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To answer Questions 13-18, read the following passage from Act II
of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose the best
responses to the prompts next to the passage. There is one and only one
correct answer to each prompt.
Act II Scene i Lines 30-63 MACBETH 30 Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell. Get thee to bed. Exit Servant
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. 35 Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable 40 As this which now I draw.
Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going;
And such an instrument I was to use.
Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, 45 And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood,
Which was not so before. There's no such thing:
It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse 50 The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design 55 Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,
And take the present horror from the time,
Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: 60 Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. A bell rings
I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Exit
To answer Questions 19-24, read the following passage from Act II
of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose the best
responses to the prompts next to the passage. There is one and only one
correct answer to each prompt.
Act II Scene ii Lines 33-50 MACBETH Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!
Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep,
35 Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast. LADY MACBETH
What do you mean? MACBETH Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house. 40 'Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor
Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.' LADY MACBETH Who was it that thus cried? Why, worthy thane,
You do unbend your noble strength to think
So brainsickly of things. Go get some water 45 And wash this filthy witness from your hand.
Why did you bring these daggers from the place?
They must lie there. Go carry them and smear
The sleepy grooms with blood. MACBETH
I'll go no more.
I am afraid to think what I have done. 50 Look on't again I dare not.
To answer Questions 25-29, read the following passage from Act II
of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose the best
responses to the prompts next to the passage. There is one and only one
correct answer to each prompt.
Act II Scene iii Lines 5-28 PORTER[Knocking within] 5 Knock,knock! Who's there, in the
other devil's name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could swear in
both
the scales against either scale, who committed treason enough for God's
sake, yet could not equivocate to heaven. O, come in, equivocator.
[Knocking within] Knock, knock, knock! Who's there? Faith, here's an
English 10 tailor come hither for stealing out of a French hose. Come in,
tailor.
Here you may roast your goose. [Knocking within] Knock, knock! Never at
quiet.
--What are you?—But this place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter
it
no further. I had thought to have let in some of all professions that go
the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire. [Knocking within] Anon,
anon! [Opens the gate] 15 I pray you, remember the porter. [Enter MACDUFF and LENNOX] MACDUFF Was it so late, friend, ere you went to bed,
That you do lie so late? PORTER Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock, and
drink, sir,
is a great provoker of three things. MACDUFF20 What three things does drink especially
provoke? PORTER Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir,
it
provokes, and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it takes away the
performance. Therefore, much drink may be said to be an
equivocator with lechery. It makes him, and it mars him; it sets him 25 on, and it takes him off; it persuades him and disheartens
him; makes
him stand to and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a
sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.
Be sure to choose each
answer carefully. You get only one try to answer each question
correctly!
For Questions 1-12, please mark the letter of the correct definition of the given vocabulary word.
entreat
(adj.) plentiful
(v.) to beg
(v.) to jabber
(v.) to mislead
lament
(v.) to mourn
(v.) to party
(v.) to repay
(v.) to supplement
largess
(n.) an excuse
(adj.) bribed
(n.) generosity
(adj.) moderate
augment
(v.) to mourn
(v.) to party
(v.) to repay
(v.) to supplement
multitudinous
(adj.) plentiful
(v.) to beg
(v.) to jabber
(v.) to mislead
prate
(adj.) plentiful
(v.) to beg
(v.) to jabber
(v.) to mislead
suborned
(n.) an excuse
(adj.) bribed
(n.) generosity
(adj.) moderate
equivocate
(adj.) plentiful
(v.) to beg
(v.) to jabber
(v.) to mislead
pretense
(n.) an excuse
(adj.) bribed
(n.) generosity
(adj.) moderate
temperate
(n.) an excuse
(adj.) bribed
(n.) generosity
(adj.) moderate
requite
(v.) to mourn
(v.) to party
(v.) to repay
(v.) to supplement
carouse
(v.) to mourn
(v.) to party
(v.) to repay
(v.) to supplement
(RL1) What message does Macbeth charge the servant to deliver to Lady Macbeth, the mistress of the home?
(Tip: What does the servant know?)
She should ring the bell when Macbeth’s drink is ready.
She should ring the bell when it’s time to go murder Duncan.
She should make sure that Duncan has had enough to drink.
She should make sure that everyone in the home goes to bed early.
(RL1) What object does Macbeth imagine seeing in front of him?
a bell
a dagger
Duncan’s ghost
a curtain
(RL3) In lines 32-60, Macbeth is _____________________________.
delusional/hallucinating
irate/enraged
coherent/rational
calm/peaceful
(RL4) Which definition of the term draw reflects how the word is used in line 40?
to sketch or depict (to draw a picture)
to pull or drag (to draw a loaded wagon)
to attract or bring toward (to draw a crowd)
to take out or pull out (to draw a gun)
(RL4) What does the bell symbolize in this passage?
sleep
murder
marriage
theft
(RL3) Macbeth is predominantly characterized here by his _______________________.
appearance
thoughts
actions
dialogue with others
(RL4) According to Macbeth, which of the following is the “chief nourisher in life’s feast”?
nature
a voice
sleep
death
(RL3) The voices that Macbeth hears are most likely a manifestation of Macbeth’s __________.
fear
ignorance
insanity
guilt
(RL4) Lady Macbeth’s tone toward her husband’s news here reveals her___________________.
excitement
confusion
control
kindness
(RL1) What does Lady Macbeth want her husband to wash from his hands?
dirt
food
ink
blood
(RL4) Which word would most accurately replace
brainsickly as Lady Macbeth uses the term in line 44?
jokingly
crazily
carefully
casually
(RL1) Which is most likely the reason Macbeth will not return the daggers to their place?
A voice tells him not to return.
He doesn’t want to wake his guests.
He feels too guilty and afraid.
He knows that he’ll get caught there.
(RL5) The overall purpose of this scene from Macbeth is to provide ______________________.
irony
comic relief
tragedy
foreshadowing
(RL1) What does the porter do here when he hears knocking at the gate in lines 5-14?
opens the gate
says that the knocker should leave
peeks to see who’s at the gate
mocks by saying the words, “knock, knock”
(RL1) According to lines 16-17, what assumption does Macduff make?
The porter had been drinking last night.
The porter thinks his delay is funny.
The porter stayed up very late last night.
The porter does not like his own job.
(RL1) The porter admits that his current state has been influenced by __________________.
drinking
Macbeth
hell
women
(RL4) Which literary device is the primary technique used in the porter’s lines from 22 to 27?
hyperbole
paradox
dramatic irony
personification
Select the correct word to use in each of the blanks. The narrator wrote _______because she was not feeling ________.
bad; good
badly; good
badly; well
bad; well
Which sentence is written correctly?
if you do good those sort of problem wont come up said dad and you wont barely notice an issue
“If you do well, those sorts of problems won’t come up,” said Dad, “and you won’t notice an issue.”
“If you do good, those sorts of problems won’t come up,” said Dad, “And you won’t notice an issue.”
“If you do good those sorts of problems won’t come up, said Dad, and you won’t notice an issue.”