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1
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What is the central theme of act 1?

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Betrayal

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To create an effect of natural speech is the reason why Shakespeare chose to write Macbeth in this

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Blank Verse

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Based on information in Act 1, Macbeth’s character flaw is

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A desire for power

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For Macbeth’s role in the victory against the king of Norway, Duncan awards him this title

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Thane of Cawdor

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5
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These characters foreshadow events in Act 1

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Witches or weird sisters

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It is inferred that King Duncan places a high value on these two things in Act 1

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Bravery and Loyalty

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Tortured ambivalence best describes whose feeling about the possible assassination of King Duncan

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Macbeth’s

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8
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His ambition is not of a ruthless nature, whose opinion about Macbeth

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Lady Macbeth

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9
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Throughout Act 1, Macbeth’s plans and actions seems to be motivated most of all by

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Lady Macbeth’s encouragement

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The words Macbeth says to Duncan “The service and the loyalty I owe” and “In doing it pays itself” are hypocritical because

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He is contemplating killing Duncan

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In Scene 1, after Banquo leaves and Macbeth begins a soliloquy about the deed he is about to commit, the atmosphere Shakespeare has created is

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Suspenseful

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12
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The central theme of act 2 is

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A murderer must live with his conscience

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13
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In Macbeth’s line “I gok it is done; the bell invites me” symbolizes this

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Death

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14
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In scene 2, Lady Macbeth’s purpose in drugging the chaimberlains is

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So they will sleep through the murder

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15
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The moonless night helps establish thie for the night of the murder

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Atmosphere

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16
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What symbol in scene 2 signals that the murder has been accomplished

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Owls screech and crickets cry

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17
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Macbeth declares he will “Sleep no more” because he believes his conscience

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Will not let him sleep

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18
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Macbeth is commenting on what when he indicates that the blood on his hands will redden all the seas

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His profound guilt

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19
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Breaking the grim tone of unfolding events is the purpose of whose speech in act 2

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The drunk porter

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20
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In the porters speech in scene 4, what symbolizes King Duncan

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The falcon

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21
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Macbeth’s instruction to the murderers to, “leave no rubs or butches in the work” is ironic because

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He botched the murder of King Duncan

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22
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In scene 2, what is the connotation of the word scorpions in the line “o full of scorpions is my mind dear wife”

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Horror

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23
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Act 3 of Macbeth serves mainly to expose this

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Macbeth’s mounting troubles

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24
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In scene 4, Macbeth says “and to our dear friend Banquo, who we miss …” This is an example of what two types of irony

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Dramatic and verbal

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25
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The cause of Macbeth’s irrational behavior at the banquet is this

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His guilty conscience manifesting as a ghost

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26
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When Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth in scene 2 “ we are yet but young indeed” he means that they are

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new to the ways for crime

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27
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In scene 4 when Macbeth says in response to the exit of Banquo’s ghost , “I am a man again”, he means that he is

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Brave again

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28
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In scene 4 Lennox’s expressed belief that Macbeth was grieved by Malcolm and Donalbain’s murder of their father is an example of this

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Dramatic irony

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29
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Though Macbeth believes in their power, he attempts to alter the witches prophecies is an example of this

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Situational irony

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30
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He is now quick to use treachery to suit his ends describes who at the end of act 3

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Macbeth

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31
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The major purpose of act 4 is to foreshadow events related to this

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Macbeth’s downfall

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32
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When the witches say, “something wicked this way comes”, you know that even the witches consider him evil” to whom do they refer

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Macbeth

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33
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Macbeth initially changes his mind and decided not to have Macduff killed after leaving the witches because of this

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The third apparition

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34
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The reign of the Tudors began the period of this type of English

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Modern English

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35
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William Caxton was the first to do this in English

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print books

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36
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This playwright would have been more famous that Shakespeare had he lived past the age of 30 and not killed in a bar fight over the bill

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Christopher Marlowe

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37
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Elizabeth 1 began the extension of this to the far corners of the globe

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English

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38
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The borrowing of English words by many foreign languages occured because of this during the Early Modern English period

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Increased exploration and commerce

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39
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The introduction of the subject in the first few lines, has fourteen lines , and is written in iambic pentameter are all characteristics of this

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English sonnet

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40
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The italian sonnet is also called this

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Petrarchan sonnet

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41
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The one thing that distinguished the sonnets of Shakespeare and Spenser

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the rhyme scheme

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42
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Of the two sonnet writers we read, which one mastered the sonnet form first

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Edmund Spenser

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43
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abab, cdcd, efer, gg is whose rhyme scheme

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Shakespeare

44
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The last group of liens in a sonnet usually do this

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Comment on the subject of the poem

