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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like as the play begins?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Hot.
(d) Sunny.

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

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

4. What does Antonio say the storm is a foretaste of in 1.1?
(a) The hell that awaits them.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) The beauty of the next day.
(d) Bad weather.

5. Who in 1.1, does Gonzalo say he wants to meet?
(a) His maker.
(b) The queen.
(c) The king.
(d) His bride.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ariel wish for Caliban at the end of 2.1?

3. Why does Gonzalo scold Antonio in 1.1?

4. What is the title of Cesaire's first non-fiction book?

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

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