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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. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?
(a) He has more chores for him to do.
(b) He will teach him magic from his books.
(c) The trials he has endured were tests of love.
(d) He will never be allowed to marry Miranda.

2. At the beginning of Act III, Scene II, who does Caliban vow to serve?
(a) Trinculo.
(b) Prospero..
(c) Stephano.
(d) Miranda

3. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) Elated.
(b) Sick.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Mad.

4. What does Prospero say about Caliban's distorted looks?
(a) That they are not his true visage.
(b) That his manners are equally as distorted.
(c) That they parallel the ugliness of the other men's actions.
(d) That they are not his fault.

5. In Act IV, Scene I, Prospero's speech mirrors that of which other character?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Caliban.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero order Ariel to do when Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban run off?

2. Who does Alonso recognize Trinculo and Stephano as?

3. Why does Prospero conjure the spirits to dance for Ferdinand and Miranda?

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

5. What are Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban arguing about in their drunken stupor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What spirits does Prospero summon for the magical performance when he sees Ferdinand getting too close to Miranda?

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

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

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. 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?

9. How, or how not, is Prospero similar to Antonio in Act IV, Scene I?

10. 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?

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