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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Prospero consider to be the only honorable man in Italy?
(a) Gonzalo.
(b) Luigi.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Alonso.

3. Who helps Prospero create the item in 1.2 that brings the men to the island?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Eshu.

4. What event are the men invited to by Ariel in 2.3?
(a) A birthday.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A feast.
(d) An engagement.

5. What do the group of men hear in 2.2 when Ariel and Prospero enter the stage?
(a) Music.
(b) Elephants.
(c) A roll of thunder.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero's prophetic sciences inform him of in 1.2?

2. What characters are named on stage in the Prologue?

3. In 1.1, who tells the passengers on the ship to return to their cabin?

4. What does the Master of Ceremonies instruct the actors to do as the Prologue ends?

5. Who, in the Prologue, says "it takes all kinds to make a world"?

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