KHANH LY Macbeth Act One Quiz Answer the following questions in complete sentences 1 Who is Duncan? (1pt) Duncan is King of Scotland 2 At the end of Act 1, Macbeth is Thane of what two areas? (2pts) M[.]
Trang 1Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1 Who is Duncan? (1pt)
Duncan is King of Scotland
2 At the end of Act 1, Macbeth is Thane of what two areas? (2pts)
Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor and Thane of Glamis
3 Describe the witches' three prophecies in scene 3 (3pts)
Macbeth will become the future king; Macbeth will be the thane of Cawdor and Glamis; and Banquo’s descendants will be kings
4 In scene 5, How is Lady Macbeth told about the witches' prophecies? (1pt)
She believes in the witches' prophecies after reading the letters But she worries about her husband - Macbeth because he is kinda women-like so she will persuade him
5 Describe Macbeth’s character (1pt)
Macbeth is conflicted because he want to murder King Ducan to become the king but he hates murdering ANd he’s also kinda women-like because he wants the king but he is not willing to murder someone for that position
6 Describe Lady Macbeth’s character (1pt)
Lady Macbeth is ambitious and assertive She doesn’t want to be a woman and she planned
to kill King Duncan
7 Describe Banquo’s character (1pt)
Banquo is suspicious He didn’t believe the prophecies that the witches predicted at the first time until Ross and Angus came and told Macbeth that he is becoming the thane of Cawdor
8 Describe two events from scene 3 (2pts)
The witches give three prophecies to Macbeth and Banquo
Roos and Angus come and tell Macbeth that he is to be the thane of Cawdor It shows the prophecy becomes true
Trang 29 Describe two events from scene 5 (2pts)
Lady Macbeth doesn’t want to be women and she persuades her husband to murder King Duncan to Macbeth becomes the king
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth planned to murder King Duncan
10 In at least three sentences, explain how the theme “Women are forced to take
power while men are given power” is illustrated in Act One (3pt) Cite textual evidence (1pt)
Lady Macbeth wants to help Macbeth to be the king after reading Macbeth’s letter, she tries to persuade Macbeth to murder King Duncan In this case, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth switch their roles, Lady Macbeth has a stronger mind than Macbeth According to the text, “But I worry about whether or not you have what it takes to seize the crown You are too full of the milk of human kindness to strike aggressively at your first opportunity You want to be
powerful, and you don’t lack ambition, but you don’t have the mean streak that these things call for The things you want to do, you want to do like a good man You don’t want to cheat, yet you want what doesn’t belong to you There’s something you want, but you’re afraid to do what you need to do to get it You want it to be done for you Hurry home so I can persuade you and talk you out of whatever’s keeping you from going after the crown After all, fate and witchcraft both seem to want you to be king.” (Act 1, scene 5)