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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. Prospero promises to free Ariel in
(a) In one day.
(b) Two days.
(c) In a week.
(d) In three days.

2. Prospero accuses Ferdinand of
(a) Wanting to steal the island.
(b) Polluting the island.
(c) Wanting to rape Miranda.
(d) Trespassing.

3. What does Ferdinand say about Miranda in comparison to all of the women he has encountered?
(a) That she is much nicer than the other women.
(b) That she would not understand royal life.
(c) That he has never met one as beautiful as she.
(d) That she is simple-minded and not as exotic.

4. Who wants to take over the throne of Naples?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Adrian.

5. What is one of Sebastian's reservations about Antonio's plan in Act II, Scene I?
(a) That they will never get off the island anyway.
(b) That Alonso will soon wake up.
(c) That Alonso's daughter would then inherit the throne.
(d) That Antonio is tricking him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is watching Ferdinand and Miranda from a distance in Act III, Scene I?

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

3. Trinculo wants to take Caliban back to where?

4. Although the ship passengers believe the ship is gone, it is actually

5. What does Caliban beg of Stephano when he first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Trinculo's plan for Caliban when he sees that he is actually a man?

2. What is the basic understanding of Antonio's and Prospero's history?

3. Why does Prospero create the tempest? What is his initial incentive?

4. When Caliban starts babbling to Stephano and Trinculo about what he can show them on the island, what is Trinculo's initial thought?

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

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

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. How does the audience learn about Caliban's past on the island?

9. Why does Miranda regret telling Ferdinand her name so quickly?

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

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