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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. What does Prospero bury in the earth?
(a) Letters he has written.
(b) His magic book.
(c) A map of the island.
(d) His magical staff.

2. What part of the scene in which Caliban plans the assassination is somewhat poetic and shows the depth of Caliban?
(a) His wish to marry Miranda.
(b) His speech about the magic of the island.
(c) His request for Trinculo and Stephano to sing.
(d) His anger and spite against Prospero.

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

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

5. What does Ariel ask Prospero before going to fetch Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) If Prospero loves Ariel.
(b) Why Prospero is doing all of this.
(c) What should Ariel dress up as this time.
(d) If Prospero will teach Ariel magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?

2. What does Prospero order Ariel to fetch when he is ready to reveal his identity to the men?

3. Under what circumstances will Prospero curse Ferdinand's and Miranda's marriage?

4. What spirits does Prospero conjure after blessing Ferdinand and Miranda's marriage?

5. What does the banquet scene reveal about Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Prospero's journey that leads to his transformation at the end of the play.

5. Who does Prospero refer to as "the rabble" prior to the magical performance with the dancing spirits?

6. Do you think Prospero will actually give up his magic? He only talks of it, but does not actually do it. Why or why not?

7. How does Gonzalo's understanding about Antonio's and Sebastian's plan reveal a similarity between himself and Ferdinand and Miranda?

8. After Ariel tells Prospero where Antonio, Alonso, and Sebastian are, what causes Prospero to realize that it is not revenge he wants, but penitence?

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

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

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