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

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?
(a) Guilt for past deeds.
(b) Desire for blood.
(c) Desire for power.
(d) Lust for Miranda.

3. What does Stephano admit to Prospero at the end of the play?
(a) That he was not really going to kill him.
(b) That it was his idea to kill him.
(c) That he still wants to be king.
(d) That he would have made a poor king.

4. Who pretends to be Trinculo and interrupts Stephano's and Caliban's conversation?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Ariel.

5. What does Alonso wonder about when he sees that Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban are intoxicated?
(a) Where they procured the wine.
(b) If Prospero made them drunk.
(c) If their intoxication came from something they ate on the island.
(d) When their intoxication will wear off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else does Prospero ask Ariel to bring back in Act V, Scene I?

2. What does Caliban ask Stephano to do?

3. While discussing the plan with Caliban, what is Stephano's main objective?

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

5. What do Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo learn about the ship in Act V, Scene I?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Caliban reveal his humane side in Act III, Scene II?

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

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

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

6. How does a tempest begin with the Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban subplot?

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

8. What does Prospero do following his revelation about the futility of revenge and his self realization?

9. In Prospero's final speech at the play's end, what is the significance of his contemplation of his death? How does it link to his now ended revenge?

10. What is Stephano's ulterior motive in the plan to murder Prospero?

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