The Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and eventually king

The son of the murdered king who flees to England but eventually becomes king at the end

A nobleman of Scotland who had an unusual birth

A general of the king’s army whose offspring, according to prophecy, will become kings

A nobleman of Scotland who serves the role of messenger throughout the play

The son of Banquo who barely escapes being murdered

The goddess of witchcraft

A noblewoman who dies at the order of Macbeth

A drunken servant who serves as comic relief

“Fair is foul and foul is fair.” Who speaks the line?

“No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth.” Who speaks the line?

“Thou hast it now. King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear, thou play’dst most foully for it.”

“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.”

“And you all know security is mortals’ chiefest enemy.”

“Sirrah, your father’s dead. And what will you do now? How will you live?”

“Not in the legions of horrid Hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth”

“…were I King, I should cut off the nobles for their lands.”

Whom does Duncan name as his successor?

Lady Macbeth thinks her husband might be too ____________ to commit murder to get what he wants.

Duncan’s flaw of character, which leads to his death, is that he is too…

What does Lady Macbeth say she would be willing to do to achieve her ambitions?

When Macbeth is alone, he suffers from hallucinations and imagines he sees…

Who actually kills Duncan?

Shakespeare makes Duncan’s murder seem more terrible than it might have been by…

Why do Duncan’s sons leave Scotland?

As Scene I of Act Three opens, Banquo reveals that he suspects…

To what does Macbeth invite Banquo?

Whom does Macbeth hire some assassins to kill?

Who receives the public blame for Duncan’s death?

Whose ghost, which only Macbeth can see, appears at the banquet and sits in Macbeth’s chair?

During the banquet, Lady Macbeth does which of the following?

In Scene 6 of Act III, we learn that Macduff has gone to England to…

The apparitions tell Macbeth all of the following EXCEPT one. Which is the exception?

What is Lady Macduff’s reaction to her husband’s flight?

The actual murder of Lady Macduff and her children is committed by…

Why does Malcolm describe himself in very negative terms to Macduff?

What does Lady Macbeth carry as she walks in her sleep?

What physical activity or gesture does Lady Macbeth make as she sleepwalks?

How does Lady Macbeth die?

Who kills Macbeth?

Who becomes the new king of Scotland after Macbeth’s death?

All of the following are elements of a tragedy except…

The majority of Macbeth is written in blank verse, which is…

After reading the letter from her husband, Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to “Make thick my blood, / Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse.” She is asking…

The natural disturbances that continue all through the night of Duncan’s death--including the screaming and murderous owl, chimneys being blown down, and Duncan’s horses turning wild--symbolize…

When Ross joins Malcolm and Macduff in scene 3 of Act IV, he says to Macduff, “Let not your ear despise my tongue forever, / Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound / That ever yet they heard.” He means…

All of the following motifs occur repeatedly in the play EXCEPT…

Private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or another character and that are not supposed to be heard by others on stage is a(n)…

A long speech which a character delivers in the presence of other characters who can hear him is called a(n)…

The use of language that appeals to one or more of the five senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch—often used to create mood or atmosphere is called…

The main character of a tragedy traditionally possesses a character trait which causes the tragic hero’s downfall. Sometimes referred to as hamartia, it is more commonly called a(n)…

A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events, often created through pacing, alarming events, dangerous action, or foreshadowing is called…

Topics like the relationship between ambition and corruption, appearance and reality, masculinity and femininity, the psychology of guilt, fate and free will, loyalty and betrayal, order and disorder, violence and tyranny, et al. may lead to commentary, which may produce messages or insights about life and human nature, commonly known as…

1. “Yet I do fear thy nature.  It is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.”

1. “Knock, knock, knock!”

1. How are Duncan and Macbeth related?

1. Who is with Macbeth when he first hears the witches’ prophecies?

1. Who is the mastermind behind the plot to kill Duncan?

1. In Act IV, how many apparitions appear to Macbeth?

1. Who is fearful of divine punishment because he can’t say “amen”.

1. Who fears that the bloody daggers will reveal who killed the King and replaces them in the room.

1. When Macbeth says that, “Blood will have blood,” he means that __

1. A messenger tells Macbeth that __

. When playwrights of tragedies create humorous characters to lighten the mood of an otherwise tense, suspenseful production, it is referred to as…