Read this passage:LADY MACBETH. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt beWhat thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;It is too full o' th' milk of human kindnessTo catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great,Art not without ambition, but withoutThe illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly,That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'ld'st have, great Glamis,That which cries, "Thus thou must do," if thou have it,And that which rather thou dost fear to do,Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither,That I may pour my spirits in thine earAnd chastise with the valor of my tongueAll that impedes thee from the golden round,Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seemTo have thee crowned withal.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene vIn the passage, what does Lady Macbeth fear about her husband?A.That he won't be strong enough to kill the king and further his own ambitionsB.That he will become too superstitious and want more prophecies from the witchesC.That he will become power-hungry and try to kill the king himselfD.That he will not accept the title of king if it is offered to himSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:LADY MACBETH. The raven himself is hoarseThat croaks the fatal entrance of DuncanUnder my battlements. Come, you spiritsThat tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,And fill me from the crown to the toe top-fullOf direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.Stop up the access and passage to remorse,That no compunctious visitings of natureShake my fell purpose, nor keep peace betweenThe effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers,Wherever in your sightless substancesYou wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night,And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the darkTo cry "Hold, hold!"William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene vWhat impression does Lady Macbeth's speech give you about her character?A.She is powerless against all the men in her life.B.She is honorable and only wishes to do what's right.C.She is coldhearted, cruel, and very ambitious.D.She is afraid of her husband and what he will do to gain power.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

William Shakespeare MacbethAct 1, Scene 3BANQUOGood sir, why do you start; and seem to fearThings that do sound so fair? I' the name of truth,Are ye fantastical, or that indeedWhich outwardly ye show? My noble partner4You greet with present grace and great predictionOf noble having and of royal hope,That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not.If you can look into the seeds of time,And say which grain will grow and which will not,Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fearYour favours nor your hate.11. The word “start” meansA beginB stareC be surprisedD be frightened12. The word “fair” meansA blondB light-colouredC beautifulD good and proper13. The expression “my noble partner” suggests that the speaker isA an equal of MacbethB a colleague of MacbethC a soldier of MacbethD a flatterer of Macbeth14. The expression “the seeds of time” isA an imageB an idiomC a metaphorD an adverb15. The expression “who neither beg nor fear/Your favours nor your hate” suggests that thespeaker isA arrogantB foolishC cleverD a man of integrity

Read this passage:LADY MACBETH. Was the hope drunkWherein you dress'd 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 valourAs thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have thatWhich thou esteem'st the ornament of life,And live a coward in thine own esteem,Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would,"Like the poor cat i' the adage?William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene viiHow does Lady Macbeth influence Macbeth's decision to murder Duncan?A.She laughs at Macbeth's belief in the witches' prophecy, making him angry enough to kill the king.B.She tells Macbeth how proud she is of him, calling him strong and manly, until he agrees to kill the king.C.She warns Macbeth that if he does not kill the king, his children will go hungry and likely die.D.She calls Macbeth weak and questions his strength of character, pushing him to agree to the crime.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Macbeth is a 1606 play by William Shakespeare. In the play, the character of Lady Macbeth encourages her husband to kill the king despite his fears. Though she calls her husband cowardly for his reluctance to commit murder, she is hiding her own cowardice by making him to do the killing, as is evident when she -------Which choice most effectively uses a quotation from Macbeth to illustrate the claim? tells her husband, “Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.”eliminatesays to herself, “Had [the king] not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done’t.”eliminateannounces about herself, “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold, / What hath quenched them hath given me fire.”eliminatetalks to herself in her sleep, saying, “Out, damned spot; out, I say…Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?”

Read this passage: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 can you conclude from the lines "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, / Till thou applaud the deed"?A.Macbeth is angry at Lady Macbeth for forcing him into having Banquo and his son murdered.B.Macbeth is proud of the way Lady Macbeth helped with the murder of King Duncan.C.Macbeth feels that his wife is innocent and wants to protect her from harm.D.Macbeth is not going to tell his wife about his plan to murder Banquo until after the murder has been committed.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS