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Question 1

in the beginning of the play who does macbeth successfully fight against?

Answer 1

a

Question 2

who was shakespeare trying to please when he wrote macbeth?

Answer 2

a

Question 3

who was the original thane of cawdor?

Answer 3

a

Question 4

where is the primary setting of the play?

Answer 4

a

Question 5

what is an extended speech in which a character speaks to himself on stage to reveal private thoughts called?

Answer 5

a

Question 6

at the beginning of the play, scotland is at war with which country?

Answer 6

a

Question 7

how does macbeth convince the two murderers to kill banquo

Answer 7

a

Question 8

why does macbeth suggest to the doctor to cure lady macbeth

Answer 8

a

Question 9

what is lady macbeth’s role in killing banquo and fleance?

Answer 9

a

Question 10

why does lady macbeth faint immediately after duncan’s murder?

Answer 10

a

Question 11

what are macbeth’s arguments to himself against killing duncan?

Answer 11

a

Question 12

why is macbeth fearless in the final battle?

Answer 12

a

Question 13

after macbeth dies, who is the new king

Answer 13

a

Question 14

who kills macbeth

Answer 14

a

Question 15

what prize does macbeth’s killer bring back to the castle

Answer 15

a

Question 16

how is the scene of duncan’s murder described

Answer 16

a

Question 17

what symptom does lady macbeth exhibit to the doctor

Answer 17

a

Question 18

why does malcom speak negatively about himself to macduff

Answer 18

a

Question 19

what error did macbeth commit in duncan’s murder

Answer 19

a

Question 20

where is macbeth’s castle

Answer 20

a

Question 21

who murdered the chamberlains

Answer 21

a

Question 22

what does macbeth demand to know during the 2nd visit to the witches

Answer 22

a

Question 23

how is the porter depicted?

Answer 23

a

Question 24

where is macbeth returning from when he first meets the witches

Answer 24

a

Question 25

what do the unnatural disturbances during the night duncan is killed symbolize

Answer 25

a

Question 26

what does the barren scepter symbolize

Answer 26

a

Question 27

what does lady macbeth do hen she hears divan is coming to visit

Answer 27

a

Question 28

why does macbeth want banquo and fleance dead

Answer 28

a

Question 29

who does duncan name prince of cumberland

Answer 29

a

Question 30

during the feast, who is macbeth’s chair occupied by

Answer 30

a

Question 31

what does macbeth see before he murdered duncan

Answer 31

a

Question 32

why does macbeth day he is disappointed that banquo is going riding

Answer 32

a

Question 33

which prophesy does not come true during the play

Answer 33

a

Question 34

how does lady macbeth cover for er husband’s irrational comments at the banquet

Answer 34

a

Question 35

in act 5, why does the gentlewoman refuse to repeat what lady macbeth said

Answer 35

a

Question 36

why do the soldiers cut down the tree libs

Answer 36

a

Question 37

what army helps malcom overthrow macbeth

Answer 37

a

Question 38

what does malcom tell macduff to do when he heard of his family’s death

Answer 38

a

Question 39

why did lady macbeth commit suicide

Answer 39

a

Question 40

who speaks the last lines of the play

Answer 40

a

Question 41

what is macbeth’s reaction to lady macbeth death

Answer 41

a