Question 1

Act 5: What does Lady Macbeth obsess over as she goes mad?

Accepted Answer

Blood she cannot wash off her hands

Answer

The summer bird, the martlet, that has built his nest in a nook in the castle wall

Answer

The bloody ghost of Banquo that is haunting her

Answer

Whether Macbeth can also become king of England

Question 2

Act 5: What armies join forces against Macbeth?

Accepted Answer

The Scottish and the British

Answer

The French and the Swedes

Answer

The Prussians and the Scottish

Answer

The British and the Spanish

Question 3

Act 5: What does it mean that Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane?

Accepted Answer

The advancing army rides to Dunsinane holding branches from Birnam wood.

Answer

Macbeth’s body will be buried in Dunsinane in a casket made from the trees of the Birnam forest.

Answer

Macbeth’s banquet hall in Dunsinane is made from trees from the Birnam forest.

Answer

It’s a meaningless riddle meant only to confuse.

Question 4

Act 5:  In what way is Macduff not of woman born?

Accepted Answer

He was born by cesarean section.

Answer

The phrase is an insult that implies his mother was a prostitute.

Answer

His mother was Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft.

Answer

He was adopted as a baby.

Question 5

Act 5: Who kills Macbeth and puts his head on a spike?

Accepted Answer

Macduff

Answer

Malcolm

Answer

Siward

Answer

Fleance

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