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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 Caliban chase away at the start of 3.4?

2. How does Ferdinand feel at the start of 3.1?

3. Where does 3.3 open?

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

5. In 3.3, what does Iris beckon the nymphs to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the God Eshu.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Prospero instruct Ariel to line the road with gaudy clothes and glass trinkets?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the theme of power is present in Cesaire's play. Provide three specific examples of where this theme is demonstrated and in what context.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Cesaire's personal history leads him to create this play.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term foreshadowing and provide three examples of how foreshadowing is used in this play.

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