Activity 5.3.2 – Act 2 Scene 2

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CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING(AS Learning - 1 mark for each)

 1.     Who is Hecate? 

A. the youngest witch  

B. The oldest witch 

C. The goddess of witches

 D. another name for the devil 

2. What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?      

]A. She doesn’t want blood on her hands.

 B She says it’s not a job for a woman

 C. Duncan looks like her father sleeping

 D. Macbeth promised to do it.                                                      

3. After Macbeth kills Duncan, he goes to Lady Macbeth and is concerned about not being able to say "Amen." What is her advice to him?                     

 A. She tells him not to think about it so much, or it will make them crazy. 

B. She tells him to pray for forgiveness

 C. She tells him to change into his bedclothes

 D. She tells him to go back to bed.     

4. Macbeth is worried about hearing a voice saying, "Macbeth does murder sleep." What does Lady Macbeth then tell him to do?                                                                            

 A. She tells him to change into his bedclothes 

B. She tells him to go back to bed 

C. She tells him to get cleaned up and forget about it. 

D. She tells him they will blame the guards   

Read the rest of Act 2 Scene 2 from line 48 onwards (until the end), then answer the following questions with complete sentences:


1. Why won't Macbeth take the daggers back to the scene of the crime?                                           

2. Who says “I’ll go no more”? To whom is it said and why is it significant?


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