| Which senses do the following lines from Act IV, Scene iii of The Tragedy of Macbeth appeal to?This avarice / Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root / Than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been / The sword of our slain kings. | sight and touch |
| One of the images that runs throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth is that of | Blood |
| Which of the following lines spoken by Malcolm in Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth best conveys how he really feels about Scotland? | “. . . It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds.” |
| In Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth,when Macduff’s mother asks him how he is going to manage now that his father is dead, Macduff’s son remarks, “as birds do, mother.” Based on this remark, which of the following best illustrates the impression we get of Macduff’s son before he is murdered? | charming, naive, and affectionate |
| After visiting the witches in Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth, why does Macbeth initially change his mind and decide not to have Macduff killed? | He knows Macduff has fled to England. |
| A major purpose of Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth is to foreshadow events related to | Macbeth’s downfall. |
| What is a Harpier? | a demon spirit |
| Which of the following words would best replace the underlined word in the following line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth?Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. | Spotted |
Drama: Act IV – Macbeth
July 26, 2019