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6. Finish the quote (Macbeth): "Life's but a walking shadow [...] it is a tale told by an idiot full of ...

  • pointless decisions that ultimately mean nothing"
  • betrayal and disappointment, it is futile"
  • sound and fury, signifying nothing"
  • mistakes and poor players, it is a waste"

7. Finish the quote (Macduff): "Behold! Where stands the...

  • bloodied remains"
  • traitorous remains of a betrayer"
  • usurper's cursed head"
  • accursed head of Macbeth"

8. Who states: "The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear" in response to Macbeth's name?

  • Macduff
  • Siward
  • Young Siward
  • Seyton

9. Fill in the gap (Macbeth): "Out, out ________ candle"

  • dying
  • small
  • brief
  • short

10. When Macbeth hallucinates The Ghost of Banquo, what question does Lady Macbeth ask him?

  • "Is this momentary?"
  • "Shall our guests leave?"
  • "Are you a man?"
  • "Are you well?"

11. Fill in the gap (Angus): "Now does he feel his ________ murders sticking on his hands?"

  • secret
  • abhorrent
  • devilish
  • tyrannical

12. Who claims: "We have scotch'd snake; not kill'd it"

  • Malcolm
  • Macbeth
  • Macduff
  • Lady Macbeth

13. Fill in the gap (Lennox): "a swift blessing may soon return to this our ______ country under a hand accursed!"

  • dying
  • suffering
  • tainted
  • poisoned

14. Fill in the gap (Lady Macbeth): "Out _______ spot! Out I say!"

  • stubborn
  • dark
  • damned
  • accursed

15. Which is NOT a prophecy from the apparitions in Act 4, Scene 1?

  • "Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him
  • "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!"
  • "Be bloody, bold and resolute [...] none of woman born shall harm Macbeth"
  • "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife"

16. Finish the quote (Lady Macbeth to Macbeth): "look like the innocent flower but be the...

  • serpent under't"
  • traitor"
  • dagger under't"
  • devil's servant"

17. Finish the quote: "Macduff was from his mother's womb...

  • never born"
  • untimely ripp'd"
  • stolen early"
  • ripp'd away"

18. Fill in the gap (Macbeth): "I will not yield to _______ the ground before young Malcolm's feet"

  • lie on
  • kiss
  • bless
  • kneel on

19. Who states: "Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief" about Macbeth?

  • Angus
  • Macduff
  • Lennox
  • Malcolm

20. Which character states the following: "I shall do so, but I must also feel it as a man"

  • Macduff
  • Lennox
  • Malcolm
  • Macbeth