ELA 20-1 (AT-MB)

Macbeth: Act IV

 

Scene 1:

 

1. When the witches are chanting “Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” what are they doing?

 

2. What is the “something wicked” that “this way comes”?

 

3. What does the first apparition tell Macbeth?

 

4. What does the second apparition tell Macbeth?

 

5. What does the third apparition tell Macbeth?

 

6. What is the one last thing that Macbeth wants to know?

 

7. What do the witches show Macbeth in response to his last request?

 

8. What does Macbeth say he will do to Macduff?

 

Scene 2:

 

9. What reason does Lady Macduff give for why Macduff must not love her and their children?

 

10. What does Lady Macduff tell her son about Macduff?

 

11. What reason does Macduff's son give for why the liars and swearers are fools?

 

12. What does the messenger tell Lady Macduff.

 

13. What happens at the end of this scene?

 

Scene 3:

 

14. What does Malcolm suspect might be Macduff's motivation?

 

15. What does Malcolm ask Macduff about his family?

 

16. What is the first reason Malcolm gives when he argues that he would be a bigger tyrant than Macbeth?

 

17. What does Macduff say that Malcolm can do for his voluptuousness?

 

18. What is the second reason Malcolm gives for why he wouldn't be a good king?

 

19. What is Macduff's final response to Malcolm's description of himself?

 

20. What does Malcolm tell Macduff about the things he said?

 

21. What does Malcolm say that King Edward is able to do?

 

22. At first, what does Ross say about Macduff's family?

 

23. What has England lent Malcolm?

 

24. What does Ross finally tell Macduff?

 

25. What “medicine” does Malcolm say they should take to cure the “deadly grief”?