Starter quiz
- Why does 'Macbeth' begin with Macbeth being called 'valiant', 'brave', 'worthy' and 'noble'?
- The witches call him this to inflate his ego.
- His peers call him this in response to his military prowess. ✓
- Lady Macbeth calls him this to undermine him.
- Macbeth becomes King and his subjects have to call him this.
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- In Act 1 of 'Macbeth', why is Macbeth promoted?
- The witches promote him.
- He helped defeat the traitor, the Thane of Cawdor. ✓
- Because Duncan wants him to be next in line for the throne.
- For his bravery on the battlefield. ✓
- He asks for a promotion following the battle.
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- In 'Macbeth', why is Macbeth praised for murder on the battlefield but not for his murder of King Duncan?
- He kills King Duncan whilst he is defenceless and asleep. ✓
- He kills Duncan to achieve the throne, not for noble reasons. ✓
- He wants to kill Duncan, he didn't want to kill on the battlefield.
- He kills enemies on the battlefield, not his King. ✓
- King Duncan is not a good soldier, so it was not an equal match.
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- After his soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', what does Macbeth tell Lady Macbeth?
- "Leave all the rest [the regicide] to me"
- "I feel now The future in the instant"
- "We will speak further"
- "If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well If were done quickly"
- "We shall proceed no further in this business" ✓
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- How does Lady Macbeth undermine Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth'?
- She calls him "Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!"
- She worries that he is "too full o' the milk of human kindness".
- She tells him to leave the plotting to her.
- She suggests he is a coward because he doesn't want to kill King Duncan. ✓
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- Lady Macbeth knows Macbeth intimately. What does she see as his character flaws?
- His masculinity.
- His ambition.
- His inability to act on his ambitions. ✓
- His kindness. ✓
- His drunkenness.
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