Monday 1st April A

Question 1

‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll no fail’: who is being addressed?

Answer 1

Macbeth

Question 1

‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll no fail’: who speaks these lines?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth

Question 2

What does Lady Macbeth mean by this?

Answer 2

Have guts, stick to your goal, and kill Duncan

Question 3

What musical image might be being suggested here by Shakespeare?

Answer 3

The twisting of a peg on an instrument to tune it

Question 4

What weapon might be being suggested by ‘sticking place’?

Answer 4

A crossbow, whose cord would be screwed up by a soldier using it

Question 5

Fill in the gaps: ‘S____ your c______ to the s_______ place and w_‘__ n__ f___’

Answer 5

‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail’

Question 6

Fill in the blanks: ‘_____ your ________ ___ the _______ _____ and _____ not ____’

Answer 6

‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail’