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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Master of Ceremonies not have a problem with in the Prologue?
(a) The orphans.
(b) The kings and queens.
(c) The juveniles or the villains.
(d) The knights.

2. What does Gonzalo see in the sky in 1.1?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A comet.
(c) The sun.
(d) Lightening.

3. At the end of 1.1 what do the passengers sing?
(a) "Amazing Grace"
(b) "God Bless America"
(c) "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
(d) "Row Row Row your Boat"

4. What positions do Cesaire and his wife take when they return to his birth place?
(a) Reporters.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Doctors.

5. Where does Cesaire move after high school?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cesaire think of the idea that poets make terrible politicians?

2. What is the weather like as the play begins?

3. What is Cesaire's play A Tempest based on?

4. Which role does the Master of Ceremonies say in the Prologue, he will choose?

5. Who in 1.1, demands respect?

(see the answer key)

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