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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caliban ask Stephano to do?
(a) Take him with him off of the island.
(b) Kill Prospero.
(c) Kill Trinculo.
(d) Help kidnap Miranda.

2. In Act V, Scene I, who do Sebastian and Antonio make jokes about after Ariel brings everyone back?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Stephano.
(c) Trinculo.
(d) Caliban.

3. How does Ariel appear to the men during the banquet?
(a) As himself.
(b) Dressed like Prospero.
(c) Dressed like a nymph.
(d) In a monstrous disguise.

4. Why does Prospero conjure the spirits to dance for Ferdinand and Miranda?
(a) He wanted to display his power to Ferdinand.
(b) He was bored and wanted the entertainment.
(c) He wanted to surprise them with an early wedding gift.
(d) He saw Ferdinand getting too close to Miranda.

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

6. What does Prospero say about Caliban's distorted looks?
(a) That they are not his true visage.
(b) That they are not his fault.
(c) That his manners are equally as distorted.
(d) That they parallel the ugliness of the other men's actions.

7. What does Ariel ask Prospero before going to fetch Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) If Prospero loves Ariel.
(b) Why Prospero is doing all of this.
(c) If Prospero will teach Ariel magic.
(d) What should Ariel dress up as this time.

8. Why does Prospero abruptly stop the marriage ceremony and change his mood?
(a) He remembers his plan for Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian.
(b) He remembers his plan for Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban.
(c) He is angered by the spirits.
(d) The spirits' message has no affect on Miranda and Ferdinand.

9. What sound does Prospero conjure to frighten Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?
(a) Screams of the other men.
(b) The sound of hunting dogs.
(c) Whispers in the forest.
(d) The sound of cracking thunder.

10. Which character says: "We are such stuff/As dreams are made on"?
(a) Prospero.
(b) Gonzalo.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Ariel.

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

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

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

14. Under what circumstances will Prospero curse Ferdinand's and Miranda's marriage?
(a) If they have premarital sex.
(b) If Miranda has any communication with Caliban.
(c) If Ferdinand thwarts Prospero's plan of revenge.
(d) If they try to elope.

15. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?
(a) To be left alone.
(b) For the audience's applause.
(c) To leave the island.
(d) For a moment of silence to reflect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero conjure in order to derange Alonso, Gonzalo, Antonio and Sebastian while they are resting?

2. Who provides music and sings along with Stephano and Trinculo?

3. Who does Ariel bring back at Prospero's request?

4. Who listens in on Caliban's and Stephano's conversation?

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

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