Today's Macbeth Test

1)Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by:
             -slaying the traitor Macdonwald.

2)King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him:
             -the Thane of Cawdor

3)In addressing Banquo, the witches called him:
             -lesser than Macbeth and greater, not as happy as Macbeth yet much happier, and a future father of kings.

4)When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told/As happy prologues" he was referring to:
            -his titles of Glamis and Cawdor

5)"Nothing in his life/Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to:
            -the traitorous Thane of Cawdor

6)Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will thee labour/to make thee full of growing" is an example of:
             -a metaphor

7)Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being:
            -too full of the milk of human kindness

8)When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, he says:
            -"He is my house guest; I should protect him", "Duncan's virtues will plead like angels", and "I am his kinsman and his subject."

9)Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he:
           -has accepted the challenge to kill the king

10)As part of the plan to kill the king, Lady Macbeth would:
           -get the chamberlains drunk

11)Trace Macbeth's transformation from a good man to an evil man.
           -There was a small, short-lived time where we got to see Macbeth as a good man. He fought bravely and fearlessly for the King, and he was greatly admired for his valor and merit. King Duncan calls him a "valiant cousin"and "a worthy gentleman", and he even gives Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor. That all changed quickly after his first murder, and he kept going out for more and more blood until he could feel safe that he'd be King for the rest of his natural life.

12)What motivates Macbeth to take the evil path he chooses?
            -Macbeth is motivated by his ambition and desire to be king, witch may have never even became apparent to him had the witches not told him his fortune. Not only would the idea of being king never have come into his head, but he may not have gone through with the murder if it hadn't bee for his wife's constant pushing and bullying him into it. Once he learned he would be king, he knew the only way to make his fortune come true would be t overthrow and kill King Duncan. Rather than be content with knowing that he would someday be king, as Banquo was glad to know his descendents would be kings, Macbeth had to do whatever he needed to get instant gratification.

13)What influences do the witches have on Macbeth?
           -The witches are the ones that put the idea of being king into Macbeth's head, and trick him into thinking he was greater than any man and that he couldn't be defeated.

14)Contrast Macbeth's response to the witches' predictions with Banquo's.
           -Macbeth was told by the witches that he would be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King. This created an ambition and desire in him that he hadn't had before, and he would stop at nothing to make his fortune come true. Banquo was told that while he was lesser than Macbeth, his descendents would go on to be Kings, and he was happy to let the chips fall where they may.

15)Describe the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Trace how it changes over the course of the play.
          -They start out as a lving couple, treating each other as equals. Macbeth is excited to tell his wife about the news of his fortunes, and she wants to help him achieve his destiny, and she helps plan the murder of the King. She was definitely the stronger of the two at first; more sure of what she wanted and how to get there. It was her constant bullying and harping on her husband that aided his decision to be more like her and act immediately upon his decisions. It ws when she was no longer needed by him that she was driven mad.

Part II

1)"Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible/ To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the:
             -dagger

2)Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that:
             -he looked like her father

3)Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to:
             -provide comic relief

4)Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder:
             -because they fear the daggers in men's smiles

5)Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that:
             -Banquo had thwarted their careers

6)Macbeth startles his dinner guests by:
              -conversing with the ghost of Banquo

7)The witches threw into the cauldron:
              -"eye of bat and tongue of frog" and "wool of bat and tongue of dog"

8)The three apparitions that appeared to Macbeth were:
              -an armed head, a child with a crown, and a bloody child.

9)In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm to Macduff because he:
              -suspects a trick

10)Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when:
              -the camouflaged soldiers make their advance

11)What is the significance of the line, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?
              -the line lays out from the very beginning that things won't be as they seem to be, and it blurs the line between good and evil that Macbeth can't seem to distinguish.

12)How does Macbeth function as a morality play?
              -the story of Macbeth teaches people of the consequences of ill-gotten gains. It warns against doing something you know is wrong to get what you want in life. Macbeth murdered a good man to take something that didn't belong to him, and in the end he was brutally killed.

13)How does Shakespeare use the technique of Dramatic Irony in Macbeth?
              -we see a good example of dramatic irony in the last act of the play. Macbeth cannot see or refuses to believe that his reign as king is about to come to an abrupt end, and all the while we know what's coming.

14)How does Lady Macbeth overcome her husband's resistance to the idea of killing King Duncan?
               -Lady Macbeth is extremely determined, and she's not above insulting her husband, saying that he's less of a man for going back on his word after they had decided they would kill the king. She also knows her husband well enough to convince him of how easy the murder will be.

15)Contrast Macduff's response to the news of his wife's and children's deaths with Macbeth's response to being told Lady Macbeth is dead.
               -Macduff is a good man, and at first doesn't want to believe that his wife and children are dead. When he finally accepts what he is hearing, he feels pain. Macbeth, who has chosen a path of evil, is quick to accept the news of his wife's death, and it's almost like he doesn't care. He says that life is meaningless and that everyone dies eventually.