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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 does Miranda urge Ferdinand to do while he is working?

2. What does Prospero state in an aside about Ferdinand?

3. At the end of Act II, Scene II, what is Caliban doing?

4. When Ferdinand sees Miranda for the first time, he believes she is a

5. What does Ferdinand protest when Prospero accuses him of wanting to take over the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Caliban parallel some of Prospero's characteristics in Act II, Scene II?

2. What function in the play is served by Act II, Scene II with Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?

3. Why does Prospero render Ferdinand immobile during Act I, Scene II?

4. Why does Prospero make it difficult for Ferdinand to be with Miranda?

5. During the storm, what can the audience already infer about Antonio's character and why?

6. What does the initial scene at sea foreshadow in the play?

7. What is Trinculo's plan for Caliban when he sees that he is actually a man?

8. How is Act I, Scene II with Miranda and Ferdinand a kind of exposition for the plot?

9. What is the reason Prospero gives for Miranda's attraction to Ferdinand?

10. What is the basic understanding of Antonio's and Prospero's history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on Prospero's character throughout the play and your personal thoughts on whether or not he truly underwent a "transformation," write an epilogue for The Tempest. Five or ten years following their departure from the island, write what you believe would happen over the course of that time given what you understand about the play and what seems most logical. What happens to all of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Alonso's character is the only person to appear remorseful for his past misdeeds. Do you believe his remorse to be genuine, or is he as unrepentant as Antonio and Sebastian? Why, or why not? Cite evidence from the play.

Essay Topic 3

Ferdinand, Miranda and Gonzalo are considered moral beacons throughout the play. Compare them to other characters in the play, citing examples where their moral and pure characteristics directly contrast with the play's more treacherous characters.

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