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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Caliban believes the island is
(a) Doomed.
(b) Prospero's.
(c) His birthright.
(d) Haunted.

2. Who chastises Alonso for allowing his daughter to marry an African?
(a) Antonion.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Gonzalo.

3. What does Miranda urge Ferdinand to do while he is working?
(a) To not work so hard.
(b) To run away.
(c) To leave her alone.
(d) To work harder.

4. Who is watching Ferdinand and Miranda from a distance in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Prospero.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Ariel.

5. Trinculo wants to take Caliban back to where?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Naples.
(d) Milan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferdinand say about Miranda in comparison to all of the women he has encountered?

2. When he was Duke of Milan, Prospero turned his duties over to

3. Although coming from different worlds, Miranda and Ferdinand are similar because of their

4. In Act I, Scene II, what does Prospero promise to Ariel for the second time?

5. When awakened, Alonso asks Sebastian and Antonio why they have their swords drawn. What is their excuse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Prospero render Ferdinand immobile during Act I, Scene II?

2. What does the initial scene at sea foreshadow in the play?

3. In Act III, Scene I, Ferdinand recites a soliloquy as he stacks wood. What does he talk about?

4. What is the reason Prospero gives for Miranda's attraction to Ferdinand?

5. How can Prospero's use/treatment of Miranda be characterized?

6. How is Act I, Scene II with Miranda and Ferdinand a kind of exposition for the plot?

7. Alonso helped Antonio usurp Prospero's throne. Why does Prospero have Ariel lull him to sleep? What does this scene say about Alonso's character?

8. During the storm, what can the audience already infer about Antonio's character and why?

9. What is the tempest in Ariel's and Prospero's relationship?

10. How does Prospero's treatment of Caliban mirror Antonio's past treatment of Prospero?

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