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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. Who do Miranda and Ferdinand receive a blessing from in 3.4?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Stephano.
(d) Caliban.

2. What does Trinculo see hanging from a rope in 3.4?
(a) A stick.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Colorful clothes.
(d) A sword.

3. What does Prospero tell the nobles in 3.4 will be returned to them?
(a) Their clothes.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their ship.
(d) Their slaves.

4. Who goes to Prospero for forgiveness in 2.3?
(a) Eshu.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) Sebastian and Antonio.

5. At the start of 3.1 what does Ferdinand sing about?
(a) Money.
(b) Life changes.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pities Ferdinand in 3.1?

2. What action is Ferdinand doing at the start of 3.1?

3. What do the characters see at the start of 2.3 when they walk on stage?

4. Who enters the scene at the start of 2.3?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Caliban doing at the start of 3.2?

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

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

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. Why does Antonio mock the king in 2.3?

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

10. Describe the God Eshu.

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