Literature in Context Macbeth by William Shakespeare Workbook by Venetia Ozzi and Kathi Godiksen Edited by Patricia F. Braccio and Matthew J. Flament TM
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Table of Contents Teacher s Introduction...4 Act I...8 Act II...20 Act III...31 Act IV...40 Act V...49 Reviewing the Story...61 Answers...83 106 3
ACT 1 Reading Comprehension Exercises 1 10: Dramatis Personae. On the line before each character s name, write the letter of the phrase in the righthand column which describes him. Some letters should be used more than once. 1. e 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. f 9. a 10. a 11 25: Circle the letter of the answer that best completes each sentence below. 11. Most of the play takes place in the country of a. England. b. Scotland. c. Wales. d. Ireland. 12. The name of Macbeth s castle is a. Cawdor. b. Glamis. c. Inverness. d. Forres. 13. Who is the bloody man to whom King Duncan alludes? a. the captain b. Malcolm c. Macbeth d. Macdonwald Questions 14 15 refer to the lines below. Doubtful it stood, As two spent swimmers that do cling together And choke their art.... 14. These lines contain a(n) a. hyperbole. b. personification. c. simile. d. paradox. 15. In the lines above, the word, it, refers to the contest between a. the drowning men. b. Banquo and Fleance. c. the captain and the king. d. Macbeth and Macdonwald. 8
16. Which figure of speech does the line, But I am faint, my gashes cry for help, contain? a. hyperbole b. personification c. simile d. paradox 17. The witches hailed Macbeth by the titles of a. Glamis, Banquo, Cawdor. b. King, Cawdor, Macbeth. c. Cawdor, Glamis, Duncan. d. Glamis, Cawdor, King. 18. The witches prophecies for Banquo included the promise that a. his children would be kings. b. he would become Thane of Glamis. c. the kingship would at last fall to him. d. his life would be long and happy. 19. Sinel was a. Thane of Cawdor. b. Macbeth s father. c. King of England. d. Banquo s son. 20. Read the following passage: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray s In deepest consequence. These lines are most likely an example of a. irony. b. foreshadowing. c. denouement. d. alliteration. 21. Two truths are told, / As happy prologues to the swelling act / Of the imperial theme.... In these lines, the metaphor is taken from a. music. b. government. c. the ocean. d. religion. 9
22. In the lines,... that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, the italicized phrase means a. makes my hair fall out. b. makes my hair turn grey. c. makes my hair stand on end. d. makes my hair wet with sweat. 23. The lines, I have begun to plant thee, and will labour / To make thee full of growing..., contain a. a metaphor. b. a simile. c. a paradox. d. onomatopoeia. 24. Duncan s pleasant conversation with Lady Macbeth, who hopes for his imminent murder, is an example of a. resolution. b. irony. c. paradox. d. foreshadowing. 25. In the metaphor,... I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent..., Macbeth compared his intent with a a. spur. b. person. c. vault. d. horse. 10
Vocabulary Exercises 1 10: On the line before each vocabulary word, write the letter of the word in the righthand column which defines it. 1. minion a. deceive 2. surcease 3. flout 4. adage 5. disburse 6. shoal 7. beguile 8. interim 9. mettle 10. surmise b. meantime c. end d. presume e. favorite f. spirit g. defy h. allot i. maxim j. bank 11 20: Circle the letter of the answer which best defines the vocabulary word(s) in bold type. 11. Doubtful it stood, / As two spent swimmers that do cling together / And choke their art.... a. impoverished b. exhausted c. experienced d. skilled 12. But the Norweyan lord, surveying vantage, / With furbished arms and new supplies of men, / Began a fresh assault. a. embroidered b. ancient c. innovative d. polished 13. So well thy words become thee as thy wounds, / they smack of honour both.... a. resemble b. strike c. deny d. achieve 11
14.... he confessed his treasons, / Implored your highness pardon, and set forth / A deep repentance:... a. demanded b. required c. entreated d. dishonored 15.... Thou art so far before, / That swiftest wing of recompense is slow / To overtake thee.... a. reflection b. revenge c. reward d. redemption 16. My plenteous joys, / Wanton in fulness, seek to hide themselves / In drops of sorrow.... a. lacking b. unrestrained c. restrained d. weeping 17. I ll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful / The hearing of my wife with your approach; a. messenger b. handkerchief c. reception d. justice 18.... Make thick my blood, / Stop up th access and passage to remorse, a. escape b. circulation c. mortality d. regret 19. And chastise with the valour of my tongue / All that impedes thee from the golden round, a. punish b. defy c. obstruct d. acclaim 20.... If ill, / Why hath it given me earnest of success, / Commencing in a truth?... a. seal b. proof c. promise d. hope 12