An exploration of Act 3, Scenes 4 to 6 | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Match the first three scenes of Act 3 of 'Macbeth' to their plot points
- Act 3, Scene 1
  
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  Macbeth plots Banquo and Fleance's murders. ✓
- Act 3, Scene 2
  
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  Lady Macbeth is unhappy and isolated from Macbeth. ✓
- Act 3, Scene 3
  
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  Banquo is murdered; Fleance escapes. ✓
In Act 1, Scene 4 of 'Macbeth', King Duncan appoints his heir (the person who will be King after him), securing the future stability of Scotland. Who does he name as his heir?
- Banquo
- Fleance
- Macbeth
- Macduff
- Malcolm ✓
'Macbeth's' first audiences were Jacobean. Which of the following moments in the play would a Jacobean audience have seen as unnatural and wrong?
- Lady Macbeth relying on "spirits" to "unsex her". ✓
- The act of regicide. ✓
- King Duncan appointing an heir.
- Macbeth engaging with the witches' prophecies. ✓
- King Duncan staying at the Macbeths' castle.
In Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', how does Lady Macbeth goad Macbeth into regicide, even though he has decided against it?
- She questions his loyalty to her. ✓
- She suggests he would be a better King than Duncan.
- She says that Banquo would have done it, had he promised her.
- She says the witches will help him.
- She undermines his masculinity. ✓
In Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth goads Macbeth into regicide saying, 'When you durst do it, then you were a...'
- 'man' ✓
In Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth talks about Duncan's good qualities as a King. What does he say they are?
- His ambition.
- His meekness and humbleness. ✓
- His honesty and integrity. ✓
- His valour on the battlefield.
- His duplicity.