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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What motif does the scene between Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano and their assassination plan reflect?
(a) The Ariel motif.
(b) The magic motif.
(c) The conspiracy motif.
(d) The tempest motif.

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

5. 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 Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian do not feel guilt for what they did.
(d) That the men are easily fooled.

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

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

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

9. What distracts Trinculo and Stephano from their original plan?
(a) Caliban's distorted visage.
(b) The clothes Prospero set out, which they try on.
(c) Their fear of the island spirit Caliban spoke of.
(d) The mysterious sounds in the forest.

10. What does Prospero say to Antonio and Sebastian on the side?
(a) That he knows about their assassination plan.
(b) That they are evil people.
(c) That he will kill them if they kill Alonso.
(d) That he does not really forgive them.

11. In speaking to Stephano, what does Caliban describe as very important?
(a) Prospero's books.
(b) Taking over the island.
(c) Learning how to fight.
(d) Miranda.

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

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

14. Who accuses Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian of being the men of sin?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Gonzalo.
(c) Prospero.
(d) The dancing spirits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why do Sebastian and Antonio vow to help Alonso find Ferdinand following the banquet?

4. What does Caliban curse himself for foolishly believing?

5. What does Prospero order Ariel to do when Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban run off?

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