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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distracts Trinculo and Stephano from their original plan?
(a) The clothes Prospero set out, which they try on.
(b) The mysterious sounds in the forest.
(c) Their fear of the island spirit Caliban spoke of.
(d) Caliban's distorted visage.

2. What does Caliban beg of Stephano when he first meets him?
(a) To help him off the island.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) To get Trinculo out from under his robes.
(d) To sing for him.

3. What is the strange noise that Gonzalo claims he heard?
(a) Ariel's singing.
(b) Twigs breaking.
(c) Antonio's and Sebastian's whispering.
(d) Alonso talking in his sleep.

4. How does Prospero's speech differ from his normal speech?
(a) It does not differ from his normal speech.
(b) It is deluded and illogical.
(c) It is forthcoming.
(d) It is more poetic.

5. What does the banquet scene reveal about Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?
(a) That Antonio and Sebastian feel guilt for what they did, while Alonso does not.
(b) That Alonso feels guilt for what he did, while the other two do not.
(c) That Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian do not feel guilt for what they did.
(d) That the men are easily fooled.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the false banquet scene, what characteristic of Gonzalo is revealed that he shares with Miranda and Ferdinand?

2. The two men who retreat to their cabins during the storm are

3. What is one of the things Caliban promises to Stephano and Trinculo in his drunken state?

4. The tempest is a symbolic form of an upheaval from a state of

5. When he was Duke of Milan, Prospero turned his duties over to

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