Macbeth Act 4 Quiz (Act IV)

Macbeth Act 4 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. What does the second apparition, a bloody child, tell Macbeth?
   No man born of woman can harm him · He must beware Macduff · Birnam wood will march on his castle · Banquo's heirs will rule Scotland
2. Why do the apparitions' promises make Macbeth bolder rather than more careful?
   He thinks Macduff has already fled · He takes impossible conditions as safety · He believes the witches now serve him · He trusts Lennox to defend the castle
3. What does Lady Macduff accuse her husband of when Ross visits her at Fife?
   Refusing to leave Scotland with her · Serving Macbeth for his own gain · Abandoning his family through fear · Plotting with Malcolm against her
4. In England, why does Malcolm describe himself to Macduff as worse than Macbeth?
   To excuse his flight from Scotland · To warn Macduff away from England · To mourn his murdered father · To test whether Macduff is honest
5. Told to take the news of his family like a man, how does Macduff answer Malcolm?
   He must feel it as a man first · He blames Malcolm for the delay · He asks to be left to pray alone · He will never speak of them again

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Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.