Macbeth Act 4 Practice
What is the final question Macbeth asks the witches, which they refuse to answer?
Whether he will remain King until old age
Whether Banquo’s sons will be King
Whether Macduff will become King
Whether he should kill Lady Macbeth
What does the first apparition tell or show Macbeth?
A procession of eight kings in Banquo’s line
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.”
“Beware Macduff!”
What does the second apparition tell or show Macbeth?
A procession of eight kings in Banquo’s line
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.”
“Beware Macduff!”
What does the third apparition tell or show Macbeth?
A procession of eight kings in Banquo’s line
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.”
“Beware Macduff!”
What does the fourth apparition tell or show Macbeth?
A procession of eight kings in Banquo’s line
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.”
“Beware Macduff!”
Which best describes what Malcolm is advising Macduff to do?
Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief / Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.
Well, more anon.—Comes the king forth, I pray you?
Good God, betimes remove / The means that makes us strangers!
Be ’t their comfort / We are coming thither.
Which passage contains an example of alliteration?
Time, thou anticipat’st my dread exploits.
Poor prattler, how thou talk’st!
Thou liest, thou shag-haired villain!
Than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been / The sword of our slain kings.
What best describes what Malcolm is expressing when he says –
“Desire his jewels and this other’s house:
And my more-having would be as a sauce /
To make me hunger more.”
Power
Revenge
Pride
Greed
“Which of the following is NOT a prophecy or foreshadowing from the witches for Macbeth?”
By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes.
I will be satisfied. Deny me this / and an eternal curse fall on you!
Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough
Laugh to scorn the pow’r of man / for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
After adding animal parts and other gross stuff to their cauldron, the three witches say –
“Double double toil and trouble / Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
This is best described as what kind of speech?
Mockery
Onomatopoeia
Chant
Invective
