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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 are Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban arguing about in their drunken stupor?
(a) Which one of them will marry Miranda.
(b) Whether or not they have been fooled by the island spirit.
(c) How they will kill Prospero.
(d) Where the ship has gone.

2. The two spirits who reside on the island with Prospero and Miranda are
(a) Caliban and Ariel.
(b) Trinculo and Ariel.
(c) Trinculo and Stephano.
(d) Caliban and Trinculo.

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

4. What does Prospero state in an aside about Ferdinand?
(a) He will force Ferdinand into servitude.
(b) He will have him duel with Caliban.
(c) He is too old for his daughter.
(d) He is everything he had hoped he would be.

5. What does Miranda do when Ferdinand confesses his love for her?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Weeps.
(c) Scoffs.
(d) Runs away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Tempest is considered one of Shakespeare's

3. Caliban believes the island is

4. What does Miranda tell Ferdinand after he meets Prospero for the first time?

5. Caliban is the offspring of

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