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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Alonso recognize Trinculo and Stephano as?
(a) Servants of Prospero's.
(b) Other spirits on the island.
(c) His enemies.
(d) His butler and servant.

5. At the beginning of Act III, Scene II, who does Caliban vow to serve?
(a) Stephano.
(b) Prospero..
(c) Trinculo.
(d) Miranda

6. What spirits does Prospero conjure after blessing Ferdinand and Miranda's marriage?
(a) Ariel, Iris and Ceres.
(b) Sycoraz, Ceres and Iris.
(c) Juno, Iris and Ceres.
(d) Sycorax, Juno and Iris.

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

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

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

10. Why do Trinculo and Stephano threaten to beat Caliban?
(a) They think he will back out of their plan to murder Prospero.
(b) They think he is leading them in circles.
(c) They believe he is lying to them about the island spirit.
(d) They believe he lost their bottles of wine.

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

12. What subplot comes to an end at the completion of Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Ariel's dedication to Prospero.
(b) The plan by Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano to kill Prospero.
(c) The deal between Prospero and Ariel.
(d) Prospero's use of his magical powers.

13. In Act IV, Scene I, Prospero's speech mirrors that of which other character?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Miranda.

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

15. Why does Alonso believe, following the false banquet, that Ferdinand is dead?
(a) Because he is a corrupt and evil king.
(b) Because he played a role in Prospero's and Miranda's banishment.
(c) Because the dancing spirits showed him Ferdinand's dead body.
(d) Because they would have found him by now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Gonzalo?

2. What does Prospero order Ariel to fetch when he is ready to reveal his identity to the men?

3. Where are the other men, following the drunken scene with Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?

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

5. What does Ariel ask Prospero before going to fetch Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

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