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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which of these details from Act IV, Scene i, of The Tragedy of Macbeth best support the inference that Macbeth feels safer after his visit with the Three Witches? Choose two options.

• a. the First Apparition’s warning about Macduff, Thane of Fife

• c. the enchanted potion that the witches brewed

• d. the Third Apparition’s prophesy about Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane

• e. the vision showing a line of eight kings ending with Banquo

• b. the Second Apparition’s prediction that no one born of woman can harm Macbeth

Part B Which of these matters in Act IV does the text most clearly leave uncertain?

• a. the reason Macbeth visits the Three Witches in Scene i

• b. the reason Lady Macduff is angry with her husband

• c. the reason Macbeth has Macduff’s family killed

• d. the reason Macbeth wants to kill Macduff

2. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A In Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth, what does Shakespeare most clearly develop as an archetypal image of violence?

• a. the Three Witches

• b. blood

• c. babies

• d. darkness

Part B Which of these statements best expresses a main theme of the play related to the archetype you identified in Part A?

• a. Violent acts are sometimes necessary.

• Vc. Violence leads to more violence.

• b. Overcoming one’s fate can be achieved only through violence.

• d. Violence is a force of evil.

. In Act V, Scene ii, of The Tragedy of Macbeth, in describing the attack on Macbeth, Mentieth says of Malcolm and Macduff, “Revenge burns in them.” Which of the following events from the play most clearly caused their feelings of revenge? Choose three options.

• a. the killing of Duncan

• b. the killing of Banquo

• c. the death of Lady Macbeth

• d. Macduff’s flight to England

Which event earlier in the action most likely results in the suspicions voiced by Lennox and the other Lord in the final scene of Act III of The Tragedy of Macbeth?

• Hecate’s scolding of the three witches

• b. Fleance’s escape from the deadly attack

• c. Macbeth’s behavior at the royal banquet

• f. the killing of Lady Macduff and her children

• h. the spreading of suspicion that Duncan’s sons killed him

Which of these statements express a main theme or central idea of The Tragedy of Macbeth? Choose two options.

• a. An effective ruler provides safety for those he or she rules.

• b. An immoral person cannot display true personal courage.

• c. Sometimes violence is necessary to solve problems.

• d. Those who consort with evil will meet an evil end.

• e. Breaking moral codes leads to feelings of futility.

A In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” what kind of love does the speaker and the speaker’s beloved share

• a. a special love

• b. a stubborn love

• c. an innocent love

• d. an everyday love

Part B Which of these lines from the poem best support your answer to Part A? Choose two options.

• b. So let us melt, and make no noise, / No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move …

• c. ‘Twere profanation of our joys / To tell the laity our love.

• d. But trepidation of the spheres, / Though greater far, is innocent.

• e. But we by a love, so much refined / That our selves know not what it is,

How does Donne’s use of periodic sentence structure contribute to the overall impact of “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”? 

• a. It speeds up the pacing by bombarding the reader with many brief images.

• b. It clarifies the speaker’s views by giving the reader time to process the imagery.

• c. It creates a sense of anticipation by forcing the reader to wait to discover main ideas.

• d. It deepens the reader’s understanding by giving an extended comparison of things that are not usually thought of together.