Download Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Act 2 – Revision Test
Q1 What instrument does Duncan see floating in midair that points him towards
Duncan’s chamber. Quote to support.
Q2 Immediately after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth imagines he hears voices.
Write down two things these voices say.
Q3 What offstage sounds are referred to in Scene 2 that heighten the tension of the
scene?
Q4 What reason does Lady Macbeth offer for not killing Duncan herself? Quote to
support.
Q5 Who plants the daggers on the King’s chamberlains?
Q6 In Scene 3, what does lady Macbeth do that diverts attention away from Macbeth?
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Q7 What do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to do after their father is murdered?
Quote to support.
Q8 Name three strange phenomena that occur after Duncan is killed?
Q9 Who says each of the following?
(a) “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red. ”
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(b) “These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.”
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(c) “There’s daggers in men’s smiles: the near in blood,
The nearer bloody. ”
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(d) “Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessed time;
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Q10 Fill in the blanks:
(a) “My ________ are of your colour; but I shame
To wear a heart so ________”
(b) “Wake __________ with thy ___________!! I would thou coulds’t! ”
(c) “A little ________ clears us of this deed: ”
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