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.
  • 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
  • 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.  ✓
  • 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"
  • 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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