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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 Caliban think is better than humiliation in 2.1?
(a) War.
(b) Money.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Art.

2. Which style is Cesaire considered a major voice of?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Free-association.

3. What title did Prospero once hold?
(a) Lord.
(b) Prince.
(c) Duke.
(d) Priest.

4. In 2.2, what does Gonzalo claim makes great fertilizer?
(a) Hay seeds.
(b) Bear droppings.
(c) Guano.
(d) Scraps of food.

5. Who does Prospero consider to be the only honorable man in Italy?
(a) Gonzalo.
(b) Luigi.
(c) Alonso.
(d) Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Prospero accused of?

2. Who is Miranda's father?

3. Who enters Caliban's cave at the start of 2.1?

4. What does the Master of Ceremonies instruct the actors to do as the Prologue ends?

5. Who in 1.1, demands respect?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Master of Ceremonies instruct people to choose their masks?

2. What themes does Cesaire's play examine?

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

4. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.

5. What does Gonzalo think about the island in 2.2? What does Sebastian think?

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

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

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

9. What does Ariel dream about doing in 2.1?

10. Where does Ariel visit at the start of 2.1, and what does he see there?

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