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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Act IV, Scene I, how is Prospero feeling toward Caliban?
(a) Prospero is disgusted with Caliban.
(b) Prospero feels sorry for Caliban.
(c) Prospero wants to befriend Caliban.
(d) Prospero feels betrayed by Caliban.

5. Prospero distracts the three men from their plan of revenge; who distracts Prospero from his?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Ferdinand.

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

7. What do Ariel and Prospero do to disguise themselves from Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) They become invisible.
(b) They float into the air.
(c) They hide in the tree tops.
(d) They dress up in camouflage clothing.

8. 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 kill the three when he catches them.
(d) To follow them with the imagined hunting dogs.

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

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) So that they will starve.
(c) To show them that their power is fleeting.
(d) To exert his own power over them.

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

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. Who does Ariel bring back at Prospero's request?
(a) Trinculo.
(b) The Boatswain.
(c) Stepahno.
(d) Caliban.

14. After sending Ariel to release the men from the cave, what does Prospero vow to do?
(a) Not to rest until his revenge is complete.
(b) Kill Antonio, Sebastian and Alonso.
(c) Let go of his power and release the spirits.
(d) Break up the union between Miranda and Ferdinand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

2. What does Prospero say to Antonio and Sebastian on the side?

3. Who accuses Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian of being the men of sin?

4. What does Prospero realize about himself when Ariel tells him about the men in the cave?

5. What does the banquet scene reveal about Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?

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