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

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

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

4. Which island was Cesaire born on?
(a) St. Croix.
(b) St. Thomas.
(c) Aruba.
(d) Martinique.

5. How do the actors enter the stage in the prologue?
(a) In groups of three.
(b) Individually.
(c) In pairs.
(d) In groups of ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the journal Cesaire starts with his wife in 1941?

2. How are the characters instructed to choose the objects on stage in the Prologue?

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

4. In the Prologue, how do the characters select the objects?

5. In the Prologue, what do the remaining people on stage do?

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