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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. How does the boatswain act towards the passengers?
(a) He bows to them.
(b) Rudely.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) Kindly.

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

3. What are Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio worried about at the start of Act 1 Scene 1 (1.1)?
(a) The storm.
(b) Their wives.
(c) The king.
(d) Their kingdom.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which style is Cesaire considered a major voice of?

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

3. In 2.1, what does Ariel dream about building?

4. What does Caliban think about Prospero at the end of 2.1?

5. In 2.1, what does Ariel believe is left?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who refuses to eat the food in 2.2 and why?

2. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.

3. What does the Master of Ceremonies order the characters to do at the end of the prologue?

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

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

6. Which roles does the Master of Ceremonies assign to the characters?

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

8. What are Gonzalo's views on colonization in 2.2?

9. What does Prospero shout through the megaphone in 1.2?

10. Describe Cesaire's childhood.

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