Read the quote from the play below. Then answer the question that follows:

Question

LADY MACBETH But I worry about whether or not you have what it takes to seize the crown. You are too full of the milk of human kindness to strike aggressively at your first opportunity. You want to be powerful, and you don't lack ambition, but you don't have the mean streak that these things call for. The things you want to do, you want to do like a good man.



Lady Macbeth worries that her husband cannot kill King Duncan because –

Question 1 options:

He is too kind

He is not physically strong enough

He is not interested in being king

He is too lazy

Question 2 (1 point)
How do ambition and power affect Macbeth over the course of the play?

Question 2 options:

They bore him

They entertain him

They corrupt him

They inspire him

Question 3 (1 point)
Lady Macbeth's erratic behavior and sleepwalking suggest that –

Question 3 options:

She is a dedicated and kind queen

She is desperate for attention from the doctor

She is a loyal supporter of all her husband's actions

She is mentally unstable and going mad with guilt

Question 4 (1 point)
Re-read this excerpt from ACT 5, Scene 1

DOCTOR You see, her eyes are open.

GENTLEWOMAN Yes, but they don't see anything.

DOCTOR What's she doing now? Look how she rubs her hands.

GENTLEWOMAN She often does that. She looks like she's washing her hands. I've seen her do that before for as long as fifteen minutes.

LADY MACBETH There's still a spot here.

DOCTOR Listen! She's talking. I'll write down what she says, so I'll remember it better.

LADY MACBETH (rubbing her hands) Come out, damned spot! Out, I command you! One, two. OK, it's time to do it now.—Hell is murky!—Nonsense, my lord, nonsense! You are a soldier, and yet you are afraid? Why should we be scared, when no one can lay the guilt upon us?—But who would have thought the old man would have had so much blood in him?

DOCTOR Did you hear that?

LADY MACBETH The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?—What, will my hands never be clean?—No more of that, my lord, no more of that. You'll ruin everything by acting startled like this.



What does the imagined blood in Lady Macbeth's hands symbolize?

Question 4 options:

her guilt about her role in the deaths of King Duncan and Lady MacDuff

her worsening illness

her thirst for revenge against those that are plotting against her and her husband

the fact that she is pregnant

Question 5 (1 point)
A theme of Macbeth is –

Question 5 options:

power that is unearned will corrupt

knowledge of the future is helpful in achieving one's goals

All men are inherently evil

Anyone can be a king

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions based on the provided excerpt and context from "Macbeth":

Question 1: Lady Macbeth worries that her husband cannot kill King Duncan because –
Answer: He is too kind

Question 2: How do ambition and power affect Macbeth over the course of the play?
Answer: They corrupt him

Question 3: Lady Macbeth's erratic behavior and sleepwalking suggest that –
Answer: She is mentally unstable and going mad with guilt

Question 4: What does the imagined blood in Lady Macbeth's hands symbolize?
Answer: her guilt about her role in the deaths of King Duncan and Lady MacDuff

Question 5: A theme of Macbeth is –
Answer: power that is unearned will corrupt

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