English 12 semester test

What was the name of William shakespear’s theater

The globe theater

What country was William shakespeare from

England

The first Characters that we meet are the Wyrd sisters, what do they represent

fate

What country is Macbeth set in?

Scotland

At the beginning of the play, how is Macbeth often described

Brave and honorable

What is Macbeth’s title at the beginning of the play?

Thane of Glamis

Who is Macdonwald?

A traitor who tries to overthrow the king of scottland

Who is duncan

The king of scottland

Who helps the traitor Macdonwald attempt to overthrow the king of scotland by supplying troops

The king of norway

The witches will give three prophecies to Macbeth and Banquo, What are they

1) Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor

2) Macbeth

3) Banquos children will be future kings

When lady Macbeth learns of her husands good fortune, she says, yet do I fear thy nature, it is too full of the milk of human kindness, what does she mean

That Macbeth is simply too nice

What does lady Macbeth decide to do?

Manipulate her husband into murding the king

We will proceed no further with this business, means what?

They will not kill anyone to obtian power

Lady Macbeth is best described as?

Beautiful and intelligent but not to be trusted and Manipulative

“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath” Is a line delivered by Lady Macbeth, What is its importance?

This is nto her first time using deception to get her way

What is the result of the conversation between lady Macbeth and her husband?

She will come up with a plan and MAcbeth will carry it out they will become king and queen

Lady Macbeth says “I have given suck and know how tender tis to love the babe who milks me, but I would while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains had I sworn as you have done this”?

She would kill her own children before she broke a promise

Who is Banquo?

Macbeths friend and fellow thane

Lady macbeth takes no part in the murder of the king

False

“is this dagger which I see before me”

It is a metaphor for his fate

Lady Macbeth uses her charm and wine to get the guards drunk

True

What makes the killing of the king different from all of the other killing Macbeth has done

The king trusts him

When the body of the king is discovered, what does Macbeth do?

He cuts the throats of the guards in a fit of rage

The kings two sons run away. why is this important

It casts suspicion upon them

As a result of the sons running away, who is named king

Macbeth

In the middle of the play, MAcbeth can be best decribed as?

Paranoid

The king is dead, The sons have fled, who is now the biggest threat to Macbeth

Banquo and fleance

“ full of scorpions is my mind, What does Macbeth mean by this?

His mind is full of very dark thoughts

Macbeth hires professinal killers to do what?

Murder Banquo and his son

The murderers are only partially successful, how so?

Banquo is killed but fleance escapes

Where did Donalbain escape too?

Ireland

Where did Malcome escape too?

England

What happens at Macbeths dinnner party honoring him as king

He sees the ghost of his dead friend

Macbeth makes up his mind that who can help him out this terrible predicament

The three witches

What are the three new predictions given to him by the witches

1) beware the thane of fite/ Macduff

2)Fear no man born of a women

3)Fear not until birnham wood comes to high dunsinane

What does Macbeth decide he must do?

Kill Macduff

Where has Macduff gone

He goes to England to speak with Malcome

What happens to lady Macduff

She and her children are slaughtered by a paranoid Macbeth

From this point in the play, Macbeth is referred to as what?

Tyrant

What does english king give to Malcome?

10000 troops

What do we learn about Lady Macbeth

She draws the line at killing children

Macbeth was a good soilder but he is a terrable king

true

What does lady Macbeth reveal to her servants and the doctor while she sleep walks

she and her husband murded the king to get where they are

What happens to lady Macbeth

She dies possibly by suicide

What is waiting outside Macbeths castle

10000 soilders

In the end the witches prophecies come true

True

What does Macbeth do in the end

Stands his ground and goes out fighting

What happened to Macbeths soilders

They quickly surrender or run away

Macbeth kills everyone he sees until he encounters who on the battle field

Macduff

if Macbeth was invincible how can Macduff possibily hope to defeat him

He was not born from a women but delivered via caesarean section

Who is the king at the end of the play

Malcome

Macbeths biggest flaw is his

Ambition

Who says “my voice is my sword”

Macduff

Who is the goddess of witchcraft

Hecate

Who is siward

King of england

Where are scottish kings crowned

Scone

Is the prophecy still active at the end of the play

True