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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. In 3.4, what does Stephano demand Trinculo have more of?
(a) Courage.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beef.

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

3. Who blesses the couple in 3.3?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Zeus and Athena.
(d) Juno and Ceres.

4. What are the voices yelling about when 3.4 begins?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Politics.
(c) Lack of food.
(d) Lack of water.

5. When Stephano sees Caliban, what does Stephano decide to do with him in 3.2?
(a) Dine with him.
(b) Show him at a carnival.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Hug him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Stephano compare the mud on the island to in 3.4?

3. Who enters the stage in 3.2, singing and drinking wine?

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

5. What is Alonso prepared to give up in 2.3 if his son is returned to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the conversation about mud in 3.4.

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

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

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

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