Macbeth Test Answers

Part I.

1. A. Slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
2. B. The Thane of Cawdor him.
3.  A. I and II only
4. A. His titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
5. A. The traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
6. B. A metaphor.
7. B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
8.  B. II and III
9. C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
10:A. get the chamberlains drunk.
11.he is one of King Duncan's generals, noted for his fierce courage. In his battle against Duncan's enemies, he fights so furiously and valiantly that Duncan rewards him by making him the Thane of Cawdor. He then becomes a bloodthirsty tyrant as he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland. In the plays conclusion, the last view of Macbeth is one of courage in battle, a glimpse of his former self.
12.Macbeths ambition is aroused by the witches' prophecies, and once he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland.
13.Macbeth gained his power with help from the Witches and it destroyed him. They present things to Macbeth, planting the seed of ambition which is watered by his wife. He brings about his own demise, the witches were only the tools who acted as a catalyst.
14.Macbeth lets ambition corrupt him immediately upon learning that he has become the new Thane of Cawdor. The fact that one of the witches' prophecies comes true makes him hungry for the rest. Banquo, however, is very distrusting of the witches' because they are evil beings. He won't put much stock into what they have said just yet because he's concerned about the reprecussions. 
15. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very interesting in so far as they are quite ambivalent. Lady Macbeth admires her husband but also triggers his downfall. Lady Macbeth encourages her husband to slay Duncan. 
This event is pivotal and needs to be stressed if we really want to understand the whole concatenation of this wonderful yet mysterious play. Lady Macbeth symbolizes evil, Macbeth symbolizes gullibility. In short the relationships between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be construed as a mixture of cruelty, anger and admiration. 

Part 2

1. B. dagger.
2.  B. he looked like her father
3.  B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.
4.  A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.
5.  C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.
6.  A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo
7. A. I and II
8.  C. I, II, and III
9.  B. suspects a trick.
10.  B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.