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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the parallel to Trinculo and Stephano dressing up in borrowed clothes?
(a) Caliban borrowing the men's wine.
(b) Prospero's borrowing of Ferdinand.
(c) Ariel borrowing Prospero's magical powers.
(d) Antonio's and Sebastian's borrowed power.

3. What does Alonso wonder about when he sees that Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban are intoxicated?
(a) When their intoxication will wear off.
(b) Where they procured the wine.
(c) If their intoxication came from something they ate on the island.
(d) If Prospero made them drunk.

4. What does Stephano admit to Prospero at the end of the play?
(a) That it was his idea to kill him.
(b) That he would have made a poor king.
(c) That he was not really going to kill him.
(d) That he still wants to be king.

5. What does Caliban curse himself for foolishly believing?
(a) That he would own the island.
(b) That Stephano is a god.
(c) That Prospero will release him from servitude.
(d) That Miranda would marry him.

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

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. What story does Prospero tell Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio?
(a) The story of Caliban's witch mother, Sycorax.
(b) The story of how Ferdinand and Miranda met.
(c) The story about the island.
(d) The story about how he learned magic.

9. In his soliloquy in Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero insinuate a personal connection to?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Nature.
(d) Miranda.

10. Why does Prospero want the men to see a banquet and then have it taken away?
(a) To allow Ariel to feel what power is like.
(b) To show them that their power is fleeting.
(c) So that they will starve.
(d) To exert his own power over them.

11. What does Prospero conjure in order to derange Alonso, Gonzalo, Antonio and Sebastian while they are resting?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Their ship.
(c) The rest of the men.
(d) A banquet table of food.

12. What does Prospero throw into the ocean?
(a) His king's robe.
(b) His magical staff.
(c) His old crown.
(d) His magic book.

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

14. 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 did not follow his orders.
(c) That Ariel has not enjoyed inflicting pain on them.
(d) That Ariel does not care about them.

15. What part of the scene in which Caliban plans the assassination is somewhat poetic and shows the depth of Caliban?
(a) His anger and spite against Prospero.
(b) His speech about the magic of the island.
(c) His wish to marry Miranda.
(d) His request for Trinculo and Stephano to sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are "the rabble"?

2. Under what circumstances will Prospero curse Ferdinand's and Miranda's marriage?

3. Why is Gonzalo's comments about the dancing nymphs important during the banquet scene?

4. How does Prospero's speech differ from his normal speech?

5. What spirits does Prospero conjure after blessing Ferdinand and Miranda's marriage?

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