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- 1. Multiple Choice
What’s not a reason that encourages Macbeth to have Banquo killed?
Banquo is jealous of Macbeth’s kingship.
Banquo is intelligent.
He fears Banquo’s bravery.
Macbeth wants to preserve his own legacy.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does Macbeth want to kill Fleance?
He is afraid he will become king.
Fleance has alerted Banquo to Macbeth’s plans.
Fleance is communicating with the witches.
He wants to devastate Banquo.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is not something Macbeth mentions when trying to convince the murderers to
kill Banquo?
He reminds them that Banquo has wronged them.
He says that they have a low social status and are meant for the job.
He says that he can’t kill Banquo himself because they have mutual friends.
He says that he will make them thanes.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How has Lady Macbeth changed in this act?
She has begun communicating with Ross and the other thanes.
She takes less initiative in planning with Macbeth.
She has begun to confess her treasons to her attendants.
She has become more abusive of Macbeth in ordering each task.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How many murderers are involved in killing Banquo?
2
3
4
5
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Macbeth see at the banquet table?
Hecate
A dagger
The thanes covered in blood
Banquo's ghost
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which thane was noticeably absent from the banquet?
Ross
Macduff
Lennox
Angus
- 8. Multiple Choice
How does Lady Macbeth cover for Macbeth at the banquet?
She says that he's behaved this way since he was young
She changes the subject to blaming Malcolm and Donalbain.
She plays along, as if Macbeth was acting out a scene from a play
She faints
- 9. Multiple Choice
After Macbeth behaves strangely at the banquet, what does Lady Macbeth say he needs?
sleep
blessing
food
a good cry
- 10. Multiple Choice
Hecate directs the witches to present illusions that will make Macbeth feel:
guilty
innocent
insecure
overconfident
- 11. Multiple Choice
What change does Lennox demonstrate at the end of Act 3?
He becomes suspicious of Macbeth behavior
He starts to pity Lady Macbeth.
He is starting to support Macbeth and work for him as an assistant.
He begins to believe in the witches’ prophecies.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is Malcolm doing in England?
He is being crowned as the Prince of Wales.
He is in hiding from hired murderers.
He is collecting officials for a trial against Macbeth.
He is consulting people about raising an army against Macbeth.
- 13. Multiple Choice
“Then, prophetlike,/They hailed him father to a line of kings./Upon my head they
placed a fruitless crown/And put a barren scepter in my grip…”
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Lennox
- 14. Multiple Choice
“Sleek o’er your rugged looks;/Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.”
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
A murderer
- 15. Multiple Choice
“We have lost best half of our affair.”
Lady Macbeth
Ross
Banquo
A murderer
- 16. Multiple Choice
“…all you have done/Hath been but for a wayward son,/Spiteful and wrathful, who, as
others do,/Loves for his own ends, not for you.”
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Hecate
Ross
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