Upper Level Worksheet Answer Key
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
A Before Reading
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Students’ own answers. Answers to the question about the supernatural could include lack of
education or limited knowledge of science.
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Correct answers:
aT
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b F
c F
d F
T
a Correct order:
c
e
a
d
b
b Correct answers:
1 b
2 a
3 c
4 d
B While Reading
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Correct answers:
Who was killed?
Who was responsible?
The rebels’ leader
Macbeth
Duncan
Macbeth
Duncan’s two servants
Macbeth
Banquo
Macbeth (ordered murderers)
Macduff’s son
Macbeth (ordered murderers)
Lady Macduff
Macbeth (ordered murderers)
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Young Siward
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macduff
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Macbeth
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Upper Level 5
Worksheet Answer Key
a Suggested answers:
a Macbeth: weak, guilty, ambitious, brave, loving
b Lady Macbeth: guilty, wicked, ambitious, loving
c Banquo: noble, brave, loyal
d Duncan: noble, trusting, fair
b Students’ own answers.
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a Correct answers:
Scene
Hallucination
Act 2, Scene 1
Macbeth imagines a dagger in front of him.
Act 3, Scene 4
Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo.
Act 5, Scene 1
Lady Macbeth sees blood on her hands.
b Students’ own answers.
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Correct answers:
a He sees death as something that cannot be avoided.
b He compares life to a play.
c He compares people to actors.
d The feeling of the speech is one of sadness and despair.
C After Reading
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a Students’ own answers.
b Students’ own answers.
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Students’ own answers.
Macmillan Readers
Macbeth
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, used under licence.
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