Act 2 Reading Quiz
1. Who said, "I dreamt last night of the three Weird Sisters. To you they have showed some truth." Why is this important to the play?
Banquo. Macbeth said he never thinks of them.
2. Explain the importance of Macbeth seeing a vision of a dagger with its handle pointed towards him.
Macbeth takes it as an invitation to kill the king since the blade was pointed away.
3. Who said, "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done 't."
Lady Macbeth
4. What does, "Me thought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep - the innocent sleep" mean?
Guilt will keep Macbeth awake forever. Only the innocent sleep well.
5. What mistake did Macbeth make after the murder of Duncan?
He brought the daggers with him to their bedroom.
6. How was that mistake corrected?
Lady Macbeth took them back to the guards and smeared them both with blood.
7. Who said, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
Macbeth
8. Name something "unnatural" that happened on the night of Duncan's murder.
Chimneys fell, storms blew, screams in the air, weird birds flew, earthquakes, horses ate horses.
9. Who actually discovered the murder of King Duncan?
Macduff
10 What happened to the king's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain?
Fled to England and Ireland. They were then suspected of the murder.