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The Tragedy of Macbeth: Act Three
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Comprehension-5 points each
Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. Macbeth most likely questions Banquo about his journey in Scene 1 because Macbeth
A wants to engage in friendly conversation.
B hopes he will find evidence of disloyalty.
C seeks information that he can tell the murderers.
D has to plan the dinner for the evening at the castle.
____ 2. What reason does Macbeth give the murderers to kill Banquo?
A Banquo plans to draw the kingdom into war.
B Banquo plans to try the murderers for treason.
C Banquo oppressed the families of the murderers.
D Banquo murdered the king for revenge.
____ 3. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth say that they envy Duncan because he
A is free from the pain and troubles of life.
B is able to confront his accusers in hell.
C committed terrible deeds but was never punished.
D had heirs to love him and carry on his legacy.
____ 4. Why does Macbeth worry that he has killed Duncan more for Banquo’s sake than for his own?
A The people would rather have Banquo as their king.
B The prophecies about Banquo contain happiness instead of guilt.
C Macbeth is a tyrant and Banquo is honorable.
D Macbeth lacks any heirs and Banquo has children.
____ 5. Lady Macbeth’s reaction to Macbeth’s plan to kill Banquo reveals that she most likely
A thinks he is acting correctly.
B wonders if he wants to murder her.
C hopes to prevent him from getting caught.
D wants to stop him from committing another murder.
____ 6. In Scene 4, lines 29-30, Macbeth says of Fleance, “There the grown serpent lies. The worm that’s
fled / Hath nature in that time will venom breed.” In what way does Macbeth see Fleance as an
antagonist?
A Macbeth believes Fleance knows the prophecies.
B Fleance will grow up into a dangerous enemy.
C Macbeth fears Fleance will disrupt the feast.
D Fleance will eventually become a cruel tyrant.
____ 7. The ghost at dinner in Scene 4 causes Macbeth to
A become ill and vomit.
B become agitated and upset.
C question his guests’ loyalty.
D question his wife’s ambitions.
____ 8. In Scene 4, lines 111-113, Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth, “Can such things be / And overcome us
like a summer’s cloud, / Without our special wonder? You make me strange / Even to the disposition
that I owe.” These lines reveal that Macbeth assumes
A Banquo’s death has upset her.
B Banquo’s ghost is visible to her.
C Lady Macbeth has few human feelings.
D Lady Macbeth wants their guilt to be exposed.
____ 9. Which excerpt from Hecate’s speech in Scene 5 foreshadows Macbeth’s downfall?
A “Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, / Loves for his own ends, not for you.”
(lines 12-13)
B “Your vessels and your spells provide, / Your charms and everything beside.”
(lines 18-19)
C “I am for th’ air. This night I’ll spend / Unto a dismal and a fatal end.” (lines 20-21)
D “Upon the corner of the moon / There hangs a vap’rous drop profound.” (lines
23-24)
____ 10. At the end of Act III, why is Macbeth preparing for war?
A Malcolm and Macduff are preparing to fight him.
B Lennox and the Lord are threatening to overthrow him.
C His thanes from the north plan to rebel against him.
D He wants to conquer more territory to the west.
Written Response- Respond in a well developed paragraph which includes CONTEXT, CLAIM, TEXT EVIDENCE and EXPLANATION
Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the play.-25 points each
11. In Scene 4, Macbeth regrets that Banquo is absent from the banquet. How is his regret an example of dramatic irony?
12. What is one way that Lady Macbeth tries to shame her husband over his reactions to the ghost in Scene 4?

