Macbeth’s screams
All of the above
Telling the others that Macbeth has an illness
Pulling Macbeth aside and questioning his manhood
Asking the guests to ignore Macbeth’s screams
All of the above
When Macbeth says “Better to be with the dead, / Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie / in restless ecstasy” he means...
He is ecstatic that Banquo has been killed
He would rather be dead then experience the consequences of his actions
He is peaceful now that Banquo has been killed
Sending the murderers to kill Banquo has given him the peace he desires
Macbeth tells the murderer: “There the grown serpent lies. The worm that’s fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed, / no teeth for th’ present.” In this quote the serpent and the worm represent…
Malcolm and Donalbain
Macduff and Lennox
Lennox and the Old Man
Banquo and Fleance
