Starter quiz
- Select the adverbs from the list below.
- arguably ✓
- argumentative
- domineering
- quickly ✓
- perhaps ✓
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- Which of the following conjunctions should not be used to compare differences between characters?
- likewise ✓
- whilst
- whereas
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- Select the synonyms for treacherous?
- trustworthy
- deceitful ✓
- duplicitous ✓
- faithful
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- In 'Macbeth', how was King Duncan murdered?
- In a battle with Macbeth.
- Macbeth kills him in his sleep. ✓
- Macbeth pays two murderers to kill him.
- Macbeth pays two murderes to kill him in his sleep.
- Lady Macbeth kills him in his sleep.
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- In 'Macbeth', why was Lady Macbeth unable to murder King Duncan herself? Select the best response.
- Lady Macbeth felt guilty.
- Lady Macbeth felt guilty because a sleeping Duncan reminded her of her father. ✓
- She is a woman and women were not expected to murder.
- She was too afraid of getting caught.
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- Select the most complex inference below about the significance of Malcolm ending the play 'Machbeth' as king.
- Malcolm is the rightful heir.
- The Divine Right of Kings demands Malcolm is the rightful heir.
- Malcolm's ascension is a warning against defying the natural and divine order. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Select the sentence which has most effectively embedded a quotation.
- Macbeth become a cruel and violent tyrant: 'dead butcher.'
- Macbeth is known as a 'dead butcher' in death, illustrating his violent nature. ✓
- Macbeth's violent nature is illustrated when Shakespeare says, 'dead butcher.'
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- Select the sentence which uses a noun appositives.
- Macduff, the noble warrior and foil to Macbeth, ultimately slays the tyrant. ✓
- Macduff, who is a noble warrior and foil to Macbeth, ultimately slays the tyrant
- Macduff is a noble warrior and foil to Macbeth and he slays the tyrant.
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- Why did Shakespeare choose to make the historical Duncan older in 'Macbeth'? Select the best response.
- As a result of being an older man, Lady Macbeth is unable to murder him.
- By being older he becomes a father figure to Macbeth.
- The murder of a wise, father-figure is more shocking to audiences. ✓
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- Which word, beginning with 'u', fits in the following sentence: 'The treacherous Macbeth plots to ______ King Duncan and take his crown.'?
- 'usurp' ✓
- Whilst the fictional Duncan in 'Macbeth' is murdered in his sleep, how did the historical Duncan die?
- in civil war ✓
- in his sleep
- murdered by Macbeth
- murdered by Macbeth's army
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- Which of the statements below best explains the purpose of King Duncan's narrative arc.
- Duncan's death serves as a poignant warning against committing treason. ✓
- Duncan's death serves to highlight the brutality of Macbeth.
- Duncan's death is designed to make the audience angry at Macbeth.
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Key learning points
- King Duncan is based on a historical figure, although Shakespeare made his Duncan a more sympathetic figure.
- Shakespeare uses Duncan as a construct, acting as a poignant warning against regicide.
- Embedded quotations and noun appositives support make writing clear and succinct.
- Modal verbs and tentative adverbs indicate that not all inferences are commonly held.
Common misconception
Pupils often get mixed up between a noun appositive and a relative clause.
The relative pronoun 'who' could lead to pupils trying to add too much extra detail about a character, a noun appositive encourages brevity.
Keywords
Civil war - a civil war is a war that is fought between citizens of the same country
To usurp - to usurp means to take a position of power illegally or by force
Usurper - a usurper is someone who takes power illegally or by force
Poignant - something that makes people feel sadness or regret can be described as poignant
Treacherous - someone who is treacherous is guilty of betrayal or deception
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