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Exploring Act 2, Scene 2 of ‘Macbeth’: characterisation and foreshadowing

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English Edexcel

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  • Q1
    How might you describe the change in Lady Macbeth's characterisation from Act 1 to Act 5 of 'Macbeth'?
    From demise to dominant.
    From dominant to demise.
    From demise to diminished.
    From diminished to dominant.
    From dominant to diminished.
    30s
  • Q2
    In Act 2 of 'Macbeth', what reason does Lady Macbeth give for not killing King Duncan?
    She was too 'bold' to do it.
    She was frightened by the screeching owl and left his chamber.
    The spirits didn't 'unsex' her.
    He resembled her father.
    She is too 'drunk' to do it.
    30s
  • Q3
    ______ is a literary device. It gives the reader or audience an indication of what might happen later in the story.
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    30s
  • Q4
    After the regicide, in Act 2, Scene 2 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth orders Macbeth to stop thinking about the regicide: 'These deeds must not be thought After these ways, so it will make us ______'.
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  • Q5
    In Act 5, Scene 1 of 'Macbeth', why does Lady Macbeth say, 'Here's the smell of blood still.'?
    She has blood on her hands.
    She believes she has blood on her hands.
    She enjoys having Duncan's blood on her hands.
    She trying to reassure Macbeth by showing she also has blood on her hands.
    She's telling the Doctor why she feels unwell.
    30s
  • Q6
    After the regicide, in Act 2, Scene 2 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth worries, 'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?'. What might this foreshadow?
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