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Macbeth Act I Question Pack
Scene 1 (I.i)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What is the witches’ plan? Where will they meet? Who will they meet? When will
they meet?
Scene 2 (I.ii)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. Who is Duncan?
3. What does Malcolm ask of the Sergeant (lines 6-7)?
4. How does the sergeant describe Macbeth (line 16)?
5. What did Macbeth do to Macdonwald (lines 22-23)?
6. Why does the Captain leave (line 42)?
7. Who are Ross and Angus?
8. Where have they just come from and what is happening there (lines 48-53)?
9. How does Ross describe the Thane of Cawdor (line 52)?
10. Duncan asks Ross to do two things, what are they (lines 63-65)?
Scene 3 (I.iii)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What did the first witch ask the sailor’s wife to give her (lines 3-5)?
3. Write Macbeth’s line 38. When have we heard those words before? (hint: check p.
307)
4. How does Banquo describe the witches (lines 39-47)?
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5. What three titles do the witches call Macbeth (lines 49-52)?
6. What does the Third Witch mean in lines 67-68?
7. How did Macbeth become the Thane of Glamis (line 71)?
8. After Ross tells Macbeth that the King has heard a lot of great stories about him,
Ross tells Macbeth what news (lines 104-107)?
9. Who are the men heading to meet at the end of the scene?
Scene 4 (I.iv)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What is the King saying to Macbeth when he comes in (lines 15-21)?
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3. Who does Duncan declare is his heir (37-39)?
4. Where are they traveling (lines 42)?
5. After Macbeth says he will ride ahead to tell his wife the King is coming, he has an
aside, talking to himself. What do lines 48-53 mean?
6. From your answer to the question above, what do you think Macbeth is planning to
do?
Scene 5 (I.v)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. Who is the “they” Macbeth refers to in his letter to Lady Macbeth (line 1-3)?
3. What does this letter tell you about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship (lines
10-14)?
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4. What does Lady Macbeth fear about Macbeth with this news (lines 16-18)?
Scene 6 (I.vi)
1. Where does this scene take place? What noise is heard at the scene’s opening?
2. How do Banquo and the King describe the castle (lines 1-10)?
3. To whom does the King ask Lady Macbeth to take him (lines 28-31)?
Scene 7 (I.vii)
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What is the “it” Macbeth is talking about in line 1?
3. What has Macbeth decided and what reasons does he give (lines 31-34)?
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4. Of what does Lady Macbeth first accuse Macbeth (lines 42-43)? What is her second
accusation (lines 44-45)?
5. Write Lady Macbeth’s words in lines 49-51.
6. What is Macbeth’s fear (line 59)?
7. Explain Lady Macbeth’s plan (line 61-72)?
8. What does Macbeth decide to do (lines 79-80)?
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