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The witches establish the following theme in 1.1:
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Evil always overtakes goodness
Ambition can lead to tragedy
Fate is stronger than free will
Not everything is what it appears to be
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When the play opens Macbeth is the Thane of
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Ross
Fife
Cawdor
Glamis
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The witches establish the following theme in 1.1:
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When the play opens Macbeth is the Thane of
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Why does Shakespeare structure Macbeth so that it begins with the three witches alone on a heath during a storm?
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What is Shakespeare trying to establish in this scene?
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The Captain describes the bloody scene by making a reference to Golgotha, the place of crucifixion in the Bible. What literary element is this?
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Why does Banquo have trouble determining if the witches are really women?
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Based on how the witches use the word hail, which is the best definition of the term in this context?
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What does "shall be king hereafter" mean?
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Why does Shakespeare revel that Macbeth is the Thane of Cawdor directly after he is told the prophecies by the witches?
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When Macbeth leaves to visit Duncan believes that:
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Based on her first speech, Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth:
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Finish the following quote. "Your face my thane is a ________ where men may read strange matters"
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The king plans to stay ______ night(s) at Macbeth's castle.
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Banquo's thoughts at the beginning of act 2 reveal that:
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Banquo reveals that he will not act or reveal his thoughts because:
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When Macbeth says, "Is this a dagger which I see before me" he is
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Macbeth imagines that the dagger
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Macbeth's characterization during the dagger scene is characterized primarily by his:
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What mistake does Macbeth make during the murder?
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Macbeth's hallucination of the voices after the murder are a manifestation of his:
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Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, "You do unbend your noble strength to think So brainsickly of things." Brainsickly most likely means:
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The porter's purpose is to provide
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Macbeth tells Malcom that: "The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood's stopped; the very source of it is stopped." What is the fountain a metaphor for in this line?
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Macbeth's excuse for killing the guards is that:
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The terms "silver" and "gold" give Duncan an image of:
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Lady Macbeth faints because she
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Malcom and Donalbain flee because they
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Which is the best interpretation of Donalbain’s line, “The near in blood, the nearer bloody”?
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The Old Man expresses the theme that
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Who refuses to go to Macbeth's coronation?
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The bloody cousins are:
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parricide means:
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What is ironic about Macbeth’s relationship with Banquo?
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Which of the following IS NOT used as a symbol of Macbeth’s successors?
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Macbeth convinces the Murderers to kill by attacking their:
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Macbeth reveals that
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Macbeth says that he did not kill for
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How is the Shakespeare able to add a supernatural twist to this section of the play?
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Whose absence most concerns Macbeth?
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Macbeth says that there is an equal distance between (metaphorical)
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"strange things" from the former passage means:
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Hecate informs the witches that they must:
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What do the witches command of Macbeth?
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What paradox do the apparitions show Macbeth
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As a result of the new predictions, Macbeth decided that
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Lady Macduff is convinced that her husband is
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Malcom tells Macduff that he may be "offering up a poor innocent lamb to appease and angry god. Who is the lamb in this analogy?
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Who is the angry god?
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Ross uses the term "savagely slaughtered" to describe the death of the Macduff family. What term would make this less tragic?
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Ross used this term in order to
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How does Macduff change as he is told the news of his family?
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Who is likely the "old man" Lady Macbeth mentions?
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To whom does Lady Macbeth seem to direct her statements to?
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This speech is in direct contrast to which previous line?
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Why does Lady Macbeth mention all the perfumes in Arabia?
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According to lines 1-7, what reason does Macbeth suggest is the cause of his opponent's military success
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Based on this passage, Macbeth plans to:
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How does Macbeth respond the the death of his wife?
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The word yield means:
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The best translation of the above passage is:
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Who kills Macbeth?
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At the end of the play which prediction has not come true?
