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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Prospero promise Ariel?
2. What do the group of men hear in 2.2 when Ariel and Prospero enter the stage?
3. What is Cesaire's play A Tempest based on?
4. What does Ariel wish for Caliban at the end of 2.1?
5. Where did Cesaire serve as mayor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Ariel visit at the start of 2.1, and what does he see there?
2. What was Prospero and Miranda's life like prior to the island?
3. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.
4. What does Prospero shout through the megaphone in 1.2?
5. What does Ariel dream about doing in 2.1?
6. What are Gonzalo and Sebastian's views in 2.2 on the fertilizing and caring for the fields?
7. What is Ariel's opinion about Prospero's tricks with the food in 2.2?
8. How does the Master of Ceremonies instruct people to choose their masks?
9. Who does Prospero says is an honorable man in 1.2 and why?
10. In 2.1, what does Ariel believe is the best way to destroy Prospero?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how Cesaire's personal history leads him to create this play.
Essay Topic 2
How does colonization and the anti-colonization movement present itself in Cesaire's adaptation of this play? Cite specific examples from the text to prove your argument.
Essay Topic 3
What is the relationship between Prospero and Ariel? Describe each character briefly as individuals. then describe how the interactions between the two characters add to the complexity of the play.
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