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

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

3. What in 3.4 is Alonso excited about?
(a) Catching a fairie.
(b) Seeing his son.
(c) Eating a good meal.
(d) Beating Prospero.

4. Who tries to save Caliban from punishment in 3.4?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Alfonso.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Gonzalo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enters the stage at the start of 3.2?

3. Who pities Ferdinand in 3.1?

4. Who goes to Prospero for forgiveness in 2.3?

5. What does Prospero forbid Miranda to do in 3.1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who reunites with his son in 3.5, and what is his reaction?

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

4. Describe the God Eshu.

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

6. What does Caliban whisper to Ferdinand, and how does Ferdinand use that information in 3.1?

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

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

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