reading compression
WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO WALES When my father went to Wales in ’61 for his father’s funeral I was twelve and knew nothing. Death was real but remote, like the origin of the world or the Ed Sullivan Show. 1 But having touched my father death became a constant 10 in my world. Having taken his father my own was suddenly vulnerable to that theft, and from then on I guarded him with the magic of a twelve-year-old: words, 15 things, the power of thought unknown to him kept him free of that other’s possession. Once he came close to falling; I forgot or relaxed or was distracted 20 and he glimpsed his father’s world. Never again would I be so negligent. And though he will fall, as he must, into his father’s arms, I know it will not be the magic’s fault 25 or mine, or anything to do with failure. He will fall as we all must into a world which was once his own. and seeing his old man again he will be happy, and happy 30 will turn to brace his arms for me, following Dermot Mccarthy Canadian poet
22. When the speaker states “I was twelve and knew nothing” (lines 3 – 4), he means that he had not O travelled widely O been affected by loss O witnessed responsibility been separated from his family 23. That the speaker perceives death as being a constant threat is most directly communicated by O “from then on / I guarded him” (line 12-13) O “I forgot or relaxed” (line 19) O “Never again would I be so negligent” (line 21) “I know it will not be the magic’s fault” (line 24) 24. The phrase “that other’s possession” (line 17) is an indirect reference to O death’s finality O occult powers O family bonds
24. The phrase “that other’s possession” (line 17) is an indirect reference to O death’s finality O occult powers O family bonds O life’s futility 25. The lines that most clearly indicate the change in the speaker’s childhood experiences are O “I was twelve / and knew nothing” (lines 3 – 4) and “I guarded him with the magic / of a twelve year-old (lines 13-14) O “Death was real but remote” (line 5) and “death became a constant” (line 9) O “having touched my father ” (line 8) and “Having taken his father” (line 10) O “vulnerable / to that theft” (lines 11 – 12) and “free / of that other’s possession” (lines 16 – 17) 26. In saying “Never again would I be so negligent” (line 21), the speaker refers to his desire to accept his destiny
26. In saying “Never again would I be so negligent” (line 21), the speaker refers to his O desire to accept his destiny O resentment of his father’s freedom desire to support his father’s dreams O resolve to maintain the constant vigilance of his “magic” 27. The imagery in “he will be happy, and happy will turn to brace his arms for me” (lines 29 – 31) conveys mainly that death is a O release O journey O joyful reuniting natural phenomenon 28. The theme of this poem is most effectively enhanced by O contrast: the speaker places his childhood perceptions beside his adult perceptions O description: the speaker describes his attitude toward the world O narration: the speaker tells the reader a story
28. The theme of this poem is most effectively enhanced by O contrast: the speaker places his childhood perceptions beside his adult perceptions O description: the speaker describes his attitude toward the world O narration: the speaker tells the reader a story O exposition: the speaker explain the process of death 29. The speaker’s tone is one of O regret O nostalgia U acceptance O melancholy

1. In what ways is “The Black Ball” a Modernist story? Give examples from the story to support your answer.
https://libcom.org/library/black-ball-ralph-ellison here is where you can find the short story

The speaker in this poem is a tourist visiting the Italian city of Palermo.
Palermo
1  It was foolish of us to leave our room.
The empty plaza was shimmering.
The clock looked ready to melt.
The heat was a mallet striking a ball
5  and sending it bouncing into the nettles1 of summer.
Even the bees had knocked off for the day.
The only thing moving besides us
(and we had since stopped under an awning)
was a squirrel who was darting this way and that
10  as if he were having second thoughts
about crossing the street,
his head and tail twitching with indecision.
You were looking in a shop window
but I was watching the squirrel
15  who now rose up on his hind legs,
and after pausing to look in all directions,
began to sing in a beautiful voice
a melancholy aria2 about life and death,
his forepaws clutched against his chest,
20  his face full of longing and hope,
as the sun beat down
on the roofs and awnings of the city,
and the earth continued to turn
and hold in position the moon
25  which would appear later that night
as we sat in a café
and I stood up on the table
with the encouragement of the owner
and sang for you and the others
30  the song the squirrel had taught me how to sing.
In the poem as a whole, the heat symbolically represents
?      A
?      the relentless natural forces demolishing the city
?      B
?      the speaker’s disappointment with the dullness of the city
?      C
?      the intensity of the tourists’ desire to experience the city
?      D
?      an enduring threat to the peace of mind of the squirrel
?      E
?      an environment of hardship surrounding the squirrel’s song

