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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Prologue, what do the remaining people on stage do?
(a) Join the audience.
(b) Choose roles for themselves.
(c) Form the chorus.
(d) Leave the stage.

3. What is Cesaire's play A Tempest based on?
(a) Twister.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Othello.

4. In 1.1, who tells the passengers on the ship to return to their cabin?
(a) The king.
(b) The boatswain.
(c) The captain.
(d) The queen.

5. What does Gonzalo think of the island in 2.2?
(a) It is in ill-repair.
(b) It lacks food.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2.1, what does Caliban insist Prospero does not have?

2. How does Ariel want to change Prospero's disposition in 2.1?

3. What does Caliban think about Ariel's ideas in 2.1?

4. What caused Prospero to be on the island?

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

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