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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ariel leave Antonio and Sebastian awake?
(a) Prospero forgot about them.
(b) Ariel wanted to go against Prospero's orders.
(c) Prospero meant for them to be awake.
(d) Ariel took pity on them.

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

3. What does Caliban believe Trinculo to be?
(a) One of the sailors washed ashore.
(b) A pillager come to ruin the island.
(c) Miranda's new suitor.
(d) Another torturous spirit.

4. Gonzalo's attempt to comfort his king are mocked by whom?
(a) Antonio, Sebastian and Alonso.
(b) Sebastian, Adrian and Alonso.
(c) Antonio, Sebastian and Adrian
(d) Antonio, Adrian and Alonso.

5. How does one character finally get Caliban to calm down in Act II, Scene II?
(a) By saying nice things to Caliban.
(b) By singing him a song.
(c) By giving Caliban wine.
(d) By giving him money.

6. What is Caliban happiest about after he meets Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) That he is free from Prospero.
(b) That he now knows what wine is.
(c) That he has made new friends.
(d) That the two men are not more torturous spirits.

7. After Ariel completes his duties, Prospero promises to
(a) Free him.
(b) Knight him.
(c) Let him marry Miranda.
(d) Teach him his magic.

8. Why does Ferdinand not want Miranda to help him with his work?
(a) Because it is too hard for her.
(b) Because she has never done it before.
(c) Because he wants to show off for her.
(d) Because she is too young.

9. Who chastises Alonso for allowing his daughter to marry an African?
(a) Antonion.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Gonzalo.

10. 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 sing for him.
(d) To get Trinculo out from under his robes.

11. Who lulls the lords searching for Ferdinand into a deep sleep during their banter?
(a) Caliban.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Prospero.

12. What does Ferdinand say he is willing to do to win Miranda?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Anything.
(c) Pay Prospero off.
(d) Renounce his kingdom.

13. When Miranda first meets Ferdinand, she believes he is
(a) A king.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A spirit.
(d) A thief.

14. Antonio castigates the Boatswain during the storm, because he believes the sailors are
(a) Drunk.
(b) Disrespectful.
(c) Sluggish.
(d) Incompetent.

15. The tempest is a symbolic form of an upheaval from a state of
(a) Harm.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Nature.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antonio's treatment of Prospero when they were in Milan mirrors

2. What does Ferdinand protest when Prospero accuses him of wanting to take over the island?

3. Why does Miranda urge Ferdinand not to work so hard?

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

5. The two spirits who reside on the island with Prospero and Miranda are

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