Macbeth Quotations

Question 1

“Fair is __ , and foul is __: / Hover through the __ and __ air” (Witches, Act __)

Answer 1

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air” (Witches, Act 1)

Question 2

In Act __ Scene __ Macbeth is referred to as ‘__ Macbeth’, ‘__ cousin’ and ‘__ Macbeth’

Answer 2

In Act 1 Scene 2 Macbeth is referred to as ‘brave Macbeth’, ‘valiant cousin’ and ‘noble Macbeth’

Question 3

“So __ and __ a day I have not seen” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 3

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 4

“There’s no __ / To find the mind’s __ in the face: / He was a __ on whom I built / An __ trust.” (Duncan, Act __)

Answer 4

“There’s no art / To find the mind’s construction in the face: / He was a gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust.” (Duncan, Act 1)

Question 5

“[Aside] The Prince of __! that is a step / On which I must __ down, or else o’erleap, / For in my way it __. Stars, hide your __; / Let not __ see my black and __ desires” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 5

“[Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, / For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 6

“… yet do I fear thy __; / It is too full o’ the __ of human kindness / To __ the nearest way… / Hie thee hither, / That I may pour my __ in thine ear” (Lady Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 6

“… yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way… / Hie thee hither, / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear” (Lady Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 7

“Come, you __ / That tend on __ thoughts, __ me here, / And fill me from the __ to the toe top-full / Of __ cruelty!” (Lady Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 7

“Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty!” (Lady Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 8

“look like the __ flower, / But be the __ under’t” (Lady Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 8

“look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t” (Lady Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 9

“I dare do all that may become a __; / Who __ do more is none.” (Macbeth, Act
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Answer 9

“I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more is none.” (Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 10

“Away, and mock the time with __ show: / __ face must hide what the false __ doth know.” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 10

“Away, and mock the time with fairest show: / False face must hide what the false heart doth know.” (Macbeth, Act 1)

Question 11

“Infirm of __! / Give me the __: the sleeping and the dead / Are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of __ / That fears a painted __.” (Lady Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 11

“Infirm of purpose! / Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead / Are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil.” (Lady Macbeth, Act 2)

Question 12

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this __ / __ from my hand? No, this my __ will rather / The multitudinous __ incarnadine” (Macbeth Act __)

Answer 12

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine” (Macbeth Act 2)

Question 13

“There’s __ in men’s smiles: the near in __, / The nearer __.” (Donalbain, Act __)

Answer 13

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles: the near in blood, / The nearer bloody.” (Donalbain, Act 2)

Question 14

“Thou hast it now: __, __, __, all, / As the __ women promised, and, I fear, / Thou play’dst most __ for’t” (Banquo, Act __)

Answer 14

“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weird women promised, and, I fear, / Thou play’dst most foully for’t” (Banquo, Act 3)

Question 15

“Upon my head they placed a __ crown, / And put a __ sceptre in my gripe… / For Banquo’s issue have I filed my __; / For them the __ Duncan have I murder’d” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 15

“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe… / For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind; / For them the gracious Duncan have I murder’d” (Macbeth, Act 3)

Question 16

“O, full of __ is my __, dear wife!” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 16

“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” (Macbeth, Act 3)

Question 17

“Then comes my __ again: I had else been __, / Whole as the __, founded as the rock, / As __ and general as the casing air: / But now I am cabin’d, cribb’d, __” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 17

“Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect, / Whole as the marble, founded as the rock, / As broad and general as the casing air: / But now I am cabin’d, cribb’d, confined” (Macbeth, Act 3)

Question 18

“It will have _; they say, _ will have _… / I am in _ / Stepp’d in so far that, should I _ no more, / Returning were as _ as go o’er” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 18

“It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood… / I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er” (Macbeth, Act 3)

Question 19

“Double, double __ and __; / _ burn, and __ bubble… / By the __ of my thumbs, / Something __ this way comes.” (Witches, Act __)

Answer 19

“Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble… / By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.” (Witches, Act 4)

Question 20

“O nation __, / With an __ tyrant bloody-scepter’d, / When shalt thou see thy __ days again?” (Macduff, Act __)

Answer 20

“O nation miserable, / With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter’d, / When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again?” (Macduff, Act 4)

Question 21

“The __ is long that never finds the __.” (Malcolm, Act __)

Answer 21

“The night is long that never finds the day.” (Malcolm, Act 4)

Question 22

“Out, __ spot! out, I __!” (Lady Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 22

“Out, damned spot! out, I say!” (Lady Macbeth, Act 5)

Question 23

“Out, out, brief __! / Life’s but a __ shadow, a poor __ / That struts and frets his hour upon the __ / And then is heard no more: it is a __ / Told by an __, full of __ and __, / __ nothing.” (Macbeth, Act __)

Answer 23

“Out, out, brief candle! / Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more: it is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.” (Macbeth, Act 5)

Question 24

“this dead __ and his fiend-like __” (Malcolm, Act __)

Answer 24

“this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen” (Malcolm, Act 5)