The speaker in this poem is a tourist visiting the Italian city of Palermo.
Palermo
1  It was foolish of us to leave our room.
The empty plaza was shimmering.
The clock looked ready to melt.
The heat was a mallet striking a ball
5  and sending it bouncing into the nettles1 of summer.
Even the bees had knocked off for the day.
The only thing moving besides us
(and we had since stopped under an awning)
was a squirrel who was darting this way and that
10  as if he were having second thoughts
about crossing the street,
his head and tail twitching with indecision.
You were looking in a shop window
but I was watching the squirrel
15  who now rose up on his hind legs,
and after pausing to look in all directions,
began to sing in a beautiful voice
a melancholy aria2 about life and death,
his forepaws clutched against his chest,
20  his face full of longing and hope,
as the sun beat down
on the roofs and awnings of the city,
and the earth continued to turn
and hold in position the moon
25  which would appear later that night
as we sat in a café
and I stood up on the table
with the encouragement of the owner
and sang for you and the others
30  the song the squirrel had taught me how to sing.
The recurring image of a song unifies the poem primarily by connecting
?      A
?      artistic excellence with moral integrity
?      B
?      contrasting aspects of day and night in the city
?      C
?      two incidents during the speaker’s visit to the city
?      D
?      two analytical conclusions presented by the speaker
?      E
?      two perspectives on the importance of the squirrel

Encircle the letters of the correct answers. 1. A picture or chart meant to add meaning to the text? * 1 point a. pull quote b. graphic c. infomercial d. annotation 2. What is the purpose of a thesis statement? * 1 point a. To entertain the audience b. To create a sentence with details c. To provide text evidence d. It states the main idea and tells what the text is all about. 3. When the author wanted his readers to understand a point, it is called_________ * 1 point a. attitude b. irony c. tone d. author’s purpose 4. What is the purpose of an informative essay? * 1 point a. To provide information or explain steps in process b. To entertain the readers c. To tell a story d. To persuade the reader 5. Which of the following is another name for a “sequence” text structure? * 1 point a. step-by-step b. chronological c. problem and solution d. description 6. What are the three main parts of an essay? * 1 point a. hook, topic sentence, conclusion b. introduction, body, conclusion c. claim, counter claim, rebuttal d. introduction, hook, body 7. The following are items that help you learn better from an informative text, except * 1 point a. graphics b. keyboard c. written cues d. illustrations 8. Which of the following items might contain an informative text? * 1 point a. textbook b. an autobiography c. directions on the package of a toy d. all of the given choices 9. What are signal words? * 1 point a. They tell you what direction to go. b. They tell the reader what page to look for information. c. They tell the reader where you got your information. d. They show how events and ideas connect to each other. 10. Which of the following is a characteristics of informative writing. * 1 point a. increase knowledge b. explain a concept in-depth c. explain a procedure d. all of the given choices 11. An informative text educates the reader about a specific topic. It is a common type of writing. * 1 point a. True b. False c. Maybe d. NoT clear 12. Why do we need evidence in informational writing? * 1 point a. To prove people wrong b. To provide a conclusion c. To explain what I want readers to understand d. To create unity in the text 13. This is a text structure where similarities and differences of two things are explored. * 1 point a. description b. sequence c. compares and contrast d. chronological 14. When the author wanted his reader to understand a point, it is called ________________ * 1 point a. attitude b. irony c. tone d. author’s purpose 15. To determine the cause, ask yourself___________ something happened. * 1 point a. when b. where c. why d. How

1)  Which word best describes the narrator’s tone toward Dr heidedggers visitors in the 1st paragraph?
2)  Part “A” as it is used in paragraph 9 the word “peevish” most nearly means?
3) Part B which word provides the best clue to the answer to part A?
4) Part A re read paragraph 41 What does it suggest about the water of youth?
5) Part B which quote best supports your answer to the previous question?
Link to CommonLit text
https://www.commonlit.org/texts/dr-heidegger-s-experiment

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word condition as it is used in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Write the definition of condition here and explain how you figured it out. Then look up the word in a dictionary and check your definition.

Help with 4 assessment questions
Article and questions in link
In the activities tab
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/animal-emotions-stare-us-in-the-face-are-our-pets-happy

ILLIAD BOOK 18 QUESTIONS
1. Why does Achilles need new armor? Who makes it?
2. What becomes of Patroclus’ body? How are the Greeks able to get it back?
3. Using the explanation found in the introduction to your Iliad that we discussed in class, describe briefly the scenes portrayed from the two cities shown on Achilles’ shield. Quote one representative line that describes each city. What is Homer trying to tell us in this way?
PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO LINE NUMBERS