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UNIT 1 > LESSON 3 > ACTIVITY 10 : Analyze Different Interpretations of Macbeth

Answer 1

Question 4 of 10

Multiple Choice: Please select the best answer and click "submit."

Read the following passage:

MACBETH. Seyton! I am sick at heart,
When I behold Seyton, I say! This push
Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now.
I have lived long enough. My way of life
Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf,
And that which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have, but, in their stead,
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath
Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not.
Seyton!

William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, scene iii
What evidence from the text suggests that Macbeth is prepared to die?
A. "Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath / Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not."
B. "This push / Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. / I have lived long enough."
C. "I am sick at heart"
D. "And that which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have"

Answer 2

B 100%

Answer 3

How do the soldiers' feelings about Macbeth in Act I differ from their later feelings about him in Act V?

A. In Act I, they are jealous of his rise to power; in Act V, they feel sorry for him and the burdens he bears.
B. In Act I, they think he is brave and honorable; in Act V, they think he is an insane tyrant who must be defeated.
C. In Act I, they are frightened of his fierceness; in Act V, they are afraid of what horrible crimes he will commit next.
D. In Act I, they think he is a bully; in Act V, they believe he will make a good king if given enough time to rule.