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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he was Duke of Milan, Prospero was more interested in
(a) Learning.
(b) Governing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Leading.

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

3. What does Prospero think about Ferdinand's and Miranda's attraction to each other?
(a) That it is foolish.
(b) That it will destroy his grand plan.
(c) That it is immoral.
(d) That it is part of his grand plan.

4. What does Gonzalo contrast to the character of his present company during the banquet?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Miranda and Ferdinand.
(c) The dancing spirits Prospero conjures.
(d) Trinculo, Caliban and Stephano.

5. Who else does Prospero ask Ariel to bring back in Act V, Scene I?
(a) Juno, Iris and Ceres.
(b) The ship's crew.
(c) No one.
(d) Trinculo, Caliban and Stephano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?

2. What subplot comes to an end at the completion of Act IV, Scene I?

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

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

5. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?

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