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Which of the following quotes from Act 1, Scene 3 DOES NOT echo the major motif of ambiguity already established in the previous two scenes?Elimination ToolSelect one answerABANQUO:"To me you speak not.If you can look into the seeds of timeAnd say which grain will grow and which will not,Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fearYour favors nor your hate." (1.3.60-64)BMACBETH:"If chance will have me king, why, chance maycrown meWithout my stir. " (1.3.157-159)CMACBETH:"So foul and fair a day I have not seen." (1.3.39)DROSS:"The King hath happily received, Macbeth,The news of thy success..." (1.3.93-94)

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Which of the following quotes from Act 1, Scene 3 DOES NOT echo the major motif of ambiguity already established in the previous two scenes?Elimination ToolSelect one answerABANQUO:"To me you speak not.If you can look into the seeds of timeAnd say which grain will grow and which will not,Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fearYour favors nor your hate." (1.3.60-64)BMACBETH:"If chance will have me king, why, chance maycrown meWithout my stir. " (1.3.157-159)CMACBETH:"So foul and fair a day I have not seen." (1.3.39)DROSS:"The King hath happily received, Macbeth,The news of thy success..." (1.3.93-94)

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The quote that does not echo the major motif of ambiguity established in the previous two scenes is D. ROSS: "The King hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success..." (1.3.93-94). This quote is straightforward and lacks the ambiguity present in the other quotes.

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Which of the following quotes helps establish one of the major themes of moral ambiguity in the opening scene of Act 1?Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (1.1.12)B"When shall we three meet again?" (1.1.1)C"Hover through the fog and filthy air." (1.1.13)D"That will be ere the set of sun." (1.1.5)

William Shakespeare MacbethAct 1, Scene 3BANQUOGood sir, why do you start; and seem to fearThings that do sound so fair? I' the name of truth,Are ye fantastical, or that indeedWhich outwardly ye show? My noble partner4You greet with present grace and great predictionOf noble having and of royal hope,That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not.If you can look into the seeds of time,And say which grain will grow and which will not,Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fearYour favours nor your hate.11. The word “start” meansA beginB stareC be surprisedD be frightened12. The word “fair” meansA blondB light-colouredC beautifulD good and proper13. The expression “my noble partner” suggests that the speaker isA an equal of MacbethB a colleague of MacbethC a soldier of MacbethD a flatterer of Macbeth14. The expression “the seeds of time” isA an imageB an idiomC a metaphorD an adverb15. The expression “who neither beg nor fear/Your favours nor your hate” suggests that thespeaker isA arrogantB foolishC cleverD a man of integrity

Which of the following pair of quotes BEST illustrates the dramatic irony present in Act 1, Scene 4?Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"Is execution done on Cawdor? Are notThose in commission yet returned?" (1.4.1-2)"I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyfulThe hearing of my wife with your approach." (1.4.51-52)B"He diedAs one that had been studied in his deathTo throw away the dearest thing he owedAs ’twere a careless trifle." (1.4.9-12)"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a stepOn which I must fall down or else o’erleap" (1.4.55-56)C"The service and the loyalty I oweIn doing it pays itself." (1.4.25-26)"The rest is labor which is not used for you." (1.4.50)D"There’s no artTo find the mind’s construction in the face.He was a gentleman on whom I builtAn absolute trust." (1.4.13-16)"My worthy Cawdor." (1.4.54)

In which stage would this passage most likely be found?"You have no right to speak to me in that fashion, good sir; I may associate with whomever I choose!"conflictresolutionfalling actionexposition

In which speech from Act III does a character wrestle with the burden of existential choice?

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