Banquo

Question 1

Who is Banquo?

Answer 1

A Scottish nobleman who, like Macbeth, impresses people with his bravery in battle

Question 2

What happens when he is with Macbeth, when they meet the three Weird Sisters?

Answer 2

The Weird Sisters prophesise that he will not be king, but his sons will be

Question 3

How does Banquo react to the prophecies?

Answer 3

He is much more sceptical than Macbeth, and believes the Weird Sisters are betraying them both

Question 4

How is Banquo different to Macbeth?

Answer 4

He is the complete opposite, being honourable despite temptation

Question 5

Why does Macbeth have Banquo murdered?

Answer 5

Because he is worried that Banquo suspects that he killed Duncan

Question 6

What is the quote starting with, “What are these…”?

Answer 6

“What are these, / So wither’d and so wild in their attire, / That look not like the inhabitants o’ the Earth / And yet are on’t?” (Act 1, Scene 3)

Question 7

What is the quote starting with, “Look, how…”?

Answer 7

“Look, how our partner’s rapt” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 8

What is the quote starting with, “Why do you…”?

Answer 8

“Why do you start and seem to fear things that sound so fair?” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 9

What is the quote starting with, “Were such things…”?

Answer 9

“Were such things here as we do speak about? / Or have we eaten on the insane root, / That takes the reason prisoner” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 10

What is the quote starting with, “That trusted…”?

Answer 10

“That trusted home / Might yet enkindle you to the crown” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 11

What is the quote starting with, “What, can…”?

Answer 11

“What, can the devil speak true” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 12

What is the quote starting with, “Worthy…”?

Answer 12

“Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 13

What is the quote starting with, “And oftentimes…”?

Answer 13

“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / In deepest consequence” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 14

What is the quote starting with, “New honours…”?

Answer 14

“New honours come upon him, / Like our strange garments cleave not to their mould, / But with the aid of use” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 15

What is the quote starting with, “There if…”?

Answer 15

“There if I grow [in Duncan’s heart], / The harvest is your own” (Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 16

What is the quote starting with, “I dreamt…”?

Answer 16

“I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters” (Act 2 Scene 1)

Question 17

What is the quote starting with, “Too cruel…”?

Answer 17

“Too cruel [Duncan’s murder] anywhere / Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 18

What is the quote starting with, “Thou has it…”?

Answer 18

“Thou has it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weird women promised, and I fear / Thou playd’st most foully for it” (Act 3 Scene 1)

Question 19

What is the quote starting with, “Oh treachery…”?

Answer 19

“Oh treachery! Fly good Fleance, fly, fly, fly” (Act 3 Scene 3)