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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 song does Caliban sing in 3.4 as he marches?
(a) A battle song.
(b) Joy to the World.
(c) A hymn.
(d) A children's folk song.

2. What does Caliban whisper in 3.1 to Ferdinand.
(a) The truth about Prospero.
(b) How to escape the island.
(c) Miranda's name.
(d) The secret to life.

3. Who does Alfonso learns in 2.3 rules over the island?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Ferdinad.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Prospero.

4. In 3.1, who offers to help Ferdinand with his task?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Caliban.

5. What do the characters see at the start of 2.3 when they walk on stage?
(a) A bear.
(b) A beautiful girl.
(c) The other men eating.
(d) The other men sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Stephano and Trinculo decide Caliban needs in 3.2?

2. What does Caliban lament at the end of 3.4?

3. Who appoints himself king in 3.2?

4. What event are the men invited to by Ariel in 2.3?

5. Who begs Prospero for mercy in 3.4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is the engagement celebration held in 3.3?

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

6. What do the men in 2.3 need to do in order to gain Prospero's forgiveness?

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

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

9. What do the two spirits yell about in 3.4?

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

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