Macbeth by William Shakespeare - S.A.Q (Marks

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

S.A.Q (Marks – 01)

1. Who was Duncan?

Answer: Duncan was the king of Scotland.

2. Who was Macbeth?

Answer: Macbeth was a brave General of Scotland.

3. Where did Macbeth and Banquo first meet the witches?

Answer: Macbeth and Banquo first met the witches in a heath.

4. What was the final prediction of the witches?

Answer: The witches finally predicted that Macbeth would be the king of Scotland.

5. What did the witches predict about Banquo?

Answer: The witches predicted that Banquo’s descendants would be the king.

6. Why did Duncan come to Macbeth’s castle?

Answer: Duncan came to honor Macbeth for his triumph against the rebels.

7. Why could not Lady Macbeth kill the king Duncan?

Answer: She saw in Duncan’s face something which resembled her father.

8. What was the disease, Lady Macbeth suffered from?

Answer: Lady Macbeth suffered from the disease of somnambulism.

9. Whom did Macduff suspect for the murder of Duncan?

Answer: Macduff suspected Macbeth for the murder of Duncan when he slain two chamberlains without any hesitancy just after the discovery of Duncan dead body.

10. What did Macbeth see on his way to Duncan’s chamber to kill him?

Answer: Macbeth saw a blood-stained dagger dangling in the air.

11. What was the word that Macbeth seemed to hear just after the murder of Duncan?

Answer: The word was ‘Amen’, that Macbeth seemed to hear just after the murder of Duncan.

12. Why did Macbeth and Lady Macbeth arrange a banquet?

Answer: They wanted Banquo and his son would be present there. Thereafter it would be easy to kill them simultaneously.

13. Where was Banquo killed?

Answer: Banquo was killed on his way to the court of Macbeth.

14. What did Macbeth see in the Banquet Hall?

Answer: In the Banquet Hall, Macbeth saw Banquo’s ghost.

15. What did Macbeth see the witches doing in the heath he visited for the second time?

Answer: Macbeth saw the witches were preparing dreadful charms when he visited for the second time in the heath.

16. In which form did the first spirit appear before Macbeth?

Answer: The first spirit appeared in the form of a armed head telling him to beware of Macduff.

17. In which form did the second spirit appear before Macbeth?

Answer: The second spirit appeared before Macbeth in the form of a bloody child telling him that no one born of a woman shall be able to harm him.

18. Who was Macduff?

Answer: Macduff was the thane of Fife, a province of Scotland.

19. What was shown to Macbeth by the infernal spirit?

Answer: Macbeth was show eight shadows like kings with Banquo at the last of the procession.

20. Who led the army formed in England against Macbeth?

Answer: Macduff led the army formed in England against Macbeth.

21. Who ascended the thorn of Scotland after Macbeth’s death?

Answer: Malcolm, the elder son of King Duncan ascended the thorn of Scotland after the death of Macbeth.

22. What was the fatal flaw of Macbeth?

Answer: The fatal flaw of Macbeth was his vaulting ambition to usurp the thorn of Scotland to be the most powerful king.

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