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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. What does Prospero come on stage with in 1.2?
(a) A sword.
(b) A megaphone.
(c) The king.
(d) A raft.

2. Who does Ariel dream about building with in 2.1?
(a) Prospero and Caliban.
(b) Prospero and Alfonso.
(c) God.
(d) Miranda.

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

4. What is Ariel instructed to do in 2.2 to get the men to eat?
(a) Harrass them.
(b) Beg them.
(c) Force them.
(d) Tickle them.

5. What does Gonzalo say in 2.2 will be their responsibility if the island is uninhabited?
(a) Escaping the island.
(b) Plowing the fields.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Colonization.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the group of men hear in 2.2 when Ariel and Prospero enter the stage?

3. How does Gonzalo describe the lands they are approaching in 1.1?

4. Which island was Cesaire born on?

5. Why does Gonzalo scold Antonio in 1.1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the Master of Ceremonies.

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

6. What was Prospero and Miranda's life like prior to the island?

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

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

9. What was Cesaire's college career like?

10. When Cesaire and his wife moved back to his native land, what did they do?

(see the answer keys)

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