Macbeth Act 1 Quiz Review

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Macbeth Act 1 Quiz Review

• 22 pts
• Multiple Choice and Short Answer

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• If youve read the scenes, made notes, paid
  attention in class, and reviewed the notes and
  understood them/asked questions when you didnt
  understand, then you should be in great shape for
  this quiz.

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• The following slides have some of the information
  for what you will want to review.
• These are definitely not the only things on the
  quiz.
• Continue working on your rationale for the short
  answer parts of the quiz.

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Basic FactsMultiple Choice

• Know where the play takes place, basic plot
  elements (names of people, titles they are given,
  places they go, etc.).
• Know what a paradox is and how to explain it.
  What line from scene 1 is a paradox?

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Speakers

• You need to know who says these lines and be able
  to summarize what the line means
• The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on
  which I must fall down or else overleap (S. 4)
• If chance will have me King, why chance may
  crown me without my stir (S. 3)

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Speakers continued

• Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none (S.
  3)
• Come you spirits that tend on mortal
  thoughtsunsex me here (S.5)
• So foul and fair a day I have not seen (S. 3)

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Short Answer

• Whats anachronism mean and what example is in
  Act 1?
• Know how to connect lines/people to the witches
  and the purpose of it.
• Basic plot type information.
• Whats the definition of allusion and soliloquy?