avy hand hath bow'd you to the graveAnd beggar'd yours for ever?William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, scene iWhich statement best conveys the meaning of the text?A.Do you know that Banquo tried to kill you and your family? Will you get revenge for the wrongs that have been done to you?B.Do you have enough patience to search for the king's murderer on your own, or will you be too angry and commit a terrible crime?C.Will you grant an old man his last wish and kill Banquo? I will see to it that you and your family will never be hungry or poor again.D.Are you so kind that you would wish this man and his sons good fortune even though he took your money and made your life miserable?

Which of the following describes Macbeth's tone as he asks the murderers:Are you so gospeledTo pray for this good man and for his issue,Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the graveAnd beggared yours forever? (3.1.98-101)Elimination ToolSelect one answerAPuzzledBIncredulousCPassionate

MACBETHWas it not yesterday we spoke together? FIRST MURDERERIt was, so please your Highness. MACBETHWell then, now    Have you consider'd of my speeches? KnowThat it was he in the times past which held you     5So under fortune, which you thought had been    Our innocent self? This I made good to youIn our last conference, pass'd in probation with you:How you were borne in hand, how cross'd, the instruments,Who wrought with them, and all things else that might     10To half a soul and to a notion crazedSay "Thus did Banquo." FIRST MURDERERYou made it known to us. MACBETHI did so, and went further, which is now  Our point of second meeting. Do you find     15    Your patience so predominant in your nature,    That you can let this go? Are you so gospel'd,    To pray for this good man and for his issue,  Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave    And beggar'd yours forever?     20 FIRST MURDERERWe are men, my liege.   MACBETHAy, in the catalogue ye go for men,    As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,Shoughs, waterrugs, and demi-wolves are cleptAll by the name of dogs. The valued file     25Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,    The housekeeper, the hunter, every oneAccording to the gift which bounteous nature    Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive    Particular addition, from the bill     30    That writes them all alike; and so of men.    Now if you have a station in the file,    Not i' the worst rank of manhood, say it,    And I will put that business in your bosoms    Whose execution takes your enemy off,     35    Grapples you to the heart and love of us,    Who wear our health but sickly in his life,    Which in his death were perfect. SECOND MURDERERI am one, my liege,    Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world     40    Have so incensed that I am reckless what    I do to spite the world. FIRST MURDERERAnd I another    So weary with disasters, tugg'd with fortune,    That I would set my life on any chance,     45    To mend it or be rid on't. MACBETHBoth of you    Know Banquo was your enemy.   BOTH MURDERERSTrue, my lord.   MACBETHSo is he mine, and in such bloody distance     50    That every minute of his being thrusts   Against my near'st of life; and though I could    With barefaced power sweep him from my sight    And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not,   For certain friends that are both his and mine,     55    Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall   Who I myself struck down. And thence it is   That I to your assistance do make love, Masking the business from the common eye    For sundry weighty reasons.     60 SECOND MURDERERWe shall, my lord,    Perform what you command us. FIRST MURDERERThough our lives-   MACBETHYour spirits shine through you.Within this hour at most     65I will advise you where to plant yourselves,    Acquaint you with the perfect spy o' the time,    The moment on't; fort must be done tonight    And something from the palace (always thought    That I require a clearness); and with him-     70To leave no rubs nor botches in the work-    Fleance his son, that keeps him company,    Whose absence is no less material to me    Than is his father's, must embrace the fate    Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart;     75    I'll come to you anon.   BOTH MURDERERSWe are resolved, my lord.   MACBETHI'll call upon you straight. Abide                within.                                               [Exeunt MURDERERS] It is concluded: Banquo, thy soul's flight,     80If it find heaven, must find it out tonight. [Exit] Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth, Act III, Scene 1." shakespeare.mit.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.This scene from the play reveals Macbeth's character byElimination ToolSelect one answerAemphasizing his hatred for the common man.Bdemonstrating his disdain for religion.Cexposing his duplicity.Dhighlighting his reluctance to take action.Eemphasizing his enormous ambition.

What literary element in the lines below BEST emphasizes the main idea of Macbeth's soliloquy?MACBETH:"If ’t be so,For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered,Put rancors in the vessel of my peaceOnly for them, and mine eternal jewelGiven to the common enemy of manTo make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings. (3.1.69-75)Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe symbols of wealth in "vessel" and "eternal jewel".BThe violence of the verbs like "wrenched" and "filed".CThe repetition of "for Banquo's issue" or similar phrases.DThe consistent inversion of the grammatical subject and object.

