Macbeth Revision

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When was the play written?
1606
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Who was the king in 1606?
King James I
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Who was the Thane of Clamis?
Macbeth
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Who was Macbeth's wife?
Lady Macbeth
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Who was Macbeth's best friend?
Banquo
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Who was Banquo's son?
Fleance
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Who was the king of Scotland?
Duncan
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Who was Duncan's eldest son?
Malcolm
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Who was the Thane of Fife?
Macduff
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Who was Duncan's younger son?
Donalbain
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Who were Ross, Lennox and Angus?
Scottish nobles
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What where the witches referred to as?
The weird sisters
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Who was the ruler of the witches?
Hecate
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What is a key theme in the play?
Ambition
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Who do the witches gather with in a thunderstorm at the start of the play?
Macbeth
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What does the Captain report about the battle to Duncan?
Macbeth has fought bravely and defeated the enemy
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Macbeth is the new Thane of Cawdor, who confirms this? Act 1 Scene 3
Ross
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Who does Macbeth murder in Act 2 Scene 2?
Duncan
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What does Macbeth have hallucinations of in Act 2 Scene 1?
A dagger
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Where does Donalbain flee to in Act 2 Scene 3?
Ireland
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Where does Malcolm flee to in Act 2 Scene 3?
England
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Who discovers Duncan's body in Act 2 Scene 3?
Macduff
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In what Act is Banquo killed?
Act 3 Scene 3
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Whose ghost appears at the banquet in Act 3 Scene 4?
Banquo's
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Who didn't attend the banquet in Act 3 Scene 4?
Macduff
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Who begs Malcolm to return to the throne in Act 4 Scene 3?
Macduff
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Who sleep walks and tries to clean blood from their hand in Act 5 Scene 1?
Lady Macbeth
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Macduff was not born naturally but by cesarean section, who discovers this in Act 5 Scene 8?
Macbeth
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Who eventually kills Macbeth in Act 5 Scene 8?
Macduff
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Who says 'Fair is foul and foul is fair' in Act 1?
The Witches
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Who says "Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand?” In Act 2
Macbeth
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Who says“ My lord is often thus, and hath been from his youth” In Act 3?
Lady Macbeth
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Who says “Let grieve convert to anger. Blunt not the heart, enrage it” In Act 4?
Malcolm
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Who says “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” In Act 5?
Lady Macbeth
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What are 4 main themes?
loyalty, guilt, innocence, fate
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Who is Macbeth's foil character?
Macduff
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Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?
He sees him as a threat
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What goes wrong at Banquo's murder in Macbeth's opinion?
Fleance escapes
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What is Lady Macbeth's attitude towards the murder of Duncan before it happens?
She encourages it
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Why does Macduff go to England and join Malcolm?
To fight Macbeth with him
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