overview of act 1

Question 1

the purpose of scene 1

Answer 1

set a mood

Question 2

what did the witches have in scene 1

Answer 2

a familiar

Question 3

malcom said the he had been under_______ in scene 2

Answer 3

capture

Question 4

macbeth is compared to _________ for his bravery

Answer 4

eagle, lion, cannon, bellona’s bridegrom

Question 5

who is the 1st to die

Answer 5

macdonwald

Question 6

what country is at war

Answer 6

scotland v.s. norway

Question 7

“as sparrow eagles or the hare the lion” who is who in this quote?

Answer 7

norway=sparrow, hare

macbeth and banquo= lion

Question 8

“Go prounounce his present death”

Answer 8

king duncan

Question 9

“so foul and fair a day i have not seen”

Answer 9

macbeth to banquoe

Question 10

3 prophesies of macbeth

Answer 10

thane of glamis
thane of cawdor
king

Question 11

3 proph of banquo

Answer 11

lesser than macbeth, and greater
not so happpy, yet much happier,
thou shalt borne kings, but not be one

Question 12

“if you can look in the seeds of time. “

Answer 12

banquo

growth imagery

Question 13

macbeth is more _____ by the witches than banquo

Answer 13

enraptured

Question 14

“why do you dress me in borrowed robes”

Answer 14

macbeth

clothing imagery

Question 15

banquo is the ____ and _____ to macbeth

Answer 15

foil and voice of reason

Question 16

“And often times, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths”

Answer 16

banquo to macbeth

Question 17

“new honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold but with the aid of use”

Answer 17

banquo to macbeth

Question 18

“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it”

Answer 18

malcolm about the ex- thane of cawdor

Question 19

“he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust

Answer 19

duncan

Question 20

“that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap”

Answer 20

macbeth to duncan about malcolm become prince of cumberland

Question 21

“where they most breed and haunt, I have observed the air is delicate”

Answer 21

banquo

Question 22

chamberlain =

Answer 22

guards