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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. In 2.1, what does Ariel dream about building?
(a) A big house.
(b) A better world.
(c) The 10th wonder of the world.
(d) A ship.

2. Where does Cesaire move after high school?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What do the sailors inform the passengers of at the end of 1.1?
(a) The storm is passing.
(b) The boat is sinking.
(c) The boat is sturdy.
(d) The day is breaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gonzalo say in 2.2 will be their responsibility if the island is uninhabited?

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

3. In 1.1, who yells at Gonzalo, Alonso, and Antonio for their appearance?

4. In 2.2, who says "wondrous land can only contain wonderful creatures"?

5. Who, in the Prologue, orchestrates the actions on stage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Cesaire's college career like?

4. Who is Ariel and what is his role on the island?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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