Starter quiz
- When is 'Macbeth' set?
- the Jacobean period
- Shakespearean times
- 11th century Scotland ✓
- Jacobean Scotland
- 16th century Scotland
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- Which words describe Jacobean society?
- a meritocracy
- patriarchal ✓
- matriarchal
- hierarchical ✓
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- A ______ villain describes someone who gets what they want in cunning, ruthless and immoral ways.
- 'Machiavellian' ✓
- What happens in Act 5, Scene 1 of 'Macbeth'?
- Lady Macbeth is murdered.
- Lady Macbeth meets the witches.
- Lady Macbeth is consumed by guilt. ✓
- Lady Macbeth chooses to take her own life.
- Lady Macbeth asks Macbeth 'What's to be done?' about Banquo.
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- In Act 3, Scene 4 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth seeks the witches. Why would this have been a shocking moment for the play's first Jacobean audiences?
- Macbeth is a King. The witches should come to him.
- He relies on evil supernatural creatures, not the power of God. ✓
- Before they appeared before him by chance, now he actively seeks them. ✓
- Witches were believed to be evil and unreliable. ✓
- The witches have threatened to kill him if they see him again.
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- In what ways does Shakespeare use Act 3, Scene 4 of 'Macbeth' to signal Lady Macbeth's diminishing power?
- She doesn't have a plan about what to do about Banquo. Instead, Macbeth does. ✓
- She doesn't enjoy being monarch, calling it 'nought'. ✓
- Macbeth relies on the witches to support him, not her. ✓
- She sees Banquo's Ghost, thus her mind is beginning to deteriorate.
- She emasculates Macbeth to no effect. ✓
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