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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 Prospero tell Ariel to arrange on the side of the road in 3.3?
(a) Glass trinkets.
(b) Bottles of wine.
(c) Racks of beef.
(d) Diamonds.

2. What does Miranda accuse Ferdinand of at the start of 3.5?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Violence.
(c) An affair.
(d) Conspiring against her father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Caliban sing in 3.4 as he marches?

2. What must the men do in 2.3 in order for Prospero to forgive them?

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

4. Who does Caliban warn Stephano about in 3.2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Prospero give back to the nobles in 3.5?

2. What does the expression "time to shake the coconut palm" mean in 2.3?

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

4. Who offers to help Ferdinand in the field in 3.1? What does Ferdinand want instead?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do Trinculo and Stephano want to do with Caliban?

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