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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macbeth ask mighty Neptune for help with?

2. How are Malcolm and Duncan related?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, why does the sergeant not finish telling Duncan of the battle?

4. What gave Lady Macbeth the courage to continue with her plot in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. How is the first witch offended in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is to be done with the captured Thane of Cawdor in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. How does a sailor's wife offend one of the witches?

3. What does Banquo wish to speak with Macbeth about late in the night just before Macbeth murders Duncan?

4. In Act 1, Scene 4, what title does Duncan bestow upon Malcolm after the battle?

5. What does Lady Macbeth call her husband after he has murdered Duncan?

6. What is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

7. Why are Duncan's sons both considered suspects in Duncan's murder?

8. In Act 1, Scnee 6, what does Duncan say helped Macbeth to arrive at his castle so far ahead of himself?

9. After reading her husband's letter in Act 1, Scene 5, what does Lady Macbeth fear Macbeth may be?

10. How did the Thane of Cawdor die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

General Siward was a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence--however brief--altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Siward had not been in the play at all?

Essay Topic 3

Valor is a theme of this play very important to many of the characters involved. Where does this theme of valor present itself, and how do these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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