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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caliban think about Prospero at the end of 2.1?
(a) He makes good choices.
(b) He is not the collaborating type.
(c) He would be a good father.
(d) He has potential.

2. What does Ariel wish for Caliban at the end of 2.1?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Strength.
(c) Riches.
(d) Courage.

3. How are the characters instructed to choose the objects on stage in the Prologue?
(a) Based on their character.
(b) Based on their position in life.
(c) Based on their height.
(d) Based on their hair color.

4. Who dispensed judgment upon Prospero in Italy?
(a) The police.
(b) The princess.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The Holy Inquisition.

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

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

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

8. What was the name of the journal Cesaire started in college?
(a) The Political Student.
(b) The Black Student.
(c) Pravda.
(d) The Paris Student.

9. In 2.1, what does Ariel believe is left?
(a) Marriage.
(b) War.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

10. At the start of 2.1, what is Caliban voicing his opinion about?
(a) Italian politics.
(b) Greek mythology.
(c) The benefits of a vegetarian diet.
(d) The wrath of Shango.

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

12. What is Gonzalo's goal for the island in 2.2?
(a) To give the land to the king.
(b) To keep it a peaceful place.
(c) To enslave the population.
(d) To build condos.

13. How does Gonzalo describe the lands they are approaching in 1.1?
(a) Tropic.
(b) Magical.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Ugly.

14. Who takes the table off the stage in 2.2?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Elves.
(d) Fairies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alonso worried about in 2.2?

2. What do Gonzalo, Alonso, and Antonio complain about among themselves in 1.1?

3. Who refuses to eat from the table in 2.2?

4. What does the Master of Ceremonies think about the characters in the Prologue?

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

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