Main message exhibited by Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene | a guilty conscience is not easily mended |
In Scene iii, what does Macbeth’s behavior toward the servant who comes to deliver amessage ultimately show about Macbeth’s character? | he has grown brutal |
When Macbeth reveals in Scene v that he has grown impervious to fear and horror, heis underscoring the play’s theme of the | destructiveness of blind ambition |
At what point does Macbeth first begin to realize that he has been tricked by the prophecies? | when he learns that Birnam Wood is moving toward the castle |
In Act V, in what way does Macbeth revert to his former self? | he fights with courage and skill |
Why does Shakespeare have Macbeth display certain admirable traits at the end of the play? | to reinforce the idea that Macbeth is a victim of his tragic flaw |
In Act V, which of the following represents the resolution of the plot? | Macduff kills Macbeth |
When the doctor watches Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, he | is completely baffled |
You can infer that the doctors in Shakespeare’s time knew very little about | psychology, mind-body connection, and emotional distress |
When the doctor tells the waiting-gentlewoman to take from Lady Macbeth “the meansof all annoyance,” it is because he fears that Lady Macbeth might | try to kill herself |
When Macbeth says “Out, out, brief candle!” the word candle refers to | life |
In Act V, Scene i, you can tell that the waiting-gentlewoman is | loyal to Lady Macbeth |
Lady Macbeth kills herself because | she cannot bear her guilt |
At the end of the play, how does Macbeth’s courage in battle affect the reader? | It brings the reader full circle by once again pointing up an aspect of his noblenature. |
The trees of Birnam Wood moving toward Dunsinane are ______ of Macbeth’sdownfall. | harbingers |
Which of the following sentences includes an adverb clause? | The witches’ prophecies, which they made in Act I, came true. |
Lady Macbeth’s guilt causes her a great ______ of spirit. | perturbation |
The witches dance wildly around their caldron in a ______ frenzy. | clamorous |
Macbeth Act 5
July 14, 2019