Macbeth Act 3

What is the meaning of the word oracle?

• a type of bird
• a person who delivers wise announcements
• a person who speaks a funerals
• a type of tool used in fishing

What does Banquo mean when he says, "I must become a borrower of the night"?

• He doesn't know if he can continue being Macbeth's friend.
• He plans on stealing money from Macbeth at night.
• He must meet Macbeth to borrow money from him.
• He will ride all night.

What is the meaning of the word parricide?

• the killing of ones mother/father
• the killing of a king
• the killing of ones brother
• the killing of ones sister

What is meant by, "Let every man be master of this time"?

• you must learn to enjoy freedom
• you must learn a new skill
• you have time to yourself
• you have to control your actions

What 2 literary elements are used, "...the swift, the slow, the subtle,"?

• parallel structure and metaphor
• smile and personification
• metaphor and alliteration
• parallel structure and alliteration

Why does Macbeth know he must kill Banquo?

• A good man is a threat to him.
• He knows Macbeth killed Donalbain.
• He is tired of his disloyalty.
• He worries Banquo will kill him. first.

Macbeth tells the murderers that if they kill Banquo...

• he will pay them in gold
• he will give them a high office
• he will consider them his friend
• he will own them a favor

"...dreams that shake us nightly..." is an example of:

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• allusion

"You know your own degrees; sit down." means...

• you know what is coming in the future
• you know the temperature outside
• you know your rank
• you are going to be called upon to speak

Macbeth says, "We have scorched the snake not kill'd it." means...

• we won the battle not the war
• we did the job we set out to do
• bad things happen to bad people
• beware of what's coming