1. What do the witches predict will happen to Macbeth and Banquo’s family at the beginning of the play? 2. True/False: Macbeth is seen as a hero at the beginning of the story.
3. Who influences Macbeth to kill the king and how do they get away with it?
4. Macbeth hires the characters known as “murderers” to kill what two characters right after killing the king?
5. Whose ghost appears to Macbeth?
6. Where does the ghost sit?
7. What happens to Macduff’s wife and son?
8. Why was Macduff not home when this happened?
9. What does Macbeth think when he hears that he will only be defeated when the trees themselves march against him?
10. Describe how the previous situation actually happens.

11. True/False: Lady Macbeth thinks she sees blood on her hands when it is not actually there.
12. Certain clues lead us believe that Lady Macbeth died by .
13. How was Macduff not actually “born from a woman?”
14. Who kills Macbeth?
15. Who takes over the throne?
16. How does the weather in the play help set the mood?
17. What country does the majority of the play take place in?
18. Explain what Macbeth means when he says “life is a tale told by an idiot, full of
sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
19. What character dies before Macbeth speaks the line in the previous question?
20. What does this play tell us about being too ambitious?
21. Explain how Macbeth and his wife reverse roles over the course of the play