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Who wrote the tragedy of Macbeth?
William Shakespeare
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When was Macbeth first performed?
1606
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What does Macbeth dramatize the consequences of?
Ambition
, especially in
politics
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Who was the king during the time Macbeth was written?
King James I
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How does Shakespeare relate Macbeth to King James I?
By warning against
ambition
and
tyranny
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What was the general feeling in England about having a Scottish king?
Uncertainty
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How does Shakespeare portray Scotland and England in Macbeth?
Scotland
is
plagued
,
England
is
benign
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What did King James assert about kings and loyalty?
Kings are always right; loyalty is
absolute
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What does Shakespeare's Macbeth suggest about tyranny?
Tyranny can lead to a
nation's downfall
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What source inspired the story of Macbeth?
The Hollywood Shed Chronicles
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What is Macbeth often referred to in the theater?
The cursed play or
the Scottish play
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Why is mentioning Macbeth in a theater considered an omen?
It is
believed
to
doom
the
production
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What do some believe about Shakespeare's portrayal of witches?
It
angered
them and cursed the play
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What happens to Macbeth's production if it is mentioned in a theater?
It is thought to
fail
or cause
accidents
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Who are the first characters introduced in Macbeth?
Three witches
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What is happening at the beginning of Macbeth?
A
storm
and a
bloody war
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Who is the king of Scotland in Macbeth?
Duncan
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What title is Macbeth given after the battle?
Thane of Cawdor
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How does Macbeth react to the witches' prophecy?
He is
stunned
and begins to ponder
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What does Banquo ask the witches?
If there is a
prophecy
for him
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What does Macbeth write to Lady Macbeth?
About the
witches' prophecy
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What does Lady Macbeth believe is necessary for Macbeth to become king?
King Duncan
must be murdered
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How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to commit murder?
By questioning his
manhood
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What plan do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth devise?
To frame the
chamberlains
for
Duncan's
murder
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What hallucination does Macbeth experience before killing Duncan?
A
floating
dagger
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What does Lady Macbeth do with the murder weapons?
She leaves them with the
sleeping servants
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Who discovers King Duncan's body?
Macduff
and
Lennox
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How does Macbeth explain Duncan's murder?
He claims he killed the
servants
in rage
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What do Duncan's sons do after their father's murder?
They flee to
England
and
Ireland
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What title does Macbeth assume after Duncan's death?
King of Scotland
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Why is Banquo suspicious of Macbeth?
He knows the
witches' prophecy
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What does Macbeth plan to do about Banquo?
He plans to kill Banquo and
Fleance
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What happens to Fleance during the assassination attempt?
He
escapes
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What does Macbeth see at the royal banquet?
Banquo's ghost
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Why does Lady Macbeth ask everyone to leave the banquet?
To hide
Macbeth's
madness
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What do the witches show Macbeth during his second visit?
A series of spirits with
prophecies
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What does the armored head warn Macbeth about?
To beware of
Macduff
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What does the bloody child tell Macbeth?
No one
born of a woman
can harm him
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What does the crowned child holding a tree tell Macbeth?
He will be safe until
Burnham Wood
moves
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What do the eight crowned kings represent?
Banquo's
descendants who will be kings
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