King of Scotland preceding Macbeth | Duncan |
An innocent woman murdered | Lady Macduff |
Guilty woman with troubled sleep | Lady Macbeth |
Supernatural being | Hecate |
Boy who escaped Macbeth’s murderers | Fleance |
Boy murdered by Macbeth’s hired assassins | Boy Macduff |
Man who resisted witches’ evil powers | Banquo |
Man who yielded to witches’ power | Macbeth |
Man whose son was slain by Macbeth | Siward |
Man whose son was slain by Macbeth’s hired assassins | Macduff |
Murdered man whose ghost appears to Macbeth | Banquo |
Murdered man whose peaceful sleep in death is envied by murderer | Duncan |
Person responsible for first murder but did not commit it | Lady Macbeth |
Person who supplied only a touch of humor | Porter |
Battle at opening was Scotts vs Rebels (Norway) | True |
Macbeth appears as a successful general at start | True |
Witches prophecy Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor | True |
Macbeth was surprised when he was called Thane of Cawdor | True |
Banquo will become king | False |
Lady Macbeth dissuades Macbeth from killing Duncan | False |
Duncan suspected harm at Macbeth’s castle | False (?) |
Macbeth saw a dagger leading him toward Duncan | True |
Lady Macbeth praised Macbeth for killing Duncan | False |
Macduff’s family being murdered does not serve the plot in any way and only appeals to the animals in the crowd | False (?) |
Lady Macbeth smeared the grooms with blood | True |
Banquo’s ghost was visible to all | False |
Macbeth’s soldiers wholeheartedly followed him | False |
Young Siward’s death gave Macbeth confidence in prophecy | True |
Macbeth met the second time with the witches as a coincidence | False |
Malcolm found no support with the King of England | False |
Macbeth displayed no emotion at the death of his wife | True |
Lady Macduff complained to Ross that Macduff had deserted her | True |
Duncan’s sons fled to different countries | True |
Macbeth was eager to fight and kill Macduff | False (?) |
Macbeth’s original title/estate | Glamis |
Refuge for Donalbain | Ireland |
At war with Scotland | Norway |
Macduff’s residence | Fife |
Where coronation of Scottish kings occur | Scone |
King’s residence | Forres |
Burial site for Scottish kings | Colme-kill |
Forest | Burnam |
Macbeth’s residence after becoming king | Inverness |
Final defeat of Macbeth | Dunsinane |
Traitor killed at beginning of the play is ___ | Sweno (Thane of Cawdor) |
Macduff learns the murder of his family from ___ | Ross |
Goddess of witchcraft | Hecate |
First apparition | Armed head |
Second apparition | Bloody child |
Third apparition | Eight kings |
Leader of English forces | Macduff |
Porter says they did not go to bed till ___ AM | 3 |
Signal to kill Duncan is | bell |
Time of Macbeth | Eleventh century |
Macbeth hires ___ murderers to kill Banquo | Three |
Malcolm is prince of ___ | Cumberland |
Ingredients include ___ of newt and ___ of frog | eye, tongue |
Banquo’s son | Fleance |
Prophecy about Banquo | Sons would be kings |
Lady Macbeth eagerly welcomed Duncan into her castle | To give him a false sense of security |
Macbeth hesitated to kill Duncan | because he has a conscience |
Macbeth was persuaded to kill by | Lady Macbeth |
Lady Macbeth did not kill Duncan because | He looked like her daddy |
Macbeth didn’t want to smear the blood on the grooms because | He didn’t want to go back to the scene of the crime |
First people to arrive at the castle after the murder | Macduff and Lennox |
Malcolm fled because | Feared for his life |
Macbeth wanted to kill Banquo because | He didn’t want his sons to become king according to the prophecy |
Macbeth was distressed by the escape of Fleance | because he was a threat according to the prophecy |
Macbeth ordered Lady Macduff’s kid to be killed | So he could kill and capture Macduff (?) |
Malcolm misrepresented himself to Macduff because | He did not trust him at first |
Macbeth displayed no emotion at the death of his wife | True |
Macbeth Study Guide
November 23, 2019