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Macbeth Soliloquy

Macbeth Test Answers

Macbeth Test 

Part 1:
 
1. Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by
A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
B. serving as a gracious host for his king.
C. not pleading for advancement.


2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him
A. the Earl of Sinel.
B. the Thane of Cawdor him.
C. Bellona's bridegroom.


3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
"A future father of kings." (III)
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. I, II, and III


4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. his titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
B. the victories against the kerns and gallowglasses.
C. the predictions made to Banquo and to himself.


5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to
A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
B. Banquo's son, Fleance.
C. Duncan's son, Donalbain.


6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of
A. a simile.
B. a metaphor.
C. personification.


7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being
A. "the glass of fashion and the mould of form."
B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
C. "a cannon overcharg'd with a double crack."


8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?
"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
A. I and III
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III


9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he
A. is proud of his wife's transformation.
B. is concerned over the succession to the throne.
C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.


10. As part of the plan to kill the king, Lady Macbeth would
A. get the chamberlains drunk.
B. smear Duncan's face with blood.
C. arrange an alibi for Macbeth.

11. Trace Macbeth's transformation from a good man to an evil man.

 In Act I, Scene ii his courage is highly praised. The bloody soldier obviously admires his captain, and Duncan is moved when he is told of Macbeth's exploits. His conscience works on him up through Duncan's murder, trying to hold him back from killing the king. After Duncan is dead, Macbeth changes. He suffers, but now he seems to suffer not from fear of doing wrong but from fear of losing what he has gained through wrongdoing. Macbeth demonstrates that he has lost all sense of good and evil after the banquet scene. Examples include the cold-blooded murder of Macduff's wife and children.

12. What motivates Macbeth to take the evil path he chooses? 

Macbeth is motivated by his ambition to be king. It seems as if Macbeth never would go through with the murder if Lady Macbeth did not insist on it.

13. What influence do the witches have on Macbeth?
The witches' prophecies consumed Macbeth, allowing him to commit murders, become an evil man in his greed for the crown, and provided him with a false sense of security and invincibility.

14. Contrast Macbeth's response to the witches' predictions with Banquo's.

Macbeth's first response is fear; we learn that from Banquo. Banquo's immediate response is skeptical and gives cautious advice to Macbeth. Macbeth's later actions reveal that he's taken to heart what he has been told. He begins plotting to murder the king, and when Banquo brings up the witches he lies and says he does not think about them. He has not just put them out of his mind. After all, one prophesy has come true. But he can refer to them openly, and tells Macbeth that he dreamed about the "weird sisters." Banquo reveals that he would like it if the witches were right and his descendants would be kings. Never at any time, however, does he consider compromising his integrity to make that happen.

15. Describe the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Trace how it changes over the course of the play.

 At the beginning, they treat each other as equals. They have great concern for each other. He races to tell her the news about the witches; she immediately begins plotting how to gain her husband his heart's desire. They have a very close relationship. Macbeth addresses his wife affectionately as "my dearest partner in greatness" and "dearest love." She demonstrates how well she knows her husband-his desires and his nature. Lady Macbeth seems the more resolute of the two. What is interesting is that her taunting enables her husband to get something he really wants very badly. Once Duncan is dead and Macbeth is irrevocably committed to a course of evil, Lady Macbeth fades into the background. Once cut off from him, she descended into madness.

PART 2:

1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the

A. ghost of Banquo.

B. dagger.

C. bubbling cauldron.

2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that

A. she couldn't gain easy access to his bedchamber

B. he looked like her father

C. one of Duncan's guards spied her on the to stairway

3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to

A. allow Macduff to gain admission to the castle.

B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.

C. provide comic relief.

4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder

A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.

B. in order to join Macduff in England.

C. lest they be blamed for it.

5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that

A. Banquo had thwarted their careers.

B. if they fail, they will pay with their own lives.

C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.

