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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio worried about at the start of Act 1 Scene 1 (1.1)?
(a) The storm.
(b) Their kingdom.
(c) The king.
(d) Their wives.

2. In 2.2, what does Gonzalo claim makes great fertilizer?
(a) Guano.
(b) Bear droppings.
(c) Scraps of food.
(d) Hay seeds.

3. Who in 1.1, demands respect?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) The king.
(c) The captain.
(d) Gonzalo.

4. What is Ariel instructed to do in 2.2 to get the men to eat?
(a) Tickle them.
(b) Harrass them.
(c) Force them.
(d) Beg them.

5. Who enters the stage at the start of 3.2?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Trinculo.
(c) Trinculo and Spencer.
(d) Miranda.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 3.2, who exclaims "Down with tyrants!"

2. What does Gonzalo suggest in 2.2, will make the fields bloom?

3. What does Antonio say the storm is a foretaste of in 1.1?

4. Why does Gonzalo scold Antonio in 1.1?

5. What do Gonzalo, Alonso, and Antonio complain about among themselves in 1.1?

(see the answer key)

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