Macbeth Act IV

What are the witches doing as the scene opens?

• Summoning the ghost of Banquo to them.
• Luring Macbeth to their cauldron.
• Preparing a charm and chanting.

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Macbeth seeks out the witches in order to:

• Ask what he should do next.
• Demand what the prophecies really mean.
• Ask what he should do about Macduff.
• All of the above.

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The first vision tells Macbeth:

• Beware of Lady Macbeth.
• Beware of Macduff.
• Beware of Lennox.

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The second vision tells Macbeth he cannot be defeated by:

• any man
• a stranger
• anyone born from a woman

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The third vision tells Macbeth he can only be defeated when:

• He refuses to change.
• His castle burns down.
• The forest moves to the hills.
• The hills turn to gold.

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After the visions, Macbeth sees:

• The ghost of people he's murdered.
• Fleance murdering him.
• Kings, with Banquo at the end.

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As a result of the visions Macbeth sees from the witches, he decides to:

• Find and kill Fleance.
• Kill Macduff's wife and children.
• Replace all of his thanes.

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Where is Macduff?

• In the palace preparing things.
• In Ireland.
• In England helping Malcolm raise an army.

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Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is a, what?

• a traitor
• a liar
• a violent person

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Who tells Macduff that his family has been murdered?

• Donalbain
• Macbeth
• Ross

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