Act 2, Scene 1

Question 1

Banquo feels guilty in thought and fears he is falling victim to evil spirits

Answer 1

Merciful powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose!

Question 2

Duncan generously gifts a diamond ring to Lady Macbeth

Answer 2

This diamond he greets your wife withal

Question 3

Banquo shares to Macbeth how he dreamt of the witches, which Macbeth shuts down the idea

Answer 3

I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters …. I think not of them

Question 4

Macbeth starts hallucinating, believing he sees a knife in front of him

Answer 4

Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still

Question 5

Macbeth is paranoid, believing the stones he walks on are revealing where he is

Answer 5

For fear thy very stones prate of my whereabout