6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by

A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo

B. attempting to wash the blood from his hands

C. saying to Lady Macbeth that, "Murder will out."

7. The Witches threw into the cauldron

"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)

"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)

"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)

A. I and II

B. I and III

C. II and III

8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were

An armed head. (I)

A child with a crown. (II)

A bloody child (III)

A. I and II

B. II and III

C. I, II, and III

9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he

A. wasn't prepared to overthrow Macbeth.

B. suspects a trick.

C. wasn't worthy of becoming king, in his opinion.

10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when

A. the witches rendezvous with Macbeth.

B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.

C. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to stand and fight.

11. What is the significance of the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I, i, 10)?

 This line in the first scene tips us off that things will not be what they appear to be. Often, they will be just the opposite. Lady Macbeth says "look fair to cover your foul intentions."

12. How does Macbeth function as a morality play?

The story of Macbeth is a warning to anybody who considers trying to get what he wants by doing something he knows is wrong. It cautions us that the most appealing temptations are often the most horrible traps. The play also makes it clear that Macbeth is destroyed because evil is like a disease. Once you let it into your system, it will eat away at your insides until it kills you.

13. How does Shakespeare use the technique of dramatic irony in Macbeth?

When Duncan and his party arrive at Macbeth's castle, they are unaware of the wicked plans that are being made. Their lighthearted, joking mood is ironic to us, because we know what they are really walking into. Dramatic irony enriches the last act of the play. Macbeth has become a monster, but he's also become a pathetic figure. His desperation is obvious. Ten thousand troops are on their way to overthrow him; his own troops are deserting. And he places his confidence in the weird sisters-the hags whose suggestion that he would be king got him into this mess! We can see that he is doomed, but he cannot. He fights on, talking about his "charmed life." His failure (or refusal) to see what is obvious to us makes the end of the play much more powerful than it would be otherwise.

14. How does Lady Macbeth overcome her husband's resistance to the idea of killing King Duncan?

 Lady Macbeth's resolution stands out in sharp contrast to Macbeth's wavering. One way she overcomes him is through sheer determination. She is not above insulting her husband to rouse him to action. Since she is his wife, her comments which question his manhood have an added kick. Finally, she neutralizes his fears with her practicality. After the murder she says, "'Tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil"

15. Contrast Macduff's response to the news of his wife's and children's deaths with Macbeth's response to being told Lady Macbeth is dead.

Macduff, who is virtuous, cannot believe the news at first. Once he accepts it, he feels the pain sharply. Macbeth, on the other hand, seems unsurprised and it is hard to tell if he feels any pain; life is meaningless, he says quickly, and everybody dies.  Macduff takes a quest for righteous revenge, contrasting the final, desperate, suicidal stand taken by Macbeth.

Macbeth Notes

• The witches in the beginning of the novel prophesy that Macbeth will inherit the throne and his companion, Banquo will also be of high rank but not king. 
• Macbeth writes a letter to his wife about what happened, and she tells him to murder King Duncan to become king. 
• He kills the king and the king's sons flee to England and Ireland
• Macbeth kills his own friend Banquo but fails to kill Fleance, Banquo's son. 
• Witches tell Macbeth to be careful of Macduff.
• Macbeth faces his death when he battled against Macduff and Malcolm's troops.

Literature Analysis #7 Notes

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

• Two migrant workers, George and Lennie are on their way to find work. 
• George is small and has a sharp feature while Lennie is large and has a shapeless face. 
• Lennie is mentally ill and depends on George for protection and guidance.
• Both share a dream where they will own and farm their own place.
• They reach a nearby ranch, and George takes the lead.
• There, they meet Candy, Curley, Slim, and Carlson.
• George, Lennie and Candy make plans to buy land.
• Curley picks a fight with Lennie but he gets hurt instead.
• Curley's wife flirts with Lennie when the other men are at a brothel nearby.
• Stroking her hair aggresively, she screams which causes Lennie to break her neck trying to shut her up.
• George finds this out and shoots him for his own good.

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