1. What does Miranda tell Ferdinand after he meets Prospero for the first time?
(a) Prospero is usually much kinder.
(b) Prospero wants them to marry.
(c) Prospero is planning to kill him.
(d) Prospero wants to kill Ferdinand's father.

2. Caliban is the offspring of
(a) Sycorax.
(b) Iris.
(c) Ceres.
(d) Juno.

3. What does Miranda offer to Ferdinand while he is working?
(a) To talk to Prospero for him.
(b) To work in Ferdinand's place.
(c) To bring him some food and water.
(d) To show him Prospero's magical books.

4. The only two men Miranda has seen prior to meeting Ferdinand are
(a) Prospero and Ferdinand.
(b) Prospero and Caliban.
(c) Prospero and Gonzalo.
(d) Prospero and Trinculo.

5. What motif does the scene between Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano and their assassination plan reflect?
(a) The tempest motif.
(b) The conspiracy motif.
(c) The magic motif.
(d) The Ariel motif.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the false banquet scene, Gonzalo catches on to Antonio's and Sebastian's plan but identifies the wrong motivation for it. What does he believe their motivation to be?

2. At the end of Act II, Scene II, what is Caliban doing?

3. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

4. Who chastises Alonso for allowing his daughter to marry an African?

5. Why does Prospero abruptly stop the marriage ceremony and change his mood?

(see the answer key)

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