Starter quiz
- In 'Macbeth', what happens to Lady Macbeth at the end of the play?
- She is murdered by Macbeth.
- She flees to England.
- She supports Macbeth in the final battle.
- She chooses to take her own life. ✓
- We are not told; she doesn't appear after 3.4.
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- In 2.2 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth feels guilty about the regicide. He worries that an "ocean" won't clean the blood from his hands. Lady Macbeth responds with, "a little ______ clears us of this deed".
- 'water' ✓
- In Act 2, after killing King Duncan, what is Macbeth worried he will no longer be able to do?
- eat
- pray ✓
- sleep ✓
- fight
- love
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- Which is the correct definition of foreshadowing?
- A device whereby we are given a hint of what will happen later in the character.
- A device whereby we are given a hint of what will happen earlier in the story.
- A device whereby we are given a hint of what won't happen later in the story.
- A device whereby we are given a hint of what has happened in the story.
- A device whereby we are given a hint of what will happen later in the story. ✓
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- Which of these quotation from Lady Macbeth in Act 2, Scene 2 of 'Macbeth' foreshadows her demise in Act 5, Scene 1?
- "smear The sleepy grooms with blood"
- "Infirm of purpose!"
- "These deeds must not be thought...it will make us mad" ✓
- "My hands are of your colour"
- "Give me the daggers"
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- Why would the first Jacobean audiences of 'Macbeth' consider regicide the worst crime you could commit?
- Because monarchs were men and it was a patriarchal society.
- Because people had tried to kill King James I.
- Because Macbeth has just been promoted: it's ungrateful.
- Because monarchs were thought to be appointed by God. ✓
- Because Lady Macbeth goaded Macbeth into it so it wasn't a brave decision.
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