45
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abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee is the rhyme scheme for whom

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Spenser

46
Q

A quatrain is this many lines

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4

47
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A couplet is this many lines

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2

48
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Sonnets are numbered and not titled because of this

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sonnets are written in sequence to tell an overall story

49
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During the Renaissance scholars revived the learning and works of these two ancient cultures

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Rome and Greece

50
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This queen of England put an end to religious turmoil in England

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Elizabeth 1

51
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This English king wrote a book against Martin Luther, for which the pope granted him the title “Defender of the Faith”, though later he broke with the Catholic Church in order to marry Anne Boleyn

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King Henry VII

52
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This queen of England was known as “Bloody Mary: because she had so many non-catholics put to death during her reign

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Queen Mary

53
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This poem by Christopher Marlowe is an example of a pastoral poem

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“The passionate Shepherd to His Love”

54
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Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were two great Elizabethan

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dramatists or playwrights

55
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Early modern english varies least from earlier forms in this element of language

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grammar

56
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Martin Luther’s protest and creation of Lutheranism was the beginning of what is known as this

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Protestant Reformation

57
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This Italian-born explorer reached Newfoundland and laid the basis for future English claims to North America

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John Cabot

58
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This Scottish King followed Elizabeth I to the throne of England

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James 1

59
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“The castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends it” is said by

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King Duncan

60
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“Screw your courage to the sticking place, and we’ll not fail” is said by

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Lady Macbeth

61
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“Lesser than Macbeth and greater” is said by

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the witches

62
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“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath it” is said by whom to whom

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Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

63
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“Stars hid thy fires/ Let not night see my black and deep desire” is said by

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Macbeth

64
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“Let not by keen knife see the would it makes” is said by

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Lady Macbeth

65
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“Here there’s daggers in men’s smiles” is said by

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Malcolm

66
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“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip” is said by

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Macbeth

67
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“Blood will have blood” is said by

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Macbeth

68
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Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here “ is said by

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Lady Macbeth

69
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Civility

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Politeness, respect

70
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Connoisseur

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Expert, specialist

71
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Exhilaration

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Elation, Excitement

72
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Foible

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Imperfection

73
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Germane

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Relevant, Applicable

74
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Gregarious

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Sociable, Friendly

75
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Obsequious

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Servile

76
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Patrimony

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Heritage

77
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Precocious

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Mature, Talented

78
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Punctilious

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Meticulous

79
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Affront

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Insult

80
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Effusion

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Outflow

81
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Capitulate

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Surrender, Give up

82
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Guffaw

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Roar with laughter

83
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Incarcerate

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Imprison

84
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Indulgent

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Easygoing, Lenient

85
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Magnanimous

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Generous, Charitable

86
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Munificent

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Very Generous, Philanthropic

87
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Propitious

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Favorable, Advantageous

88
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Querulous

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Irritable, Petty

89
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When Lady Macduff and her children are murdered, it emphasizes how ruthless who has become

A

Macbeth

90
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Questioning and courageous is how Shakespeare portrays whose son in act 4

A

Macduff’s son

91
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Macduff’s noble despair for his country finally convinces who of his loyalty

A

Macduff

92
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“It weeps it bleeds and each new day a gash is added to her wounds” are lines spoken by Malcolm and his feelings for

A

Scotland

93
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What important plot development occurs as a direct result of Macduff’s leaving his castle and freeing Scotland

A

The murder of Macduff’s family

94
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Malcolm’s primary role in act 4 is to motivate who to return to Scotland

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Macduff

95
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The end of act 4 foreshadows an important conflict between these two characters

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Macbeth and Macduff

96
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A guilty conscience is not easily mended is the main message from what event in act 5 scene 1

A

Lady Macbeth sleepwalking

97
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In scene 1, what helps create the eerie atmosphere

A

The taper or candle Lady Macbeth carries

98
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When Lady Macbeth says “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” she means

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no amount of virtue will undo her guilt

99
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We know that Macbeth has grown brutal when we observe his behavior to this character in scene 3

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Servant

100
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When Macbeth reveals in scene 5 that he has grown impervious to fear and horror, he is underscoring the plays theme of this

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The destructiveness of blind ambiton

101
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When Macbeth learns that Birnam Woods is moving toward the castle, he realizes

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He has been tricked by the prophecies

102
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In act 5, Macbeth reverts to his former self when he does this,

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He fights with courage and skill

103
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Macbeth says that life signifies

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nothing

104
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We realize Macbeth is a victim of his tragic flaw when he displays this at the end of the play

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Courage and skill in fighting

105
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In act 5, when Macduff kills Macbeth this represents the what of the plot

A

resolution

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