Starter quiz
- How does 'Macbeth' begin?
- With the witches' prophecies.
- Lady Macbeth reading a letter about the prophecies.
- Macbeth searching for the witches.
- During a battle.
- With the witches, on a heath. ✓
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- In 'Macbeth', why might the witches be considered outsiders?
- They don't conform to the status quo. ✓
- They reinforce the status quo.
- The don't adhere to common expectations of Jacobean women. ✓
- They conform to supernatural stereotypes. ✓
- They want to meet Macbeth, an important Thane.
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- In his letter to Lady Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 5 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth calls her his 'dearest ______ of greatness'.
- 'partner' ✓
- The ______ is the term for the accepted standards and rules by which a community lives.
- 'status quo' ✓
- Arguably, in Act 1, Scene 5 of 'Macbeth', the Macbeths are presented as having a strong relationship. Which statements best support this argument?
- Macbeth is ambitious.
- Lady Macbeth emasculates Macbeth.
- Lady Macbeth has detailed knowledge of Macbeth's strengths and weaknesses. ✓
- Macbeth sends Lady Macbeth a letter as soon as he hears about the prophecies. ✓
- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth discuss the child they once had.
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- In 'Macbeth', which quotation best shows Lady Macbeth's support for her husband's ambition to be King of Scotland?
- 'Art not without ambition'
- 'my dearest partner of greatness'
- 'Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor! Greater than both' ✓
- 'look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.'
- 'When you durst do it, then you were a man'
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