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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 chase away at the start of 3.4?
(a) Bears.
(b) Small children.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Venemous animals.

2. Who calls Sebastian a coward in 2.3?
(a) Prospero.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Ariel.
(d) The king.

3. What does Trinculo plan in 3.2, to do with Caliban if he is alive?
(a) Knight him.
(b) Make him his brother.
(c) Ask him to dinner.
(d) Sell him to a carnival.

4. Who is Ferdinand going to christen in 3.1?
(a) His son.
(b) Himself.
(c) Miranda.
(d) His daughter.

5. Whose engagement is Prospero celebrating in 3.3?
(a) Miranda and Ferdinand.
(b) Caliban and Ariel.
(c) Ariel and Alfonso.
(d) Miranda and Caliban.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trinculo decide to use for shelter in 3.2?

2. What does Prospero tell the nobles in 3.4 will be returned to them?

3. In 3.2, who exclaims "Down with tyrants!"

4. How do the Goddesses react in 3.3 to Eshu's gift?

5. What do the nymphs do at the celebration in 3.3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Prospero do in 3.1 that angers Caliban?

2. In 2.3, who warns Alonso and Gonzalo that Antonio and Sebastian are plotting their deaths.

3. Describe the fight between Prospero and Caliban in 3.4.

4. In 3.5, how does Prospero treat Trinculo and Stephano?

5. What does Caliban comment on in 3.4 when he wakes up?

6. Why does Prospero instruct Ariel to line the road with gaudy clothes and glass trinkets?

7. Who proclaims himself as king of the island in 3.2?

8. Why does Stephano say in 3.2 that he is no longer prejudiced against shipwrecks?

9. Why does Antonio mock the king in 2.3?

10. Describe Prospero and Caliban's relationship at the end of the play.

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