Semester Exam Flashcards by Ryan Weis

What is the central theme of act 1?

Betrayal

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To create an effect of natural speech is the reason why Shakespeare chose to write Macbeth in this

Blank Verse

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Based on information in Act 1, Macbeth’s character flaw is

A desire for power

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For Macbeth’s role in the victory against the king of Norway, Duncan awards him this title

Thane of Cawdor

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These characters foreshadow events in Act 1

Witches or weird sisters

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It is inferred that King Duncan places a high value on these two things in Act 1

Bravery and Loyalty

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Tortured ambivalence best describes whose feeling about the possible assassination of King Duncan

Macbeth’s

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His ambition is not of a ruthless nature, whose opinion about Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

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Throughout Act 1, Macbeth’s plans and actions seems to be motivated most of all by

Lady Macbeth’s encouragement

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The words Macbeth says to Duncan “The service and the loyalty I owe” and “In doing it pays itself” are hypocritical because

He is contemplating killing Duncan

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In Scene 1, after Banquo leaves and Macbeth begins a soliloquy about the deed he is about to commit, the atmosphere Shakespeare has created is

Suspenseful

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The central theme of act 2 is

A murderer must live with his conscience

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In Macbeth’s line “I gok it is done; the bell invites me” symbolizes this

Death

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In scene 2, Lady Macbeth’s purpose in drugging the chaimberlains is

So they will sleep through the murder

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The moonless night helps establish thie for the night of the murder

Atmosphere

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What symbol in scene 2 signals that the murder has been accomplished

Owls screech and crickets cry

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Macbeth declares he will “Sleep no more” because he believes his conscience

Will not let him sleep

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Macbeth is commenting on what when he indicates that the blood on his hands will redden all the seas

His profound guilt

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Breaking the grim tone of unfolding events is the purpose of whose speech in act 2

The drunk porter

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In the porters speech in scene 4, what symbolizes King Duncan

The falcon

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Macbeth’s instruction to the murderers to, “leave no rubs or butches in the work” is ironic because

He botched the murder of King Duncan

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In scene 2, what is the connotation of the word scorpions in the line “o full of scorpions is my mind dear wife”

Horror

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Act 3 of Macbeth serves mainly to expose this

Macbeth’s mounting troubles

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In scene 4, Macbeth says “and to our dear friend Banquo, who we miss …” This is an example of what two types of irony

Dramatic and verbal

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The cause of Macbeth's irrational behavior at the banquet is this

His guilty conscience manifesting as a ghost

When Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth in scene 2 " we are yet but young indeed" he means that they are

new to the ways for crime

In scene 4 when Macbeth says in response to the exit of Banquo's ghost , "I am a man again", he means that he is

Brave again

In scene 4 Lennox's expressed belief that Macbeth was grieved by Malcolm and Donalbain's murder of their father is an example of this

Dramatic irony

Though Macbeth believes in their power, he attempts to alter the witches prophecies is an example of this

Situational irony

He is now quick to use treachery to suit his ends describes who at the end of act 3

Macbeth

The major purpose of act 4 is to foreshadow events related to this

Macbeth's downfall

When the witches say, "something wicked this way comes", you know that even the witches consider him evil" to whom do they refer

Macbeth

Macbeth initially changes his mind and decided not to have Macduff killed after leaving the witches because of this

The third apparition

The reign of the Tudors began the period of this type of English

Modern English

William Caxton was the first to do this in English

print books

This playwright would have been more famous that Shakespeare had he lived past the age of 30 and not killed in a bar fight over the bill

Christopher Marlowe

Elizabeth 1 began the extension of this to the far corners of the globe

English

The borrowing of English words by many foreign languages occured because of this during the Early Modern English period

Increased exploration and commerce

The introduction of the subject in the first few lines, has fourteen lines , and is written in iambic pentameter are all characteristics of this

English sonnet

The italian sonnet is also called this

Petrarchan sonnet

The one thing that distinguished the sonnets of Shakespeare and Spenser

the rhyme scheme

Of the two sonnet writers we read, which one mastered the sonnet form first

Edmund Spenser

abab, cdcd, efer, gg is whose rhyme scheme

Shakespeare

The last group of liens in a sonnet usually do this

Comment on the subject of the poem

abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee is the rhyme scheme for whom

