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Question #3

After hearing the witches tell him he will be Thane of Cawdor and king one day, Macbeth says, "But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives, / A prosperous gentleman; and to be King Stands not within the prospect of belief, / No more than to be Cawdor…."

What does "prospect" mean in this passage?





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Question #4

Banquo warns Macbeth about believing the witches when he says, "And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray us / In deepest consequence"

What does "instruments" mean in this context?





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Question #5

In the same passage (also copied below), what does "trifles" mean?

"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray us / In deepest consequence."





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Question #6

What does "plague" mean in this quote from Macbeth? "But in these cases / We still have judgement here: that we but teach / Bloody instructions, which being taught return / To plague th'inventor: this even–handed justice / Commends th'ingredience of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips."





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Question #9

Select the three prophecies the three witches give to Banquo.

Banquo will soon be king of England.

Banquo will soon be king of Scotland.

Banquo will always be a servant to Macbeth.

Banquo will be lesser than Macbeth, and greater.

Banquo will be the father of kings, but not one himself.

Banquo will enjoy great wealth, but he will not be rich.

Banquo will be not as happy as Macbeth, but much happier.

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Question #10

After reading a letter from Macbeth telling her about the events of the battle and his meeting with the witches, Lady Macbeth says: "…yet do I fear they nature; It is too full o'th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way; thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it:"

What do Lady Macbeth's statements about her husband reveal?





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Question #12

What is Lady Macbeth asking for in the passage below?
(Act 1, Scene 5, lines 41–45)

"Come you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top–full / Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood; / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse,"