Five multiple-choice questions and two short-answer quote-analysis prompts check students' understanding of Act 2 of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The multiple-choice questions cover plot details such as the dagger that leads Macbeth to Duncan's chamber, how Lady Macbeth incapacitates the guards, and the irony in Macduff withholding news of Duncan's death from Lady Macbeth. The two short-answer questions ask students to explain the significance of specific quoted lines from Macduff, one about Malcolm and Donalbain fleeing (2.4.36-38) and one about shielding Lady Macbeth from hearing details of the murder (2.3.96-99). A one-page key follows, giving the correct multiple-choice letter for questions 1-5 and a sample response for each open-ended question.