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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Ariel bring back at Prospero's request?
(a) Trinculo.
(b) Stepahno.
(c) The Boatswain.
(d) Caliban.
2. Who else does Prospero ask Ariel to bring back in Act V, Scene I?
(a) No one.
(b) The ship's crew.
(c) Trinculo, Caliban and Stephano.
(d) Juno, Iris and Ceres.
3. At the beginning of Act III, Scene II, who does Caliban vow to serve?
(a) Miranda
(b) Prospero..
(c) Stephano.
(d) Trinculo.
4. What does Prospero bury in the earth?
(a) His magical staff.
(b) Letters he has written.
(c) His magic book.
(d) A map of the island.
5. Why is Gonzalo's comments about the dancing nymphs important during the banquet scene?
(a) They illuminate characteristics about the dancing nymphs.
(b) They help introduce new characters.
(c) They show that Gonzalo is capable of lust.
(d) They illuminate the contrasting characteristics of Antonio and Sebastian.
6. What does Prospero tell the spirits to do?
(a) Teach Ferdinand and Miranda how to dance.
(b) Lecture Ferdinand and Miranda about chastity.
(c) Distract Ferdinand from seeing Alonso.
(d) Distract Ferdinand while he speaks with Miranda.
7. What does Alonso wonder about when he sees that Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban are intoxicated?
(a) Where they procured the wine.
(b) When their intoxication will wear off.
(c) If Prospero made them drunk.
(d) If their intoxication came from something they ate on the island.
8. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?
(a) He tries to kill Prospero for hiding him.
(b) He falls in love with Miranda.
(c) He blesses their marriage.
(d) He tells Ferdinand that he will not wed Miranda.
9. At the end of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero promise to Ariel after asking him to pursue Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Love.
(d) Knowledge.
10. Under what circumstances will Prospero curse Ferdinand's and Miranda's marriage?
(a) If Ferdinand thwarts Prospero's plan of revenge.
(b) If Miranda has any communication with Caliban.
(c) If they try to elope.
(d) If they have premarital sex.
11. 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) Desire for blood.
(c) Desire for power.
(d) Lust for Miranda.
12. In the false banquet scene, what characteristic of Gonzalo is revealed that he shares with Miranda and Ferdinand?
(a) Purity.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Naivety.
(d) Selflessness.
13. What do Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo learn about the ship in Act V, Scene I?
(a) That all of the crew are dead.
(b) That the ship and crew are safe.
(c) That the ship and crew set sail without them.
(d) That the ship has been destroyed.
14. What is the parallel to Trinculo and Stephano dressing up in borrowed clothes?
(a) Prospero's borrowing of Ferdinand.
(b) Antonio's and Sebastian's borrowed power.
(c) Caliban borrowing the men's wine.
(d) Ariel borrowing Prospero's magical powers.
15. 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 delighted the men are so miserable.
(c) That all he desired was their apology.
(d) That he is mad with power.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Stephano admit to Prospero at the end of the play?
2. Who does Caliban talk about at length to Stephano?
3. When Trinculo and Stephano wonder where the music is coming from, what is Caliban's reasoning?
4. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?
5. Who does Alonso recognize Trinculo and Stephano as?
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