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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) Knight him.
(b) Make him his brother.
(c) Ask him to dinner.
(d) Sell him to a carnival.

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

3. In 3.4, what does Caliban regret?
(a) Not taking control of the island.
(b) Wronging Prospero.
(c) Not marrying Miranda.
(d) Everything.

4. What animal does Trinculo complain about in 3.4?
(a) Mosquitos.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Bears.
(d) Ants.

5. Who in 3.3 does Miranda claim is more devil than God?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Eshu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miranda respond in 3.1 to Ferdinand's compliments?

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

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

4. Why does Caliban say in 3.4 that Prospero is showing his power?

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

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. What does Ferdinand sing about at the start of 3.1? What is his emotional state?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which Gods and Goddesses attend the engagement party in 3.3? Who is not invited?

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

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