MACBETH - ACT 2 QUIZ

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PART I. For each of the following quotations, indicate the character(s) referred to in the underlined words. (10 marks) 1. My hands are of your colour, but I shame To wear a heart so white. 2. I have done the deed. 3. In the great hand of God I stand, and thence Against the undivulged pretence I fight Of treasonous malice. 4. Threescore and ten I can remember well: Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings. 5. I believe, drink gave thee the lie last night. 6. O, yet I do repent me of my fury, That I did kill them. 7. Lets not consort with them: To show an unfelt sorrow is an office Which the false man does easy. Ill to England. 8. Had I but died an hour before this chance. I had lived a blessed time 9. He did command me to call timely on him: I have almost slippd the hour. 10. I had most need of blessing, and Amen Stuck in my throat.

PART 2. For each of the following, fill in the blank with the missing word and identify the speaker. (20 marks) 1. Had he not resembled My _______________ as he slept, I had donet. (father husband 2. Is this a _______________ which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? (candle dagger

king

brother)

lantern

shovel)

3. That which hath made them drunk hath made me _______________. (spirited old limited bold) 4. Go get some water, And wash this filthy _______________ from your hand. (witness dirt blood 5. I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a _______________

action)

That summons thee to heaven, or to hell. (bell

well

symbol

knell)

6. Hold, take my sword. Theres husbandry in heaven, Their _______________ are all out. (spells cries

candles

lives)

7. Theres one did laugh ins sleep, and one cried _______________ (murder liar evil well done) 8. Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lords anointed _______________, and stole thence The life o the building. (throne priest temple 9. _______________of purpose! Give me the daggers (Infirm Killer Strength Action) 10. And Duncans _______________--a thing most strange and certain Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turnd wild in nature (stewards porters lions

king)

horses)

PART 3. Identify the literary device used in each of the following. (5 marks) 1. Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight With a new Gorgon: 2. O, gentle lady, Tis not for you to hear what I can speak 3. Ill gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt. 4. Will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. 5. Act 2, scene 3 The Porter Scene: Knock, knock; never at quiet! What are you? But this place is too cold for hell. Ill devil-porter it no further PART 4. Answer each of the following questions. (10 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What gift did Duncan give to Lady Macbeth? What is the fatal vision that Macbeth sees? Who is Hecate? Who first discovers Duncans murder? The traditional site of the crowning of Scottish kings was called _______________. Where does Act II take place? Why does Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland? Who does the porter pretend to be? What two omens of death did Lady Macbeth hear the night of the murder? Where was Duncan buried?

MACBETH - ACT 2 QUIZ

PART I. (10 marks) 1. LADY MACBETH 2. MACBETH 3. BANQUO 4. OLD MAN 5. PORTER 6. MACBETH 7. MALCOLM 8. MACBETH 9. DUNCAN 10. MACBETH PART 3. (5 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ALLUSION DRAMATIC IRONY PUN HYPERBOLE/ ALLUSION COMIC RELIEF

Answer Sheet
PART 2. (20 marks) 1. FATHER 2. DAGGER 3. BOLD 4. WITNESS 5. KNELL 6. CANDLES 7. MURDER 8. TEMPLE 9. INFIRM 10. HORSES

Name:
Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: LADY MACBETH MACBETH LADY MACBETH LADY MACBETH MACBETH BANQUO MACBETH MACDUFF LADY MACBETH ROSS

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PART 4. (10 marks) 1. DIAMOND 2. DAGGER 3. GODDESS OF WITCHES, SOCCERERS, GHOSTS, ROADS AND THE NIGHT 4. MACDUFF 5. SCONE 6. MACBETHS CASTLEINVERNESS 7. THEYRE AFRAID THEYLL BE MURDERED. THEY DIDNT KNOW WHOM TO TRUST. 8. HELLS GATESMAN/PORTER 9. OWL CRICKETS 10. COLME-KILL