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English (Edexcel)
Macbeth: Lady Macbeth as a machiavellian villain

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  • Match the four scenes of Act 2 of 'Macbeth' to their plot points.
    • Act 2, Scene 1
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      Macbeth hallucinates a dagger and commits regicide. ✓
    • Act 2, Scene 2
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      Macbeth regrets regicide; Lady Macbeth frames the guards. ✓
    • Act 2, Scene 3
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      The porter's scene; regicide revealed. ✓
    • Act 2, Scene 4
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      Macbeth crowned; Duncan's sons flee Scotland. ✓
  • In Act 1, Scene 3 of 'Macbeth', what do the witches tell Banquo?
    • 'The charm's wound up'.
    • 'You shall be king'.
    • 'Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!'
    • 'Fair is foul and foul is fair'.
    • 'Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.'  ✓
  • In 'Macbeth', what is the name of Banquo's son?
    • Malcolm.
    • Fleance.  ✓
    • Macduff.
    • Lennox.
    • Donalbain.
  • Which of the below, all taken from 'Macbeth', are metaphors?
    • 'Your children shall be kings'.
    • 'Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness'.  ✓
    • 'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't'.  ✓
    • 'Is this a dagger I see before me?'
    • 'Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't'.
  • Why is Macbeth considered a 'noble' Thane in Act 1 of 'Macbeth'?
    • He fights loyally for King Duncan.  ✓
    • He is ambitous.
    • He has a good relationship with his wife.
    • He is a powerful warrior.  ✓
    • He kills the Thane of Cawdor.
  • Who does Macbeth describes as his 'partner of greatness' in Act 1 of 'Macbeth'?
    • Duncan.
    • Banquo.
    • The witches.
    • Lady Macbeth.  ✓
    • The Thane of Glamis.
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