Macbeth Act 1

Question 1

hurly

Answer 1

A medieval stringed instrument played by turning a rosined wheel with a crank and depressing keys connected to tangents on the strings.

Question 2

burly

Answer 2

of a person large and strong heavily built.

Question 3

thane

Answer 3

a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.

Question 4

whence

Answer 4

from or out of which place, source, or cause the lawless society whence the ballads sprang.

Question 5

valor

Answer 5

great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

Question 6

minion

Answer 6

a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

Question 7

aught

Answer 7

he ten year period from 2000 through 2009 By the middle of the aughts.

Question 8

prophetic

Answer 8

accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.

Question 9

surmise

Answer 9

suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Question 10

harbinger

Answer 10

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

Question 11

adage

Answer 11

a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

Question 12

bellona

Answer 12

original name Duellona, in Roman religion, goddess of war, identified with the Greek Enyo.