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Macbeth Act I & II Questions
1. What does the opening scene of Macbeth reveal about the rest of the play? Include the weather in your answer.
2. What does Duncan plan to do for Macbeth and why? (Act I Scene 2)
3. How do the witches’ prophecies act as a temptation to Macbeth? (Act I Scene 3)
4. How might the paradoxes in the witches’ prophecies for Banquo be true?
5. What is revealed about Macbeth and Banquo’s character based on their reactions to the witches’ prophecies?
6. What are the temperamental differences between Macbeth and his wife?
7. What are Lady Macbeth’s plans for Duncan’s visit to the castle? (Act I Scene 5)
8. What irony would the audience members feel as they watch Duncan enter Inverness and praise its peacefulness?
Name ______Block ______Date ______
Macbeth Act I & II Questions
1. What does the opening scene of Macbeth reveal about the rest of the play? Include the weather in your answer.
2. What does Duncan plan to do for Macbeth and why? (Act I Scene 2)
3. How do the witches’ prophecies act as a temptation to Macbeth? (Act I Scene 3)
4. How might the paradoxes in the witches’ prophecies for Banquo be true?
5. What is revealed about Macbeth and Banquo’s character based on their reactions to the witches’ prophecies?
6. What are the temperamental differences between Macbeth and his wife?
7. What are Lady Macbeth’s plans for Duncan’s visit to the castle? (Act I Scene 5)
8. What irony would the audience members feel as they watch Duncan enter Inverness and praise its peacefulness?
9. What details of Macbeth’s vision in Act II Scene 1 foreshadow the coming events?
10. What are the sounds that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear as Duncan is killed? (Act II Scene 2)
11. What part does Lady Macbeth play in Duncan’s murder and why?
12. How does Lady Macbeth suggest her husband cleanse himself of Duncan’s blood? What could this symbolize?
13. How and why does the porter attempt to present comic relief at the beginning of Act II Scene 3?
14. How has nature reacted to the travesty of regicide?
15. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth attempt to present facades in the face of Duncan’s loyal subjects and sons?
16. What were Macbeth’s real and faux motivations for killing Duncan’s guards?
17. Where do Macbeth, Duncan, Malcolm, and Donalbain travel to at the end of Act II?
18. What does Macduff suspect at the end of Act II?
9. What details of Macbeth’s vision in Act II Scene 1 foreshadow the coming events?
10. What are the sounds that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear as Duncan is killed? (Act II Scene 2)
11. What part does Lady Macbeth play in Duncan’s murder and why?
12. How does Lady Macbeth suggest her husband cleanse himself of Duncan’s blood? What could this symbolize?
13. How and why does the porter attempt to present comic relief at the beginning of Act II Scene 3?
14. How has nature reacted to the travesty of regicide?
15. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth attempt to present facades in the face of Duncan’s loyal subjects and sons?
16. What were Macbeth’s real and faux motivations for killing Duncan’s guards?
17. Where do Macbeth, Duncan, Malcolm, and Donalbain travel to at the end of Act II?
18. What does Macduff suspect at the end of Act II?