True or False: Macbeth is a Scottish General… | True |
True or False: Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor… | False…Macbeth is Thane of Glamis! |
Macbeth is considered many things, but what is one thing he is not considered:1.) Brave Soldier2.) Powerful Man3.) Virtuous Man | 3.) Virtuous Man |
Who falls victim to guilt and madness even to a greater degree than his/her spouse? | Lady Macbeth |
Who commits suicide? And what is the motivation? | Lady Macbeth…her conscience |
Lady Macbeth’s speeches imply that the influence she has over her husband is mainly what? | Sexual |
What seems to strengthen the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? | 1.) Their joint alienation from the world and 2.) their occasional partnership in crime. |
What is another name for the three witches? | “black and midnight hags..” |
What do the three witches use to plot mischief against Macbeth? | Spells, charms, and prophecies. |
The witches are servants of whom? | Hecate |
Who/What do the witches represent? | The mythological Fates. |
The witches predictions lead Macbeth to do what 3 things? | 1.) Murder Duncan2.) Order the deaths of Banquo and his son3.) Blindly believe his own immortality |
True or False: According to the witches prophecy, Banquo’s children will inherit the Scottish throne… | True |
Banquo’s character stands as a what to Macbeth? | Rebuke..since Banquo represents the path that Macbeth did not take: a path which ambition led not to betrayal. |
True or False: It is Duncan’s ghost that haunts Macbeth.. | False..it is Banquo’s ghost. |
True or False: Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler… | True |
What does Duncan’s death symbolize? | The destruction of an order in Scotland that can be restored only when Duncan’s line, a.k.a. Malcolm his son, takes the throne. |
Who is the Scottish nobleman that is hostile towards Macbeth? | Macduff |
True or False: Lennox is the leader of the crusade that unseats Macbeth… | False…it was Macduff. |
What was the purpose of the crusade on Macbeth’s castle? | To place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the throne. But it was also vengeance for Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and young son. |
True or False: Duncan’s sons are named Malcolm and Lear.. | False..Malcolm and Donalbain. |
True or False: Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft.. | True |
True or False: Fleance, Banquo’s son, is living in Ireland at the end of the play.. | False..Fleance’s whereabouts are actually unknown at the end of the play.. |
What three attributes struggle for power over Macbeth throughout the play? | Bravery, Ambition, and Self-Doubt |
Although Macbeth is a great warrior, he is ill equipt for what? | The psychic consequences of crime. The feeling of guilt without the hope of repentance and forgiveness. |
Before he kills Duncan, Macbeth is plagued by what? | Worry |
What happends to Lady Macbeth’s powerful personality after the murder? | begins to disintegrate |
True or False: Macbeth is too conscientious to be happy with himself as a murderer.. | True |
True or False: Macbeth seems almost relieved when the English army is at his gates.. | True |
Who said: “Why should I play the Roman fool, and die, on my own sword?” | Macbeth |
True or False: Lady Macbeth wishes she was not a woman so she could murder Duncan herself… | True |
What does Macbeth say about Lady Macbeth’s soul? | That it is a masculine soul inhabiting a female body. |
It is said that the women use female methods of achieving power. What are these methods? | Manipulation |
What denies the women the means to act on their ambitions? | social constraints |
What does Lady Macbeth question about Macbeth in order for him to murder? | His manhood |
True or False: Lady Macbeth’s sensitivity becomes a weakness? | True |
True or False: the three witches are often referred to as the “weird sisters”? | True |
What makes the witches use of speech different from the rest of the characters? | They use rhyming couplets instead of blank verse. |
True or False: the witches embody an unreasoning and instinctive evil.. | True |
What is the main theme of Macbeth? | The destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. |
What drives Macbeth to perform even more terrible actions? | Ambition |
Macbeth Game Questions (from jayhawkfan0202)
August 25, 2019