MACBETH - ACT 4 QUIZ

So foul and fair a quiz Ive never seen.

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PART I. For each of the following quotations, indicate the character(s) referred to in the underlined words. (5 marks) 1. give to the edge o the sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line. 2. Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upward To what they were before. My pretty cousin 3. Sirrah, your fathers dead; And what will you do now? How will you live? 4. Devilish Macbeth By many of these trains hath sought to win me Into his power 5. Thy royal father Was a most sainted king PART 2. For each of the following, fill in the blank with the missing word and identify the speaker. (10 marks) 1. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something __________ this way comes: 2. front to front, Bring thou this __________ of Scotland and myself; 3. Whither indeed, before they here-approach, Old __________, with ten thousand warlike men. 4. Double, double, toil and __________. 5. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of __________. (evil (friend (Edward (bubble (Cawdor bloody fiend wicked King hated)

tyrant) Siward Macbeth) trouble) Fife)

Macduff rubble Glamis

stubble Forres

PART 3. Identify the literary device used in each of the following. (5 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. sea salt shark gall of goat ditch delivered by a drab Like elves and fairies in a ring, Fathered is he, and yet hes fatherless. What, you egg!/Young fry of treachery! It [the country] weeps, it bleeds and each new gash is added to her wounds.

PART 4. Answer each of the following questions. (12 marks) 1. One common characteristic of the ingredients of the witches cauldron: a. deadly and poisonous b. cheap and common c. foul and disgusting 2. Macbeths relationship with the witches is different in this scene because now he: a. respects them b. commands them c. fears them 3. _________ tells Macbeth to beware of Macduff. d. black or red d. worships them

a. b. c. d. e.

the child with a crown and a tree branch the bloody head the armed head Banquos ghost Ross

4. _________ says that no man born of woman will hurt Macbeth. a. the child with a crown and a tree branch b. the bloody child c. the armed head d. Banquos ghost e. Ross 5. _______ says that Macbeth wont be defeated until Birnam forest marches to Macbeths castle. a. the child with a crown and a tree branch b. the bloody child c. the armed head d. Banquos ghost e. Ross 6. _____ __ shows Macbeth a line of eight kings a. the child with a crown and a tree branch b. the bloody child c. the armed head d. Banquos ghost e. Ross 7. _____ __ tells Macduff that Macbeth has killed his family. a. the child with a crown and a tree branch b. the bloody child c. the armed head d. Banquos ghost e. Ross 8. Which character does NOT appear in Act 4? A. Macbeth B. Macduff C. the witches D. Lady Macbeth E. Lady Macduff

9. In response to Macbeths questions, the witches __________. a. tell him everything in detail b. show him apparitions which give him some information c. threaten to curse him d. show him the ghost of King Duncan 10. Lady Macduff misses her last chance for escape, which comes when __. a. an anonymous messenger warns her B. her son suggests a plan to run away C. Ross stays to fight the murderers D. the murders make too much noise 11. Malcolm pretends hes too evil to become king in order to __. a. make sure that his brother becomes king b. fulfill the witches prophecy c. avoid the responsibility of ruling Scotland d. find out if Macduff is loyal 12. When Macduff receives news of his familys death, Malcolm urges him to __. a. try not to think about it c. get angry and take revenge b. stay away from Scotland d. grieve quietly and peacefully

MACBETH - ACT 4 QUIZ

PART I. (5 marks) 1. _____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. _____________________ 4. _____________________ 5. _____________________ PART 3. (5 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

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PART 2. (10 marks) 1. _____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. _____________________ 4. _____________________ 5. _____________________

Speaker: _________________________ Speaker: _________________________ Speaker: _________________________ Speaker: _________________________ Speaker: _________________________

PART 4. (13 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

MACBETH - ACT 4 QUIZ

PART I. (5 marks) 1. MACDUFF 2. LADY MACDUFF 3. MACDUFFS SON 4. MALCOLM 5. DUNCAN PART 3. (5 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ALLITERATION SIMILE PARADOX METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION

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PART 2. (10 marks) 1. WICKED 2. FIEND 3. SIWARD 4. TROUBLE 5. FIFE

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SECOND WITCH MACDUFF MALCOM WITCHES (WEIRD SISTERS) FIRST APPARITION

PART 4. (13 marks) PART 4. (13 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. C B C B A D E D B A D C