MacBeth Plot Test

Act 1

1. What are the 2 countries at war when the play begins?

   1. Scotland and Norway

2. What is the weather like when the witches show up?

   1. Stormy

3. Where is MacBeth when he meets the witches?

   1. On a heath - field

4. Who is the prince of Cumberland?

   1. Malcom

5. Who are the 2 leaders of the Scottish military?

   1. MacBeth and Banquo

6. What happened to the first Thane of Cawdor and who gets his title?

   1. He is executed for treason and MacBeth gets title

7. Where is the banquet to celebrate the end of the war?

   1. MacBeth's house

8. What do the witches do to the sailor and why?

   1. Gather the winds and make a storm at sea; because his wife did not give the witches any food

9. How do the witches physically look?

   1. Beards, skinny lips, chapped lips, rags, don't look inhabitants of earth

10. What is the other title by which the witches go by?

    1. Wyrd sisters

11. What is the difference in the way MacBeth and Banquo sees the witches?

    1. Banquo doesn't trust and MacBeth thinks they are reliable

12. MacBeth only names one reason to why he wants to kill Duncan?

    1. Because of ambition (wants the crown)

13. How does Lady MacBeth convince MacBeth to kill Duncan?

    1. "You are not a man", then becomes softer to try, then brings up the death of their first child - "I would have killed my own child for you, so kill the king"

14. Who gets framed for Duncan's murder?

    1. Duncan's guards

15. What is their marriage like in Act 1

    1. They are supportive and in love

16. Who is MacDonwald?

    1. The traitor who got his head cut off by MacBeth in battle

17. How is Banquo and MacBeth's opinion on the witches different?

    1. Banquo doesn't trust and MacBeth does

Act 2

1. MacBeth names a particular pagan God at the start. Who is it?

   1. Hegate

2. What was Lady MacBeth's role in the murder of Duncan?

   1. Get the guards drunk, then ring the bell to give MacBeth the signal that it is done

3. What trait does MacBeth say he has that is the reason to kill Duncan?

   1. His ambition

4. What mistake does MacBeth make in Duncan's murder that Lady MacBeth has to fix?

   1. He didn't leave the weapons with the guards after

5. Who found Duncan's body?

   1. Macduff

6. How did MacBeth get Duncan's throne?

   1. Because Malcom ran away?

7. Where did Malcom and Donalbane run away to

   1. England (Donalbane) and Ireland (Malcom)

8. In the initial stages of the murder, who do people think killed Duncan and why?

   1. The guards paid off by someone

Act 3

1. Who is the first character to voice suspicion?

   1. Banquo

2. What tactic does MacBeth use to convince the murderers to kill Banquo?

   1. Convinces that he is their enemies

3. Who is with Banquo and escaped the murder?

   1. Fleance

4. How many murders were hired and how many were there actually?

   1. Hired 2 but 3 showed up

5. Evidence Lady MacBeth and MacBeth's relationship is in trouble?

   1. Lady MacBeth calls him "my lord" and asks for permission to talk to him; she is getting shut out by him

6. Why is Hegate mad at the witches?

   1. Didn't include her in the spells with MacBeth

7. What does Hegate do to get involved with MacBeth?

   1. She makes MacBeth see apparitions

8. Someone else joins Malcom in England?

   1. Macduff

9. Who attends MacBeth's coronation dinner as a ghost?

   1. Banquo

10. Who else did MacBeth tell the murderers to kill and did they do it?

    1. Fleance and they failed

Act 4

1. 3 categories of things being put in the witches cauldron?

   1. Plant parts, animal parts, and human parts

2. All of the human parts being put in the cauldron have what in common?

   1. Come from people who are outside Christianity

3. What are the 4 human parts?

   1. Finger of a baby, liver of a Jewish person, nose from a Muslim, lips from Muslim

4. Why does MacBeth decide to kill Macduff's family?

   1. Macduff left to England to join Malcom so he is angry so he kills them

5. What does Lady MacBeth's son say to her?

   1. To run and save herself

6. 4 things Malcom says about himself why he would be a bad king?

   1. Lustful, bring the country down to hell, greedy, and he doesn't have any good qualities

7. Why was Malcom lying about these things?

   1. Seeing if he can trust Macduff

8. What does Ross tell Malcom and Macduff

   1. Scottish rebels have risen up to help take MacBeth out of power

9. When Macduff finds out about his family what 4 emotions does he go through?

   1. Shock, guilt, grief, and anger

10. When Malcom tells Macduff to dispute it like a man, we know that Macduff is doing what?

    1. He is crying

Act 5

1. What main night did Lady Macbeth keep reliving the night she was sleep walking?

   1. Duncan's murder

2. What is the first thing Lady MacBeth does when she is sleep walking?

   1. She reads and writes a letter

3. How does Lady MacBeth die?

   1. Suicide

4. Who kills MacBeth?

   1. Macduff

5. Who are the 3 people Lady MacBeth mentions die while sleepwalking?

   1. Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macduff

6. What is the name of the woods where the Scottish meets the British military

   1. Birnam woods

7. Malcom welcomes home what 2 exiled friends?

   1. Donalbane and Fleance

8. Does MacBeth know how much he has changed?

   1. Yes - has whole speech

9. Only 1 causality of war from Malcom's side

   1. Young Seward

10. What does the doctor say about Lady MacBeth's health?

    1. She can't help her - not medical health but mental

11. How does Macduff kill MacBeth?

    1. Cuts his head off

12. Who found Lady MacBeth's body

    1. Her servants

13. What did Macduff threaten MacBeth with if he did not fight?

    1. He would be treated like a circus animal

14. How did MacBeth react to hearing his wife died?

    1. He did not care

15. Who is the king at the end of the play?

    1. Malcom