Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Third Witch. Sister, where thou? First Witch. A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap,And munch’d, and munch’d, and munch’d: ‘Give me,’ quoth I:‘Aroint thee, witch!’ the rump-fed ronyon cries.Her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’ the Tiger:But in a sieve I’ll thither sail,And, like a rat without a tail,I’ll do, I’ll do, and I’ll do.
Answer
A
A sailor’s wife was munching on chestnuts while her husband was sailing on a ship called The Tiger.
B
A sailor’s wife greedily snacked on the chestnuts in her lap while waiting for her husband to return from the sea.
C
A sailor’s wife was eating chestnuts, but when I asked if I could have one, she yelled at me to go away.
D
A sailor’s wife scurried away like a rat without a tail when I demanded some chestnuts from her.