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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Prospero's speech differ from his normal speech?
(a) It is deluded and illogical.
(b) It is forthcoming.
(c) It does not differ from his normal speech.
(d) It is more poetic.

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

4. While discussing the plan with Caliban, what is Stephano's main objective?
(a) To find his shipmates.
(b) To marry Miranda.
(c) To kill Caliban.
(d) To escape back to the ship.

5. Where are the other men, following the drunken scene with Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?
(a) Drinking the bottles of wine they found.
(b) Back on the boat, happy to be leaving.
(c) They are dead.
(d) In a cave, grieving and apologetic.

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

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

8. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?
(a) The trials he has endured were tests of love.
(b) He has more chores for him to do.
(c) He will teach him magic from his books.
(d) He will never be allowed to marry Miranda.

9. What does the banquet scene reveal about Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?
(a) That Antonio and Sebastian feel guilt for what they did, while Alonso does not.
(b) That Alonso feels guilt for what he did, while the other two do not.
(c) That the men are easily fooled.
(d) That Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian do not feel guilt for what they did.

10. What does Prospero tell the spirits to do?
(a) Distract Ferdinand from seeing Alonso.
(b) Distract Ferdinand while he speaks with Miranda.
(c) Teach Ferdinand and Miranda how to dance.
(d) Lecture Ferdinand and Miranda about chastity.

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

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

13. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?
(a) He blesses their marriage.
(b) He tries to kill Prospero for hiding him.
(c) He falls in love with Miranda.
(d) He tells Ferdinand that he will not wed Miranda.

14. 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) Desire for power.
(b) Lust for Miranda.
(c) Guilt for past deeds.
(d) Desire for blood.

15. When Trinculo and Stephano wonder where the music is coming from, what is Caliban's reasoning?
(a) Singing causes nymphs to play their instruments.
(b) They are simply imagining it.
(c) It is coming from a nearby island.
(d) That the island is magical.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Prospero want the men to see a banquet and then have it taken away?

3. What part of the scene in which Caliban plans the assassination is somewhat poetic and shows the depth of Caliban?

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

5. Who does Caliban talk about at length to Stephano?

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