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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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"  ✓
  • 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.  ✓
  • 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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