Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Second Witch. Show me, show me. First Witch. Here I have a pilot’s thumb,[Wreck’d] as homeward he did come. [Drum within.] Third Witch. A drum! a drum!Macbeth doth come.

The stage direction “[Drum within]” indicates that a drum is heard offstage, and the Third Witch reacts by saying, “A drum! a drum!” The witches are responding to a sound, not playing a drum or asking anyone to play one. The correct choice is “They hear a drum being played.”

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