2. 8 questions about chap 5

 

Ch 5

 

1)  Explain the epigraph. To what extent does it apply to the novel?

 

2)  How would YOU write this sentence in English:

Blair: “ I’ve got mair to dae with ma time. Typed out your report frae the dentist?”

 

Why is it written like that in the novel?

 

3)  True or false? Justify.

 

a)   Macbeth was offered a lot of money for his dog.

b)  There was arsenic in the curry.

 

4)  Focus on the seer:

-      Why does he first refuse to speak to Macbeth?

-      Pick out a sentence showing he’s a crook.

-      Why did he refuse to drink the whisky?

 

5)  Culture:

 

a)   “The wind howled like a banshee”

 

Which literary device is used? Why? What is a banshee?                                                                                         

 

b)  What was the “Prohibition” in the USA? Why does Priscilla give that example to Angela?

 

6)  Who does Macbeth call in Greenwich? What does he learn?

 

7)  Why does he ask Priscilla to make Parker visit her castle?

 

8)  What happens at the Macleans?