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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Prospero tease Stephano about at the end of the play?
(a) His partnership with Caliban.
(b) Wanting to be king.
(c) The gaudy apparel he has on.
(d) How easy it was to fool him.

2. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?
(a) He will teach him magic from his books.
(b) He has more chores for him to do.
(c) He will never be allowed to marry Miranda.
(d) The trials he has endured were tests of love.

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

4. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) Mad.
(b) Elated.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Sick.

5. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Alonso and Antonio?
(a) Their stupidity.
(b) Their penitence.
(c) Their kindness.
(d) Their cruelty.

6. What does Prospero realize about himself when Ariel tells him about the men in the cave?
(a) That he does not want to leave the island.
(b) That he is mad with power.
(c) That he is delighted the men are so miserable.
(d) That all he desired was their apology.

7. 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?
(a) Guilt for past deeds.
(b) Lust for Miranda.
(c) Desire for power.
(d) Desire for blood.

8. Who does Prospero feel betrayed by in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Alonso.
(d) Antonio.

9. What does Prospero order Ariel to do when Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban run off?
(a) To follow them with the imagined hunting dogs.
(b) To run them off a cliff.
(c) To make a deal with them so that they do not kill Prospero.
(d) To kill the three when he catches them.

10. What is Prospero surprised at when Ariel tells him that Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo are upset and remorseful?
(a) That Ariel, a spirit, feels compassion for them.
(b) That Ariel does not care about them.
(c) That Ariel did not follow his orders.
(d) That Ariel has not enjoyed inflicting pain on them.

11. Who are "the rabble"?
(a) Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban.
(b) Ariel, Prospero and Miranda.
(c) Gonzalo, Miranda and Ferdinand.
(d) Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian.

12. Who listens in on Caliban's and Stephano's conversation?
(a) Trinculo.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Ariel.

13. Where are the other men, following the drunken scene with Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?
(a) Back on the boat, happy to be leaving.
(b) Drinking the bottles of wine they found.
(c) They are dead.
(d) In a cave, grieving and apologetic.

14. What does Prospero order Ariel to fetch when he is ready to reveal his identity to the men?
(a) His magical staff.
(b) His old clothes from Milan.
(c) His magic book.
(d) Miranda and Ferdnand.

15. Who provides music and sings along with Stephano and Trinculo?
(a) Nymphs.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Prospero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the parallel to Trinculo and Stephano dressing up in borrowed clothes?

2. When Trinculo and Stephano wonder where the music is coming from, what is Caliban's reasoning?

3. Why do Trinculo and Stephano threaten to beat Caliban?

4. In Act V, Scene I, who do Sebastian and Antonio make jokes about after Ariel brings everyone back?

5. What does Caliban ask Stephano to do?

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