Macbeth plot

What have Macbeth and Banquo just done at the beginning of the play?

• Defeated armies from Ireland and Norway in battle

• Got married

• Killed the king

• Battled against each other for the throne

What do the witches tell Macbeth and Banquo?

• That Duncan hates them

• That Macbeth will be made Thane of Cawdor and will one day be king, and that Banquo will sire kings

• That Lady Macbeth is cheating on her husband

• That the king has been killed in combat

What happens that makes Macbeth start to believe in the witches' prophecy?

• He is crowned king

• He kills Banquo

• He is made Thane of Cawdor

• His wife is found dead

Who encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan?

How do the Macbeths carry out the murder of the king?

• Macbeth stabs him and frames his guards

• Lady Macbeth seduces him and then stabs him

• They poison his dinner

• They set a trap for him and he falls to his death

Why do Duncan's sons flee?

• They feel guilty

• They never liked their father

• They are afraid that whoever killed their father will try to kill them too

• They don't want to be made king

Who does Macbeth kill next out of fear for his position as king?

What does Macbeth see at the dinner table?

• Duncan's ghost

• Lady Macbeth carrying a dagger

• Banquo's ghost

• Fleance hiding under the table

Who do the witches tell Macbeth he should be afraid of?

• Fleance

• Lady Macbeth

• Malcolm

• Macduff

What else do the witches tell Macbeth?

• That no man born of woman may kill him and that he only needs to worry when Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane

• That his wife has ulterior motives and may be a danger to his throne in the future

• That Banquo's ghost is going to haunt him forever and he will never be free

• That Fleance has returned to Scotland to avenge his father and take the throne