Macebth

Question 1

“Fair is ___, and _____ is _____”

Answer 1

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
-Witches

Question 2

“There’s _______ in men’s smiles”

Answer 2

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
-King Duncan

Question 3

“By the _____ of my thumbs, something ______ this way comes”

Answer 3

“By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes”
-Witches
Talking about Macbeth

Question 4

“The raven himself is hoarse
That ______ the fatal entrance of ______
Under my battlements”

Answer 4

“The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements”
-Lady Macbeth

Question 5

“Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the ______ of human ________.”

Answer 5

“Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.”
-Lady Macbeth

Question 6

“Come you ______, That tend on mortal thoughts, ______ me here
And fill me from the ______ to the toe topfull
Of ________ _______”

Answer 6

“Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull
Of the direst cruelty”
-Lady Macbeth

Question 7

What is the significance of Lady Macbeth saying “Out dammed spot!”

Answer 7

Earlier on she says “a little water will clear us of this dead”, showing a change in her behaviour.

Question 8

“Look like the innocent ______ but be the _______ under ‘t.”

Answer 8

“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under ‘t.”

Question 9

Act 1 Summary

Answer 9

Macbeth meets the witches and is promised Thane of Cawdor then King
Macbeth is rewarded for winning a battle by being given the title Thane of Cawdor which was taken from a ‘most disloyal traitor’
Macbeth sends a letter to his wife about the kind prophecy in which she is referred to as ‘my dearest partner of greatness’
Lady Macbeth plots to kill the King and urges Macbeth on by calling him a coward

Question 10

Act 2 Summary

Answer 10

They murder King Duncan and blame it on the guards
Macbeth is horrified afterwards
Macduff finds Duncan dead and Macbeth kills the guards

Question 11

Act 3 Summary

Question 12

Act 4 Summary

Question 13

Act 5 Summary

Question 14

“The _______ ___ ____________! that is a ____ On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, For in my way it lies.“

Answer 14

“The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, For in my way it lies.“
-Macbeth
This is after Duncan gives Malcolm the title of Prince of Cumberland meaning he would become king after Duncan’s death

Question 15

“the ____ invites me
Hear it not, ______, for it is a knell
That summons thee to _______ or to ____.”

Answer 15

“the bell invites me
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.”

Question 16

“_____ no more: Macbeth does ______ _______”

Answer 16

“Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep”

Question 17

“Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promis’d, and I fear
Thou played’st most _____ for it”

Answer 17

“Thou hast it now, Kind, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promis’d, and I fear
Thou played’st most foully for it”
-Banquo
Talking about Macbeth becoming King

Question 18

What is the significance of Macbeth saying “so foul and fair a day I have not seen”

Answer 18

He repeats the witches, at the start of the book they say “fair is foul, and foul is fair”

Question 19

“Whose _______ image doth ______ my hair”

Answer 19

“Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair”
-Macbeth
Having thoughts about killing the king

Question 20

“How tender ‘this to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have _______ my nipple from his boneless gums
And ______ the brains out, had I so sworn
As you have done to this”

Answer 20

“How tender ‘this to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums
And dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn
As you have done to this”
-Lady Macbeth

Question 21

“Is this a _______ which I see before me,
The _______ towards my hand?Come, let me clutch thee”

Answer 21

“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle towards my hand?Come, let me clutch thee”
-Macbeth

Question 22

“My hands are of your _______, but I ______ to wear a heart so _______”

Answer 22

“My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white”
-Lady Macbeth
Insulting Macbeth and calling him a coward

Question 23

“O, full of ________ is my ______, dear wife!”

Answer 23

“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”
-Macbeth

Question 24

What is the significance of Macbeth saying “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck”

Answer 24

Macbeth feels he does not need Lady Macbeth anymore.
Shows a change in their relationship as earlier he calls her “my dearest partner of greatness”

Question 25

“Upon my head they place a _________ crown”

Answer 25

“Upon my head they place a fruitless crown”
-Macbeth
He will have no heirs