| Scotland | The play opens in what country? |
| A disturbance in nature | What is perturbation in nature? |
| Thunder and lightning | What disturbances in nature always accompany the appearance of the witches? |
| Enemy to the king | Who was MacDonwald? |
| Cuts him open and beheads him | What does Macbeth do to MacDonwald? |
| Powerful, Ruthless, Leader | Give three adjectives to describe Macbeth as he is seen at the beginning of the play. |
| Norway | Scotland is fighting with what country in scene 1 of act 1? |
| The king of Scotland | Who is Duncan? |
| Malcume | Who is Duncan’s eldest son? |
| Donaldbain | Who is Duncan’s youngest son? |
| Macbeth | Who was Bellona’s bridegroom? |
| He is symbolically the king of war | What does this phrase mean? |
| Sweno | Who was the king of Norway? |
| Pay 10,000 $ | What condition did Sweno have to meet before the Scottish nobleman would let him bury his dead men? |
| Traitor | What is discovered about the Thane of Cowdor? |
| Macbeth | To whom does Duncan give the title of Thane of Cowdor to? |
| Ambition | What is Macbeth’s fatal flaw? |
| Thane of Glomis, Thane of Cowdor, and king thereafter | In what three ways do the witches greet Macbeth? |
| Kids will be kings | What do the witches tell Banquo? |
| Macbeth’s father | Who was Sinel? |
| He is shocked | How does Macbeth react to the announcement that he is Thane of Cowdor? |
| They vanish | When Macbeth demands the witches to tell him where they got this information, what do they do? |
| Be careful they could be tricking you | What caution does Banquo tell Macbeth about what the witches have prophesied? |
| Prince of Cumberlin | What title does Duncan bestow upon his eldest son Malcolm? |
| Inverness | Where is Macbeth’s castle? |
| Forres | Where is king Duncan’s castle? |
| Letter | How does Macbeth inform his wife of the strange happenings? |
| Dark spirits | Whom does Lady Macbeth call upon to make her less womanly? |
| Kingsman and subjects, Duncan’s host, good king | For what reasons does Macbeth not want to kill Duncan? |
| Vaulting ambition | The only reason Macbeth has for killing Duncan? |
| She calls him a coward | How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to go through with the assassination? |
| Smear them with blood | How do they plan to make the guards look guilty? |
| Drug them | How do they plan to get past the guards? |
| They love him | How do the characters in act 1 feel about Macbeth? |
| Brave loyal soldier and ruthless murderer | What two contrasting views of Macbeth are presented in act 1? |
| Nice guy, good king, to trusting | What quality of Duncan as seen I Act 1? |
| Long speech portrayed emotion | What is a soliloquy? |
| Short speech | What is an aside? |
| So fair and fouls a day | What does Macbeth repeat about the weather which the witches before had also said? |
| Innocent as a flower but be the serpent underneath | Lady Macbeth caution Macbeth that he must alway look how? |
| Red and black | What two colors tend to shadow every act of this play? |
| Blood | What does red symbolize? |
| Death | What does black symbolize? |
Macbeth act 1
November 7, 2019