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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which role does the Master of Ceremonies say in the Prologue, he will choose?
(a) The slave.
(b) The tempest.
(c) The Devil.
(d) King.

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

3. What was the occupation of Cesaire's father?
(a) Tax inspector.
(b) Cook.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Doctor.

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

5. What characters are named on stage in the Prologue?
(a) Richard, Puck, Charles, Macbeth.
(b) King, Prince, Slave, God.
(c) Prospero, Ariel, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Miranda, Ferdinand, Antonio, Alonso, and Eshu
(d) Prospero, Ariel, and Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alonso say in 2.2 is wrong with all of them?

2. What does Gonzalo suggest in 2.2, will make the fields bloom?

3. What does Cesaire's writing focus on toward the end of his career?

4. What body type is needed to play the tempest?

5. What does Gonzalo think of the island in 2.2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What play is A Tempest based on? Who is the author of the original play?

2. Who brings in food and takes away food from the men in 2.2?

3. What does Ariel warn Caliban about in 2.1?

4. How did Prospero end up on the island?

5. What happens to the weather at the end of the Prologue?

6. What violent act of nature occurs at the start of 1.1? What is it compared to?

7. What happens to the ship at the end of 1.1?

8. How do Alfonso and his friends treat the Boatswain?

9. How does Cesaire use poetry and writing to advance politics?

10. What are Gonzalo and Sebastian's views in 2.2 on the fertilizing and caring for the fields?

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