Be sure to choose each answer carefully. You get only one try to answer each question correctly. For Questions 1-12, please select the correct
definition for the given vocabulary word.
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Questions 11-22.
Read the following text
from Act I of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose
the best responses (answers) to the prompts (questions) which are to the right of the
reading (Questions 11-16). There is one and only one correct
answer to each prompt.
Act 1, Scene iii
Lines 38-61
MACBETH
38 So
foul [bad] and fair [good] a day I have not seen.
BANQUO
39 How
far is't call'd to Forres? — What are these 40So
wither'd and so wild in their attire, 41That
look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, 42And
yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught 43That
man may question? You seem to understand me,
44 By
each at once her choppy finger laying
45 Upon
her skinny lips: you should be women, 46And
yet your beards forbid me to interpret 47That
you are so.
MACBETH Speak,
if you can: what are you?
First
Witch 48All
hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second
Witch 49All
hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
Third
Witch 50All
hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter! [Hello,
Macbeth, you will be king soon!]
BANQUO
51 Good
sir, why do you start, and seem to fear 52Things
that do sound so fair? — I' the name of truth,
[Why
are you afraid of things that sound good?]
53 Are
ye fantastical, or that indeed
54 Which
outwardly ye show? My noble partner
55 You
greet with present grace and great prediction [You
say hello nicely and say what will happen in the future.]
56 Of
noble having and of royal hope,
57 That
he seems rapt withal; to me you speak not. 58If
you can look into the seeds of time, 59And
say which grain will grow and which will not,
60 Speakthen
to me, who neither beg nor fear 61Your
favours nor your hate.
Read the following text
from Act I of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose
the best responses to the prompts which are to the right of the
reading (Questions 17-22). There is one and only one correct
answer to each prompt.
Act I, Scene iv
Lines 33-53
DUNCAN
My plenteous joys, 34Wanton
in fullness, seek to hide themselves 35In
drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes, 36And
you whose places are the nearest, know 37 We
will establish our estate upon 38Our
eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
39 The
Prince of Cumberland;
which honour must 40Not
unaccompanied invest him only, 41But
signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
42 On
all deservers. From hence to Inverness,
43 And
bind us further to you.
MACBETH
44 The
rest is labour, which is not used for you:
45 I'll
be myself the harbinger and make joyful 46The
hearing of my wife with your approach; 47So
humbly take my leave.
DUNCAN
My worthy Cawdor!
MACBETH[Aside.
(Speaking his thoughts to himself.)]
48 The
Prince of Cumberland! that is a step 49On
which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, 50For
in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires, 51Let
not light see my black and deep desires; [The
light should not see my black desires.]
52 The
eye wink at the hand; yet let that be
53 Which
the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
wanton
(adj.) imaginary
(adj.) luxurious
surmise
(n.) a king or queen
(n.) a thought; a guess
beguile
(v.) to repay
(v.) to trick
recompense
(v.) to repay
(v.) to trick
metaphysical
(adj.) imaginary
(adj.) luxurious
sovereign
(n.) a king or queen
(n.) a supplier
harbinger
(n.) a forerunner; a messenger
(n.) a king or queen
cleave
(v.) to adhere; to attach to something
(v.) to repay
purveyor
(n.) a supplier
(n.) a thought; a guess
compunctious
(adj.) imaginary
(adj.) regretful
(RL6) Which of the following lines is an example of a
paradox?
(A paradox is a true statement that looks like it is not true because it
has words that are opposites.)
line 38
line 50
lines 51-52
line 55
(RL1) Why does Banquo have trouble determining if the witches are really women?
They are unattractive.
They have beards.
They are not inhabitants of the earth.
(RL1) Who is the ‘noble partner’ mentioned in line 54?
Banquo
Macbeth
(RL2) Which is the most accurate and complete summary of this passage?
Macbeth and Banquo see the wild-looking witches and want to get to know them.
The witches tell both men about their futures. Macbeth is not happy, but Banquo is
happy. This passage ends as Banquo says that he would never hate the witches.
Macbeth and Banquo talk about the witches they they see in front
of them. Banquo’s questions show that he’s trying to learn who these strange
people are, and Macbeth tells them to speak. After the witches greet Macbeth with three different titles, Banquo
asks them about his own future.
(RL3) What does Banquo think about the witches?
He thinks they are evil (bad).
He thinks they are unattractive.
(RL4) Based on how the witches use the word hail, which is the best definition of the term in this context?
to salute or greet with passion
to rain on or to flood
(RL1) Which is the most accurate way to restate Duncan’s meaning in lines 37-39?
We’ve decided that the estate will eventually go to Malcolm, and we’re now naming him the Prince of Cumberland.
Malcolm has to first become a prince so that he can then compete for our whole estate.
(RL1) Which of the following questions is not answered by this passage?
Who will be named the Prince of Cumberland?
How does Macbeth’s wife respond to King Duncan’s announcement?
(RL5) Based on the structure of this passage, is Duncan’s character meant to hear Macbeth speak lines 48-53?
Yes.
No.
(RL4) Based on lines 44-47, what is the best definition of harbinger as it is used here?
(Macbeth says he will be a harbinger and go tell his wife that King
Duncan is coming.)
messenger
actor
(RL4) To what does Macbeth compare Malcolm?
a star
a step
(RL3) What does Macbeth’s last group of lines reveal about his desires?
He knows that his desires are good.
He knows that his desires are bad.
Which words must be put in the blanks to make the
bolded sentence grammatically correct? Which verb tenses are used?
While, in the past, travelers ________ as the guide told them, real-life hunters have ________ chances.
do; take present; past
did; taken past; past participle
Which sentence is written correctly?
If they had came before we had fell they would have saw how bad it had went for james and i.
If they had come before we had fallen, they would have seen how bad it was for James and me.