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//Macbeth// Name ___________________________ Act I study questions Period _________
 * 1) How did Macbeth deal with the “merciless Macdonwald”? (I, ii, 21-25)


 * 1) How does Duncan reward Macbeth’s heroism? (I, ii, 75-76)


 * 1) What does Banquo try to warn Macbeth about? (I, iii, 132-139)


 * 1) How does Macbeth react to the witches’ prophecies? (I, iii, 143-155)


 * 1) Just after the former Thane of Cawdor is executed, King Duncan remarks that he had trusted the man. Explain what Duncan means by I, iv, 13-16.


 * 1) What is Lady Macbeth’s first reaction to Macbeth’s letter? (I, v, 15-16)


 * 1) What does she fear about Macbeth? (I, v, 16-27)


 * 1) Why does Lady Macbeth make the request she does in I, v, 47-50?


 * 1) What reasons does Macbeth give for not wanting to kill King Duncan? (I, vii, 12-20)

10.How does Lady Macbeth try to persuade Macbeth to act? (I, vii, 56-67)

11.How do the last two lines (a riding rhyme) of Act I summarize the act?