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Macbeth, Part 6: Figurative Language and Rhetoric — Quiz

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Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macduff and Malcolm are discussing the possibility of Malcolm becoming king of Scotland. Macduff: Fit to govern! No, not to live. O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter’d, When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, Since that the truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accursed, And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father Was a most sainted king: the queen that bore thee, Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she lived. Fare thee well! These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself Have banish’d me from Scotland. O my breast, Thy hope ends here! What is the effect of the hyperbole "These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself / Have banish’d me from Scotland. O my breast, / Thy hope ends here”?

Answer
A
It highlights Macbeth’s inability to govern as an honorable king.
B
It emphasizes Macduff’s despair over losing his king and country.
C
It highlights Malcom’s ineffectiveness as Scotland’s future monarch.
D
It emphasizes Macduff’s suspicions of Malcolm’s disloyal behavior.
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