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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the witches sense in the air in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Something hopeful.
(b) Something unexpected.
(c) Something astonishing.
(d) Something murky.

2. What are the witches anticipating at the beginning of the play?
(a) To meet their master.
(b) Something to happen on a larger scale.
(c) The assasination of the king.
(d) The death of Macbeth.

3. Who is to be the new Thane of Cawdor?
(a) Lennox.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Malcolm.

4. How does Lady Macbeth act when the king arrives at her castle in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Cold and harsh.
(b) Warm and inviting.
(c) Sweet and shy.
(d) Confused and nervous.

5. What does a voice tell Macbeth he shall do no more after killing Duncan?
(a) Love.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat.
(d) Kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the witches vow to do at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Lady Macbeth hear shortly after the deed with Duncan is done in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What does Banquo say about Macbeth's castle when he first arrives there?

4. Where does the sun seem to set at the beginning of the play?

5. What color does Macbeth say he shall make the green sea?

(see the answer key)

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