Starter quiz

  • A key attribute of a Machiavellian villain is their ability to control others. What means does Lady Macbeth use to control Macbeth in 'Macbeth'?
    • kills their children
    • works with the witches
    • goads him into killing Duncan  ✓
    • questions his loyalty to her  ✓
    • accuses him of being a drunkard
  • Why might some argue that, in 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth is a Machiavellian villain?
    • She is dominant in Act 1.
    • She is duplicitous.  ✓
    • She seeks power for Macbeth.
    • She helps eliminate Ducan.  ✓
    • She regrets her part in the regicide.
  • A ______ is an argument, a powerful idea that you state at the beginning of an essay and prove throughout your essay.
    • 'thesis' ✓
  • Match the parts of the single paragraph outline to their function.
    • thesis
      ⇔
      outline your overarching argument for the whole essay ✓
    • topic sentence
      ⇔
      outline the main argument of your paragraph ✓
    • summary sentence
      ⇔
      summarise your argument; focus on the writer's intentions ✓
    • supporting detail
      ⇔
      evidence from the text that supports your topic sentence ✓
  • In 1.5 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to "look like the innocent flower, But be the ______ under't'".
    • 'serpent' ✓
  • Which of these statements, taken from essays about 'Macbeth', best embeds a quotation?
    • Lady Macbeth rejects her humanity. For example, "fill me...Of direst cruelty".
    • Lady Macbeth rejects her humanity "fill me...Of direst cruelty".
    • Lady Macbeth rejects her humanity asking to be filled with "direst cruelty".  ✓
    • The quotation fill me with "direst cruelty" shows Lady Macbeth rejects humanity.
    • Lady Macbeth wants to be "cruelty".
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