Macbeth, Act III, Scene 1, William Shakespeare, 1623 Hide PassageMACBETHWas it not yesterday we spoke together? FIRST MURDERERIt was, so please your Highness. MACBETHWell then, now    Have you consider'd of my speeches? KnowThat it was he in the times past which held you     5So under fortune, which you thought had been    Our innocent self? This I made good to youIn our last conference, pass'd in probation with you:How you were borne in hand, how cross'd, the instruments,Who wrought with them, and all things else that might     10To half a soul and to a notion crazedSay "Thus did Banquo." FIRST MURDERERYou made it known to us. MACBETHI did so, and went further, which is now  Our point of second meeting. Do you find     15    Your patience so predominant in your nature,    That you can let this go? Are you so gospel'd,    To pray for this good man and for his issue,  Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave    And beggar'd yours forever?     20 FIRST MURDERERWe are men, my liege.   MACBETHAy, in the catalogue ye go for men,    As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,Shoughs, waterrugs, and demi-wolves are cleptAll by the name of dogs. The valued file     25Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,    The housekeeper, the hunter, every oneAccording to the gift which bounteous nature    Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive    Particular addition, from the bill     30    That writes them all alike; and so of men.    Now if you have a station in the file,    Not i' the worst rank of manhood, say it,    And I will put that business in your bosoms    Whose execution takes your enemy off,     35    Grapples you to the heart and love of us,    Who wear our health but sickly in his life,    Which in his death were perfect. SECOND MURDERERI am one, my liege,    Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world     40    Have so incensed that I am reckless what    I do to spite the world. FIRST MURDERERAnd I another    So weary with disasters, tugg'd with fortune,    That I would set my life on any chance,     45    To mend it or be rid on't. MACBETHBoth of you    Know Banquo was your enemy.   BOTH MURDERERSTrue, my lord.   MACBETHSo is he mine, and in such bloody distance     50    That every minute of his being thrusts   Against my near'st of life; and though I could    With barefaced power sweep him from my sight    And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not,   For certain friends that are both his and mine,     55    Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall   Who I myself struck down. And thence it is   That I to your assistance do make love, Masking the business from the common eye    For sundry weighty reasons.     60 SECOND MURDERERWe shall, my lord,    Perform what you command us. FIRST MURDERERThough our lives-   MACBETHYour spirits shine through you.Within this hour at most     65I will advise you where to plant yourselves,    Acquaint you with the perfect spy o' the time,    The moment on't; fort must be done tonight    And something from the palace (always thought    That I require a clearness); and with him-     70To leave no rubs nor botches in the work-    Fleance his son, that keeps him company,    Whose absence is no less material to me    Than is his father's, must embrace the fate    Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart;     75    I'll come to you anon.   BOTH MURDERERSWe are resolved, my lord.   MACBETHI'll call upon you straight. Abide                within.                                               [Exeunt MURDERERS] It is concluded: Banquo, thy soul's flight,     80If it find heaven, must find it out tonight. [Exit] Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth, Act III, Scene 1." shakespeare.mit.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.Which of the following statements BEST describes the effect of the disparity between Macbeth's lengthy dialogue and the Murderers' short dialogue?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAIt hastens the end of the scene.BIt contrasts the various characters' educational level.CIt makes clear the informal nature of their conversation.DIt reveals the unequal power relationship between the men.EIt indicates the haste of the Murderers to get started.

Which of the following quotes demonstrates the ironic significance of Macbeth's line:As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,I must not look to have, but in their steadCurses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breathWhich the poor heart would fain deny and dare       not.— (5.3.29-33)Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"My plenteous joys,Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselvesIn drops of sorrow." (1.4.39-41)B"This castle hath a pleasant seat. The airNimbly and sweetly recommends itselfUnto our gentle senses." (1.6.1-3)C"To show an unfelt sorrow is an officeWhich the false man does easy." (2.3.161-162)D"[...] unsafe the while that weMust lave our honors in these flattering streamsAnd make our faces vizards to our hearts,Disguising what they are." (3.2.36-39)