Name: Date: PART A: Selected Response Questions - Comprehension Circle the best answer for each of the following questions. 1. Which signal does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth to let him know the guards have been drugged? a. Ring a bell. b. Light three candles in her bedroom window. c. Send a servant to say she is ill and wants to see him. d. Stand at the window and whistle like a bird. 2. What reason does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself? a. He reminded him of her father sleeping there. b. It would diminish Macbeth s power if she did the killing. c. She is not as strong and might not be able to use the knife effectively. d. She saw in a dream that only Macbeth could commit the murder. 3. What does Lady Macbeth advise Macbeth when he is worried about hearing voices after the murder? a. Go for a walk in the garden and get some fresh air b. Have a glass of wine and relax c. Have the servant come and sing some quiet tunes to put them to sleep d. Wash the blood off of his hands 4. Why won t Macbeth take the daggers back to the scene of the crime? a. He can t bear to look at Duncan again. b. He is afraid to be seen and look suspicious. c. He says he has done his part. d. He thinks it will be bad luck to touch them again. 5. What did Macduff discover? a. A note containing the outline of a plot to kill Duncan b. Another omen dead flowers in the garden c. An unlocked gate and a drunk porter d. Duncan s dead body
6. What excuse did Macbeth give for killing the guards? What is his real reason? a. He did it out of love for Duncan and rage against the guards. b. He was drunk and didn t realize what he had done. c. The witches predicted it, and he could not help himself. d. They were attacking him, and he did it in self defense. 7. Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave? a. They are afraid the murderer will be after them too. b. They are going to take the sad news to their mother. c. They don t want to be accused of the crime. d. They want to start making the funeral arrangements. 8. Which of the following unnatural events does NOT happen after the murder? a. A falcon is killed by an owl. b. All the rivers dry up. c. Duncan s horses, once tame, go wild and eat each other. d. It is dark during the day and night. 9. What relation is Fleance to Banquo? a. Father b. Nephew c. Servant d. Son 10. What appears on the dagger that Macbeth sees before him? a. Blood b. Lady Macbeth s face c. Nothing d. The witches PART B: Selected Response Questions - Quotes Circle the speaker of each quote listed below. 1. My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white. B. Lady Macduff C. Macbeth D. Macduff
2. Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it." A. Banquo B. Donalbain C. Lady Macbeth D. Macbeth 3. Yet I do repent me of my fury/ that I did kill them [the guards]" B. Macbeth C. Malcolm D. Porter 4. "Wake Duncan with thy knocking, I would thou couldst." B. Macbeth C. Malcolm D. Porter 5. Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. A. Duncan B. Lady Macbeth C. Macbeth D. Ross PART C: Selected Response Questions - Analysis Circle the literary device that is best represented in each of the following questions. 1. This diamond he greets your wife withal, by the name of most kind hostess (p. 35) a. Allusion b. Cliché c. Dramatic irony d. Paradox 2. Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? (p. 36) a. Anecdote b. Epiphany d. Symbolism
3. Thou sure and firm-set earth, hear not my steps, which way they walk (p. 37) a. Allegory b. Apostrophe c. Foreshadowing d. Motif 4. That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; what hath quenched them hath given me fire. (p. 38) a. Parallelism b. Sarcasm c. Simile d. Theme 5. Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. (p. 39) a. Hyperbole b. Oxymoron d. Simile 6. The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. (p. 39) a. Allusion b. Metaphor d. Simile 7. No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. (p. 40) a. Analogy b. Archetype c. Contrast d. Hyperbole 8. It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance it persuades him and disheartens him. (p. 42) a. Anecdote b. Motif c. Paradox d. Satire
9. O gentle lady, tis not for you to hear what I can speak. (p. 44) a. Conflict b. Figurative language c. Irony d. Parallel structure 10. Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out as they would make war with mankind. (p. 47) a. Analogy b. Characterization c. Juxtaposition d. Symbolism