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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gonzalo say in 2.2 will be their responsibility if the island is uninhabited?

2. Which style is Cesaire considered a major voice of?

3. What is Gonzalo's goal for the island in 2.2?

4. Which island was Cesaire born on?

5. What was Prospero accused of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Caliban describe his relationship with Ariel in 2.1?

2. When Cesaire and his wife moved back to his native land, what did they do?

3. What are Cesaire's opinions on colonization?

4. What violent act of nature occurs at the start of 1.1? What is it compared to?

5. What are Gonzalo and Sebastian's views in 2.2 on the fertilizing and caring for the fields?

6. What happens to the weather at the end of the Prologue?

7. What was Prospero and Miranda's life like prior to the island?

8. Describe Cesaire's childhood.

9. What was Cesaire's college career like?

10. What does the Master of Ceremonies order the characters to do at the end of the prologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two conflicts within Cesaire's play and discuss how these conflicts aid in the creation of two different characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of slave songs in Cesaire's play. In what context are these songs used and what do they symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

When Prospero comes on stage in 1.2 he carries a megaphone. What does he shout through the megaphone and what is the effect of that statement? What is the significance of the megaphone?

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