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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. In Act V, Scene I, who do Sebastian and Antonio make jokes about after Ariel brings everyone back?
(a) Trinculo.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Stephano.

2. What does Prospero tease Stephano about at the end of the play?
(a) How easy it was to fool him.
(b) The gaudy apparel he has on.
(c) His partnership with Caliban.
(d) Wanting to be king.

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

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

5. What is Prospero surprised at when Ariel tells him that Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo are upset and remorseful?
(a) That Ariel does not care about them.
(b) That Ariel, a spirit, feels compassion for them.
(c) That Ariel has not enjoyed inflicting pain on them.
(d) That Ariel did not follow his orders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Alonso and Antonio?

2. In the false banquet scene, what characteristic of Gonzalo is revealed that he shares with Miranda and Ferdinand?

3. Who are "the rabble"?

4. In speaking to Stephano, what does Caliban describe as very important?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Gonzalo's comment about the gentleness of the spirits at the banquet?

2. In Act V, Scene I, why does Prospero whisper to Antonio and Sebastian that he knows of their plans to kill Alonso?

3. Following the magical performance with dancing spirits, Prospero recites one of two famous soliloquies. What does he speak of in the soliloquy and who does he parallel with this soliloquy?

4. How does Ariel meddle with the Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban trio in Scene II of Act III?

5. How does the tempest created by Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano come to an end after they put on the gaudy clothes?

6. Describe the tempest and how it is developed metaphorically throughout the play and eventually ended.

7. Why does Prospero conjure the banquet for Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo?

8. How does Ariel instill remorse in some of the characters when he appears following the banquet?

9. Why does Prospero, in Act IV, Scene I, decide to torment Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban rather than continue his revenge on Antonio?

10. In Act V, Scene I, what is a clue that Antonio and Sebastian are not as repentant of their past misdeeds as Alonso?

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