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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. What does the Master of Ceremonies instruct the actors to do as the Prologue ends?
(a) Hug.
(b) Leave.
(c) Fight.
(d) Ad lib.

2. What do the characters select at the start of the Prologue?
(a) Cups.
(b) Wigs.
(c) Masks.
(d) Clothing.

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

4. What is a tempest?
(a) A stubborn child.
(b) An angry man.
(c) An angry woman.
(d) A storm with high winds.

5. Who, in the Prologue, orchestrates the actions on stage?
(a) The Master of Ceremonies.
(b) Eshu.
(c) Stephano.
(d) Alonso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the journal Cesaire started in college?

2. What does the Master of Ceremonies assign each person in the Prologue?

3. In 1.1, who yells at Gonzalo, Alonso, and Antonio for their appearance?

4. What positions do Cesaire and his wife take when they return to his birth place?

5. How does Gonzalo describe the lands they are approaching in 1.1?

(see the answer key)

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