Macbeth, Act II

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    Whose idea is it to get the groomsmen/guards drunk?

    • Macbeth
    • Lady Macbeth
    • The Weird Sisters
    • Ross
    • Banquo
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  • 2. 

    Which character asks, "Is this a dagger which I see before me"?

    • Lady Macbeth

    • Macbeth

    • Duncan

    • Banquo

    • MacDuff

    Correct Answer
    A. Macbeth
  • 3. 

    Why does Macbeth really kill the grooms/guards?

    • He is enraged that they were drunk on duty

    • To cover up his foul deeds

    • Because he knows that they are guilty of murder

    • To cover up for Lady Macbeth having committed murder

    • Because they attack him

    Correct Answer
    A. To cover up his foul deeds
  • 4. 

    When Macbeth says, " . ..this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine," he means that . . .

    • He is so guilty that the blood on his hands will not wash away but will rather taint the ocean

    • He plans to dump the body into the ocean

    • He regrets his actions

    Correct Answer
    A. He is so guilty that the blood on his hands will not wash away but will rather taint the ocean
  • 5. 

    To what does the Porter compare the castle?

    • Heaven

    • A kingdom

    • A circus

    • Hell

    • A banquet hall

    Correct Answer
    A. Hell
  • 6. 

    Who advises that "[t]hese deeds must not be thought/ After these ways; so, it will make us mad"?

    • First Witch

    • Macbeth

    • Lady Macbeth

    • Second Witch

    • Ross

    Correct Answer
    A. Lady Macbeth
  • 7. 

    How does Lady Macbeth get blood on her hands?

    • It splatters on her when she stabs the grooms

    • Macbeth rubs some of the blood on his hands onto her hands

    • From smearing the daggers with blood

    • From killing swine

    • From injuring herself

    Correct Answer
    A. From smearing the daggers with blood
  • 8. 

    When Macbeth cries, "Had I but died an hour before this chance, / I had lived a blessed time . . .", is he sincere?

    • Yes

    • No

    Correct Answer
    A. No
  • 9. 

    Macbeth hears a voice that says, "________no more!/ Macbeth does murder _________".  The same word is missing from both blanks; what is the missing word?

    Correct Answer
    sleep Sleep SLEEP

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