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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 Trinculo decide to use for shelter in 3.2?

2. What does Trinculo see hanging from a rope in 3.4?

3. What does Trinculo lament in 3.2?

4. What time of day is it when 3.4 begins?

5. Why does Miranda respond the way she does in 3.1 to Ferdinand's compliments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Antonio mock the king in 2.3?

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

5. Describe the conversation about mud in 3.4.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the God Eshu.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Define the term Prologue and discuss how Cesaire uses the Prologue to introduce the audience to his play.

Essay Topic 3

What role do fools play in Cesaire's play? Who are the fools in this play? How do they interact with each other? Choose one other character in the play and describe how the character interacts with the fools.

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