Macbeth Quotes

Question 1

First mention of Macbeth

Answer 1

There to meet with MacBeth; witch

Question 2

After the battle, where they don’t care who wins

Answer 2

‘When the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won’ (Second Witch)

Question 3

Phrases repeated but opposite. Machiavellian (foul)

Answer 3

Fair is foul, and foul is fair’ (Witches)

Question 4

A name for Macbeth due to his fighting

Answer 4

brave MacBeth – well he deserves that name’ (Captain)

Question 5

Described as someones minion

Answer 5

Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage’ (Captain)

Question 6

How he kills their leader

Answer 6

Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps

And fixed his head upon our battlements’ (Captain)

Question 7

First mention by banquo, by king

Answer 7

Dismay’d not this our captains, MacBeth and Banquo?’ (Duncan)

Question 8

Sarcasm. List of animals

Answer 8

Yes, as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion’ (Captain)

Question 9

Bathe or memorise?

Answer 9

meant to bathe in reeking wounds

Or memorise another Golgotha’ (Captain)

Question 10

Compared to the God of war

Answer 10

Bellona’s bridegroom’ (Captain)

Question 11

Macbeth is getting promoted. Rhyme by the king

Answer 11

Go pronounce his present death

And with his former title greet MacBeth’ (Duncan)

Question 12

His loss, Macbeth’s win

Answer 12

What he hath lost, noble MacBeth hath won’ (Duncan)

Question 13

Macbeth repeating the witches

Answer 13

So foul and fair a day I have not seen’ (MacBeth)

Question 14

First words by banquo

Answer 14

Live you, or are you aught

That man may question?’ (Banquo)

Question 15

Comparing Macbeth to a women

Answer 15

you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so’ (Banquo)

Question 16

First prediction by witches to Macbeth

Answer 16

All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.’ (Witches)

Question 17

Second prediction by witches, to Banquo

Answer 17

Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.’ (Witches)

Question 18

Macbeth being promoted

Answer 18

He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor’ (Ross)

Question 19

Repeating Withes’ first prophecy and saying he can become king

Answer 19

Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:

The greatest is behind’ (MacBeth)

Question 20

Conflicted wether they are right and if he should allow it to happen or force it

Answer 20

This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good’ (MacBeth)
9. ‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me
Without my stir’ (MacBeth)

Question 21

Saying Macbeth is almost equal to Duncan

Answer 21

worthiest cousin’ (Duncan)

Question 22

Pleading his alliance to duncan by Macbeth

Answer 22

The service and the loyalty I owe,

In doing it, pays itself’ (Macbeth)

Question 23

Either he kills banquo or his whole plan falls apart

Answer 23

The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step

On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap’ (Macbeth

Question 24

He wants fortune to wait and people not find out about him killing Duncan

Answer 24

‘Stars, hide your fires,

Let light not see my black and deep desires’ (Macbeth)