Macbeth Act 4

Practice Quiz

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“Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me enough.”

1

A. The first apparitionB. MacbethC. The witches have called up spirits to answer

Macbeth’s questions at the beginning of Act 4

2

“Your castle is surprised; your wife and babesSavagely slaughtered. To relate the manner,Were, on the quarry of these murdered deer,To add the death of you.”

2

A. RossB. MacduffC. Ross has come to England to convince

Macduff and Malcolm to come back and fight for Scotland and has to tell Macduff that his family has been murdered

3

“Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjureThe taints and blames I laid upon myself,For strangers to my nature. I am yet Unknown to woman, never was forsworn,Scarcely have coveted what was mine own,At no time broke my faith, would not betrayThe devil to his fellow, and delightNo less in truth than life. My first false speaking Was this upon myself.”

3

A. MalcolmB. MacduffC. Malcolm has just finished convincing Macduff

that he would be a worse king than Macbeth and now

4

“Double, double, toil and troubleFire burn and cauldron bubble!”

4

A. The WitchesB. ThemselvesC. The witches are casting a spell prior to

meeting with Macbeth

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“What I am truly,Is thine and my poor country’s to command:Whither indeed, before they here-approach,Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men,

Already at a point, was setting forth.”

5

A. MalcolmB. MacduffC. Malcolm has tested Macduff and found him

to be true and is now willing to share his battle plans with him

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“Wisdom! To leave his wife, to leave his babes,His mansion and his titles, in a placeFrom when himself does fly? He loves us not…”

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A. Lady MacduffB. RossC. Macduff has left his family back in Scotland

and unprotected which has made his wife angry

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“Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down!Thy crown does sear mine eyelids. And thy hair,Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first. A third is

like the former. Filthy hags!Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes!What will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doom?Another yet! A seventh! I’ll see no more. And yet an eighth appears, who bears a glassWhich shows me many more”

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A. MacbethB. The fourth apparitionC. The witches are answering Macbeth’s

question of whether or not Banquo’s children will be kings

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“Macduff, this noble passion,Child of integrity, hath from my soulWiped the black scruples, reconciled my

thoughtsTo thy good truth and honor.”

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A. MalcolmB. MacduffC. Macduff has convinced Malcolm that he is

not a spy and is trustworthy.