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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. Where did Cesaire serve as mayor?
(a) Fort-de-France.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

2. What does Gonzalo suggest in 2.2, will make the fields bloom?
(a) Irrigating the fields.
(b) Lots of rain.
(c) An ox and plow.
(d) A rain dance.

3. Which political party did Cesaire help form?
(a) Martinican Progressive Party.
(b) African Nation United.
(c) The Raging Lion Party.
(d) Freedom Rings Party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Cesaire's first non-fiction book?

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

3. Who do Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio call for at the start of 1.1?

4. Who does Miranda cry out to at the start of 1.2?

5. How does the boatswain act towards the passengers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the part of the tempest.

2. In 2.1, what does Ariel believe is the best way to destroy Prospero?

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

4. What does Ariel dream about doing in 2.1?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In 1.1, what does Antonio believe the storm is forewarning them of?

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