Spenser

A quatrain is this many lines

A couplet is this many lines

Sonnets are numbered and not titled because of this

sonnets are written in sequence to tell an overall story

During the Renaissance scholars revived the learning and works of these two ancient cultures

Rome and Greece

This queen of England put an end to religious turmoil in England

Elizabeth 1

This English king wrote a book against Martin Luther, for which the pope granted him the title "Defender of the Faith", though later he broke with the Catholic Church in order to marry Anne Boleyn

King Henry VII

This queen of England was known as "Bloody Mary: because she had so many non-catholics put to death during her reign

Queen Mary

This poem by Christopher Marlowe is an example of a pastoral poem

"The passionate Shepherd to His Love"

Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were two great Elizabethan

dramatists or playwrights

Early modern english varies least from earlier forms in this element of language

grammar

Martin Luther's protest and creation of Lutheranism was the beginning of what is known as this

Protestant Reformation

This Italian-born explorer reached Newfoundland and laid the basis for future English claims to North America

John Cabot

This Scottish King followed Elizabeth I to the throne of England

James 1

"The castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends it" is said by

King Duncan

"Screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail" is said by

Lady Macbeth

"Lesser than Macbeth and greater" is said by

the witches

"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath it" is said by whom to whom

Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

"Stars hid thy fires/ Let not night see my black and deep desire" is said by

Macbeth

"Let not by keen knife see the would it makes" is said by

Lady Macbeth

"Here there's daggers in men's smiles" is said by

Malcolm

"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip" is said by

Macbeth

"Blood will have blood" is said by

Macbeth

Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here " is said by

Lady Macbeth

Civility

Politeness, respect

Connoisseur

Expert, specialist

Exhilaration

Elation, Excitement

Foible

Imperfection

Germane

Relevant, Applicable

Gregarious

Sociable, Friendly

Obsequious

Servile

Patrimony

Heritage

Precocious

Mature, Talented

Punctilious

Meticulous

Affront

Insult

Effusion

Outflow

Capitulate

Surrender, Give up

Guffaw

Roar with laughter

Incarcerate

Imprison

Indulgent

Easygoing, Lenient

Magnanimous

Generous, Charitable

Munificent

Very Generous, Philanthropic

Propitious

Favorable, Advantageous

Querulous

Irritable, Petty

When Lady Macduff and her children are murdered, it emphasizes how ruthless who has become

Macbeth

Questioning and courageous is how Shakespeare portrays whose son in act 4

Macduff's son

Macduff's noble despair for his country finally convinces who of his loyalty

Macduff

"It weeps it bleeds and each new day a gash is added to her wounds" are lines spoken by Malcolm and his feelings for

Scotland

What important plot development occurs as a direct result of Macduff's leaving his castle and freeing Scotland

The murder of Macduff's family

Malcolm's primary role in act 4 is to motivate who to return to Scotland

Macduff

The end of act 4 foreshadows an important conflict between these two characters

Macbeth and Macduff

A guilty conscience is not easily mended is the main message from what event in act 5 scene 1

Lady Macbeth sleepwalking

In scene 1, what helps create the eerie atmosphere

The taper or candle Lady Macbeth carries

When Lady Macbeth says "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" she means

no amount of virtue will undo her guilt

We know that Macbeth has grown brutal when we observe his behavior to this character in scene 3

Servant

When Macbeth reveals in scene 5 that he has grown impervious to fear and horror, he is underscoring the plays theme of this

The destructiveness of blind ambiton

When Macbeth learns that Birnam Woods is moving toward the castle, he realizes

He has been tricked by the prophecies

In act 5, Macbeth reverts to his former self when he does this,

He fights with courage and skill

Macbeth says that life signifies

nothing

We realize Macbeth is a victim of his tragic flaw when he displays this at the end of the play

Courage and skill in fighting

In act 5, when Macduff kills Macbeth this represents the what of the plot

resolution

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