Class: Date: D:A Act IV Quiz Muitiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items. 1. After the Third Apparition says, “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Bimham Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him, ” Macbeth feels— a, more frightened than ever €. scared of Macduff ——b-—vonfident and safe amore guilty anc paranoid 2. Whom does Macbeth plan to “give to th’ edge o° th’ sword” after talking with the witches in Scene 1? a. Macduff and his children c. Lennox b. Lady Macduff and her children 4. Banquo’s son 3. In this act, Macbeth continues to trust the prophecies of the witches and apparitions because— a, he does not recognize the prophecies as paradoxical half-truths b. he does not recognize that the prophecies are just lies c. he is under a spell that the witches put on him in Act I d. Lady Macbeth has convinced him that the prophecies are valid When Lady Macduff says, “Our fears do make us traitors,” what is she referring to? a. Macbeth’s growing violence c. Her own fears of Macbeth b. The flight of her husband d. Lady Macbeth’s madness 5. Atthe beginning of Scene 3, Malcolm tells Macduff, “Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there / Weep our sad bosoms empty.” What docs Malcolm want to grieve? a. The murder of Duncan and Malcolm’s loss of the throne b. The fact that Macduff was forced to flee to England ©, The destruction of Scotland under Macbeth’s tyranny 4d. Macbeth’s tyranny and the murder of Macduff's family 6. In the last line of Act IV, Ross says, “Your eye is Scotland / Would create soldiers.” By this he intends to— a. enrage Macduff about the murders of his c. show Macduff there is no reason to fear wife and children Macbeth b, make Macduff determined to gain 4. encourage Malcolm to reclaim the throne revenge on Maleolm LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to cach of the following items. 7. In Shakespearean tragedy, parallel structure serves many purposes, but one of the main purposes is to add emphasis. Which of hte following is an example of parallel structure used for emphasis? a. Malcolm: Our power is ready; c. Macduff: My children too? Our lack is nothing but our leave, Ross: Wife, children, servants, all Macbeth is ripe for shaking and That could be found the pow’rs above Put on their Macduff: My wife killed too? instruments b. Murderer: What, you ega! 4d, Macduff: He has no children,‘Name: 8 10, Essay iL. W:A ‘The murder of Maccuff’s young son on stage in Scene 2 is one of the most horrific scenes in all of Shakespeare’s tragedies. In this play, it emphasizes— a, the escalating brutality of the tragic hero b. Macbeth’s tragic inability to overcome fate c. the general violence of the tragedy’s time period d. the horror of usurping the throne of a rightful king READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items. ‘When Malcolm says that he is greedy, lusty, evi, jealous, deceitful, and malicious, what is his motive? a. Heis testing Macduf?’s loyalty. b, He wants Macduff to return to Scotland and reclaim the throne from Macbeth, @. He wants to show Macbeth is a tyrant. d. He shows that all kings rule by divine right, no matter how they obtain the crown, Malcolm says all of those horrible things about himself I have no kingly graces: justice, verity, temp"rance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, ..” Which theme does this tie in with? a. Blood imagery b. Fair is foul and foul is fair. ©. Tragedy d. The rightful king must be on the throne, no matter how bad he is. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE : Describe below ONE apparition the witches show Macbeth and the prophecy the apparition sheres. Then, predict how this prophecy will be fulfilled. (Don’t worry- the prediction does not need to be correct for you to earn full credit!)