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- What happens to Lady Macbeth in Act 5 of 'Macbeth'?
- She chooses to take her own life. ✓
- She renounces the throne.
- She is consumed by guilt. ✓
- She sleep walks and talks. ✓
- She tries to find the witches.
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- In what ways is Lady Macbeth presented as unconventional in 'Macbeth'?
- She holds power over Macbeth and his decisions. ✓
- She dashes her own child's brains out.
- She rejects her femininity. ✓
- She is ambitious. ✓
- She is not afraid of murder. ✓
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- How is the status quo restored at the end of 'Macbeth'?
- Banquo is crowned King.
- Macduff is crowned King.
- Malcolm is crowned King. ✓
- The illegitimate monarchs are dead. ✓
- Macduff kills Macbeth. ✓
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- In Act 5, Scene 1 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth is preoccupied with imaginary blood on her hands. What does this preoccupation symbolise?
- that she is foreshadowed
- that she killed her own child
- that she feels guilty ✓
- that she didn't clean her hands after the murder
- that she is no longer clear of mind ✓
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- In Act 1, Scene 5 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth calls Lady Macbeth his 'dearest partner of greatness'. What might this symbolise?
- misogyny
- love ✓
- respect ✓
- patriarchy
- equality ✓
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- In Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth asks 'spirits' to 'take my [breast]milk for ______' thus rejecting ideas of motherhood.
- 'gall' ✓
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