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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. Alonso becomes more distraught after losing his son, remembering that he has also lost
(a) his sanity.
(b) his men.
(c) his kingdom.
(d) his daughter.

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

3. What does Trinculo wonder about Caliban after listening to his drunken speech?
(a) How Caliban came to look the way he does.
(b) Why Caliban is on the island.
(c) How he could have been afraid of someone so weak.
(d) How quickly Caliban became drunk.

4. Why does Miranda urge Ferdinand not to work so hard?
(a) He will overtire too soon.
(b) She wants him to spend time with her.
(c) It upsets her seeing him like that.
(d) He will hurt himself.

5. Prospero tells Miranda that in order to usurp his power, Antonio allied himself with
(a) Caliban.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Alonso.
(d) Miranda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strange noise that Gonzalo claims he heard?

2. The two spirits who reside on the island with Prospero and Miranda are

3. The two men who retreat to their cabins during the storm are

4. Prospero gained his power from his books and

5. Who assures Miranda that Ferdinand is a man and not a spirit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act II, Scene II, why does Caliban drop to the ground when Trinculo appears?

2. What is the metaphorical significance of the play's title, "The Tempest"?

3. What is the intention of Prospero's plan when he has Ariel lead Ferdinand to Miranda?

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

5. In Act II, Scene I, Ariel lulls Gonzalo, Adrian and Alonso to sleep. Why not Antonio and Sebastian?

6. What does Ariel do when Antonio and Sebastian draw their swords and why?

7. In Act III, Scene I, what contrasts are shown between Ferdinand and Miranda?

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

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

10. What is the metaphorical significance of the storm at sea in the exposition of the play?

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