Section One: Identify the speaker in 9 of the 12 following quotes.

1. "But 'tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence."	Speaker:_____________________
2. "There's no art To find to the mind's construction in the face: He was an absolute gentleman on whom I built, An absolute trust."	Speaker:_____________________
3. "The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap, For in my way it lies."	Speaker:_____________________
4. "yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great: Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily;	Speaker:_____________________
5. "There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep. Merciful powers, Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose!"	Speaker:_____________________
6. "To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it."	Speaker:_____________________
7. "I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what false heart doth know.	Speaker:_____________________
8. "The night has been unruly: where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, Lamentings heard i'the air, strange screams of death, And prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion and confused events..."	Speaker:_____________________
9. "Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping, and the dead Are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil."	Speaker:_____________________
10. "But this place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter it no further: I had thought to have let in some of all professions that go the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire."	Speaker:_____________________
11. "This murderous shaft that's shot Hath not yet lighted, and our safest way Is to avoid the aim. Therefore to horse; And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away: there's warrant in that theft Which steals itself, when there's no mercy left."	Speaker:_____________________
12. " 'Gainst nature still: Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means! Then 'tis most like The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth."	Speaker:_____________________

Section Two: Of the 12 quotes above, select any three and explain what the speaker is saying.

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Short Answer Questions: Answer all of the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Give a brief character description of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Use information from the text to support your descriptions.

2. The atmosphere surrounding this play and the characters within is very dark and dismal. Provide two examples of "darkness" in Macbeth, (in the setting, characters, etc...) and explain what you believe it to symbolize.

3. "I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other." (Act 1, Scene 7)

a) What is Macbeth saying in these lines?
b) Do you think that Macbeth is driven by his own ambition, or by outside forces? Give evidence to support your answer.

4. There are two main types of conflict: Internal and external. Thus far in Macbeth, we have seen many examples of each. Provide one example of each type of conflict found in Acts One and Two of the play. Describe each one briefly.