1. In Scene 1, what are the witches doing as Macbeth comes to meet them? 2. What do each of the three apparitions tell Macbeth? 3. After the three apparitions disappear, what vision is shown to Macbeth?
4. What prompts Macbeth to say ‘The very firstlings ofmy heart shall be / The firstlings ofmy hand’.
5. Whichmembers of Macduff’s family do the audience see on stage just before they are murdered?
6. How does Malcolmtest Macduff’s loyalty? 7. What is the name of the English King? 8. What special power is the English King reported to have? 9. Who tells Macduff the awful news about his family?
10.Who says each of the following?: (a) ‘Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble
(b) ‘Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now I am in this earthly world; where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly’
(c) ‘Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself; Within my sword's length set him; if he 'scape, Heaven forgive him too!’