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Quiz about Shakespeares Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2

Shakespeare's Macbeth - Act 2 Scene 2 Quiz

I Studied "Macbeth" for Drama, and performed Act 2, Scene 2 a number of times, so I know it inside out. This scene takes place just after the first murder of the play.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheDoctorDonna. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
TheDoctorDonna

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,129

Updated
Sep 28 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1982

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This scene begins with only Lady Macbeth onstage. After two lines an animal noise is heard and frightens her. Which animal is this? Hint

Owl

Wolf

Eagle

Horse

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Question 2 of 10

2. A few moments later, Lady Macbeth regains her composure, and states; "The doors are open and the surfeited grooms do mock their charge with..." What? Hint

Jeers

Snores

Jests

Gestures

3. Lady Macbeth is still alone, and getting more and more nervous. She begins to talk about their plans, about how she "laid the daggers ready". She also states that she would have committed the murder herself, but for one reason. What was the reason? Hint

The sleeping woman looked like her mother

The sleeping man resembled her father.

She was too scared

She believed it was a man's job

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Question 4 of 10

4. And now Macbeth himself enters the scene. He is carrying with him two items that are crucial to the plan, as they are to be used to frame the victim's guards. What are they? Hint

Two axes

Two broad swords

Two bloody daggers

Two chalices containing drugs

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Question 5 of 10

5. Macbeth is afraid of what he has done, while in contrast, Lady Macbeth becomes fiercer than ever. She listens to Macbeth's story, first with concern, as he tells her about voices he heard praying next door. "One cried 'God Bless us'" What reply was Macbeth unable to make? Hint

Alleluia

Yes

Amen

He won't

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Question 6 of 10

6. Lady Macbeth tells him to pull himself together, but Macbeth only continues talking feverishly about a voice he heard, telling him....what? Hint

That he will sleep no more

That he will be King

That he is doomed

That he will hear no more

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Question 7 of 10

7. Lady Macbeth is now angry at her husband. She orders him to do something, just before she notices the two 'items' that he bought in with him. What does she tell him to do? Hint

Be a man

Wash his hands

Return the items

Go to bed

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Question 8 of 10

8. Lady Macbeth leaves to return the 'items', after arguing with Macbeth about it. He is now left alone onstage and his feelings about the murder are revealed. In his speech he mentions a Roman god. Which god is mentioned? Hint

Mars

Venus

Jupiter

Neptune

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Question 9 of 10

9. Lady Macbeth now re-enters, covered in blood. She is more disposed to be sympathetic to Macbeth now and advises him to clean up and get out of the place because she can hear a noise which could cause them to be discovered. What noise can she hear? Hint

Yelling

Knocking

Screaming

Banging

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Question 10 of 10

10. This is the final question, and probably the easiest. After reading the questions (and hopefully answering them) can you answer me this? Who did Macbeth murder? Hint

Prince Malcolm

Queen Isadora

Banquo

King Duncan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This scene begins with only Lady Macbeth onstage. After two lines an animal noise is heard and frightens her. Which animal is this?

Answer: Owl

At which Lady Macbeth cries: "Hark, Peace! It was the Owl that shrieked. The fatal bellman who gives the stern'st goodnight"
In Shakespeare's time owls were considered Harbingers of Death, as were crickets, which are also mentioned in this scene.

2. A few moments later, Lady Macbeth regains her composure, and states; "The doors are open and the surfeited grooms do mock their charge with..." What?

Answer: Snores

These men are the King's Guards, charged to stand outside his rooms and prevent anyone from entering. Lady Macbeth has already drugged the guards to leave the way clear for her husband. The guards sleep through the night, and are later accused of the murder and pay the price - death.

Answer: The sleeping man resembled her father.

Her exact words are: "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't." She was not, of course too scared to commit murder, after all this was all her idea, and she proves more than once to be braver than her husband. The sleeping woman could not have resembled her mother, as the Macbeths are, of course, planning to kill a man.

4. And now Macbeth himself enters the scene. He is carrying with him two items that are crucial to the plan, as they are to be used to frame the victim's guards. What are they?

Answer: Two bloody daggers

Lady Macbeth later accuses her husband, "Why did you bring the daggers from the place? They must lie there. Go carry them and smear the sleepy grooms with blood."
However, at this point she and her husband are far more worried about whether or not they have been found out. In some interpretations of the play, Macbeth attempts to hide the daggers from his wife. In others she just doesn't notice them until later.

Answer: Amen

He is most perturbed by this, crying: "But wherefore could I not pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing and 'Amen' stuck in my throat."
This implies that the crime he has committed is so heinous that God will not bless him and he is doomed to eternal damnation.

6. Lady Macbeth tells him to pull himself together, but Macbeth only continues talking feverishly about a voice he heard, telling him....what?

Answer: That he will sleep no more

"Still it cried, 'Sleep no more' to all the house. 'Glamis hath murdered sleep', and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more."
Glamis is the land that Macbeth controls as Thane of Glamis. He was awarded the title of Cawdor, after the previous Thane of Cawdor turned traitor and was killed.

7. Lady Macbeth is now angry at her husband. She orders him to do something, just before she notices the two 'items' that he bought in with him. What does she tell him to do?

Answer: Wash his hands

Lady Macbeth comes very close to telling him to "Be a man"; she accuses him of being a coward "You do unbend your Noble strength". She does not order him to bed, (that comes later) and, as mentioned in the question, she has not noticed the daggers when she orders him to "Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand."

Answer: Neptune

Neptune is the God of the Sea, "Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hand?"
Mars is the god of War; while he could have easily been mentioned, as this play takes place during a war, he is not. Jupiter is the King of the gods and Venus is the Roman goddess of Love.

Answer: Knocking

"I hear knocking at the south entry"
This is Macduff at the castle gates, knocking to come in. The Macbeths do not know this but must flee the scene, "lest occasion call us and show us to be watchers", meaning that if they are discovered now, they will be suspects in the crime.

10. This is the final question, and probably the easiest. After reading the questions (and hopefully answering them) can you answer me this? Who did Macbeth murder?

Answer: King Duncan

It is, of course the King that Macbeth kills. This is because of a prophesy he heard from the witches, who state that he shall be "King hereafter". From this grows the plan to murder the King, with the idea that Macbeth shall be next in line for the throne, as he is the King's most trusted Thane (or Lord).

The Kings sons, Princes Malcolm and Donalbain, fall under suspicion for the murder of their father and flee. As a result Macbeth gains the throne. Banquo is Macbeth's best friend, who later meets his death at Macbeth's orders because he suspects foul play.

The is no such person as Queen Isadora in this play.

Source: Author TheDoctorDonna

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