Macbeth, Part 6: Figurative Language and Rhetoric — Unit test
Question 11 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26
Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Angus. We are sentTo give thee from our royal master thanks;Only to herald thee into his sight,Not pay thee. Ross. And, for an earnest of a greater honour,He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor:In which addition, hail, most worthy thane!For it is thine.Banquo. What! can the devil speak true? Macbeth. The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress meIn borrow’d robes?
Answer
A
Why do you address me as the thane of Cawdor if the thane is still alive?
B
Why do you give me a gift that you borrowed from the thane of Cawdor?
C
Why do I have to dress in these robes if the thane of Cawdor lives?
D
Why do I have to wear robes that belong to the thane of Cawdor?
Explanation
Macbeth has just been told that he is now Thane of Cawdor, but he knows the current thane is still alive. “Borrow’d robes” is a metaphor: Macbeth feels the title is like clothing that belongs to someone else. He is asking why he is being addressed as Thane of Cawdor if the previous thane still lives, so A is correct.
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