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'Macbeth' and the dagger hallucination

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English Edexcel

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  • Q1
    Identify which sentences correctly embed quotations. Select any correct answers.
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    30s
  • Q2
    Select everything you would expect to see in a good topic sentence. Select all appropriate answers.
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  • Q3
    A << >> is a speech in a play that the character speaks to themself or to the people watching, rather than to the other characters.
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  • Q4
    In 'Macbeth', which of the following quotations can be used to justify the idea that the hallucination of the dagger is the work of the supernatural?
    "Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going”
    “The handle toward my hand?”
    "Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?”
    30s
  • Q5
    In Macbeth, which of the following quotations can be used to justify the idea that the hallucination of the dagger is the result of Macbeth's own thoughts and desires?
    "Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going”
    “The handle toward my hand?”
    "Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?”
    30s
  • Q6
    In 'Macbeth', what is the significance behind Macbeth hallucinating and seeing a dagger, rather than a sword?
    A dagger hints at his fear of combat and weakness.
    The dagger represents his ambition and lust for power.
    The dagger represents cowardly betrayal.
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