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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who spoke out against Prospero in Italy?
(a) Luigi.
(b) Antonio and Alonso.
(c) Mario.
(d) Miranda.

2. Who is Ariel ?
(a) A queen.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A king.
(d) A bi-racial slave.

3. What do the sailors inform the passengers of at the end of 1.1?
(a) The boat is sturdy.
(b) The storm is passing.
(c) The boat is sinking.
(d) The day is breaking.

4. In the Prologue, how do the characters select the objects?
(a) In a panic.
(b) Leisurely.
(c) Rapidly.
(d) In anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Prospero once hold?

2. Where was Miranda a princess?

3. How do the actors enter the stage in the prologue?

4. What occupation did Cesaire's mother have?

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

(see the answer key)

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