Which line from Macbeth is written in iambic pentameter?A.There if I grow / The harvest is your own.B.The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.C.Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd / The air is delicate.D.A heavy summons lies like lead upon me / And yet I would not sleep.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which line is an example of iambic pentameter?A.For a charm of powerful troubleB.And drink, sir, is a great / provoker of three thingsC.Now is the winter of our discontent.D.My grave is like to be my wedding bed.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

MACBETH. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;And with thy bloody and invisible handCancel and tear to pieces that great bondWhich keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood:Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;While night's black agents to their preys do rouse.Thou marvell'st at my words: but hold thee still;Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.So, prithee, go with me.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, scene iiWhat does the audience learn from the lines "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, / Till thou applaud the deed"?A.Macbeth will keep Banquo's murder a secret until after the murder has been committed.B.Macbeth believes his wife is responsible for Duncan's murder.C.Macbeth thinks his wife is too ladylike to understand his reasons for murder.D.Macbeth is in love with his wife and wants her to remain queen.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which element of Macbeth creates tension by providing audiences with just enough information about future events to keep them interested in learning more?A.The use of iambic pentameterB.The idea of opposites being the sameC.The scenes with the witchesD.Characters based on

Read this passage:MACBETH, aside. The Prince of Cumberland! that is a stepOn which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;Let not light see my black and deep desires:The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be,Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene ivWhat future event does this passage foreshadow?A.Macbeth killing the kingB.The king killing MacbethC.Macbeth becoming Prince of CumberlandD.Macbeth killing MalcolmSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which of the following BEST describes Macbeth, which then forms the main thrust of Lady Macbeth's tirade in Act 1, Scene 7:Was the hope drunkWherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?And wakes it now, to look so green and paleAt what it did so freely? From this timeSuch I account thy love. Art thou afeardTo be the same in thine own act and valorAs thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have thatWhich thou esteem’st the ornament of lifeAnd live a coward in thine own esteem,Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would,”Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage? (1.7.39-49)Elimination ToolSelect one answerAMacbeth enjoys being well-liked by people rather than being feared.BDespite his fearsome reputation, Macbeth is a humble man, not desiring notice or honor.CMacbeth believes that fate and not his actions will determine the course of life, and that any attempts to avert fate would be met with failure.DMacbeth ultimately possesses a kind of integrity that makes it difficult for him to appear one way and act another.